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Photo from the Road: Cycling around Yangshuo China
 

Photo from the Road: Cycling around Yangshuo China

Cycling is one of the best ways to see the countryside surrounding Yangshuo, China. The region is famous for the dreamlike limestone mountains that dot Guangxi  Province. There are plenty of routes in every direction, but highly recommended is cycling along the Yulong River to the 600-year-old Dragon bridge. We visited in January when the [...]

Artsy Liverpool

16 January 2012

Liverpool is arguably one of the most interesting cities in England. It has a fascinating and turbulent history as a great world maritime center. Liverpool has seen great immigration from Ireland and abroad, immense emigration to the New World and witnessed a period as a crucial stop in the slave trade. Due to its first-rate [...]

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7 Observations from Macau

12 January 2012

After two days of walking around Macau, we decided we’d had enough of our makeshift dorm room accommodation in Augusters Guesthouse. Even though there wasn’t too much more to see, we could have lingered longer in the city if our sleeping situation was more comfortable. We were enjoying Macau—a very different place than Hong Kong. [...]

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Arrival in Macau

10 January 2012

A week prior, we had checked the Chinese calendar for an auspicious date to travel. The first of January looked good. We had already been in Hong Kong for about two weeks and were anxious to move on. We set a plan. Watch the fireworks from between high-rises halfway up the Peak on New Year’s [...]

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Photo from the Road: Macau’s Portuguese Past

07 January 2012

One of the main reasons I wanted to visit Macau was for its architecture. I love walking around cities, looking at building facades. I remember especially fondly, doing this in Portugal, particularly Porto. I love the Catholic Churches. I love the painted blue title work. I love the mosaic-like stones that make up the pedestrian-only [...]

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2011 in Review

01 January 2012

2011 in many ways has been an extremely successful year. I have a lot to be grateful for. As the year is about to turn to 2012 I feel very fortunate. I have not only continued to travel extensively, but have begun to turn my passion (travel) into my job. I have started transitioning to [...]

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Quirky Hong Kong

27 December 2011

Terrapins Hong Kongers have a slight obsession with terrapins. That’s cool, ‘cause I like them too. Find the friendliest turtles in Hong Kong Park, near the tramway to Victoria Peak, a great vantage point to seeing the skyline of Hong Kong. Or hike up the path yourself in 1 ½ hours. Signs Signs in Hong [...]

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First Impressions of Hong Kong

24 December 2011

During my first two days in Hong Kong I was not at all impressed. Much of this opinion was based on the Bohemian Traveler bias that mega-malls and international shopping brands are uninteresting. But I didn’t get discouraged and I didn’t give up on Hong Kong. As I stayed longer and explored the city with [...]

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Why I’m going to China

15 December 2011

It’s safe to say I’ve always had a fascination with China. From the time I spent poring over maps as a kid to thumbing the pages of a National Geographic article of ethnic minorities of China, it’s always held my attention. So why have I traveled through Europe, the Middle East, to South America, lived [...]

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Fisheye Fun in Philadelphia

13 December 2011

Last spring, before flying out to Bangkok for my Southeast Asia trip, I spent a day in Philadelphia with my brother. We met up with his friend, Suzanne Tenuto, a photographer. She asked for our help testing out her new remote flash, because she often shoots weddings and the daytime sun can be challenging. So [...]

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Philadelphia is for Foodies

02 December 2011

Philadelphia is making some huge strides in recent years on becoming a foodie destination. Here are some of my latest favorites from the City of Brotherly Love: Breakfast Darling’s Diner is good anytime of day, not just for breakfast. In fact it’s open 24 hours/day (and has a full bar). They are known for their [...]

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Walking—the Best Way to Experience Place

27 November 2011

Trains are too romantic. Buses don’t stop enough. Motorcycles too fast. And forget about planes. But not walking. “Walking reminds us of who we are.” says Paul Theroux in an interview about his new book, The Tao of Travel. We feel the earth beneath our feet while walking. We are one with the weather. We need [...]

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Photo from the Road: Driving Ouray to Durango Colorado

22 November 2011

The trip from Ouray to Durango, Colorado is one of the most scenic in the United States. There are two ways to see it: by the famous Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and by road along US Route 550. The 45-mile rail line began in 1882 to haul gold and silver ore out of [...]

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The Place vs Our Experience in that Place

19 November 2011

Last week’s Travel Philosophy Friday post It won’t be like I remembered it make me think about place and the way we view that place after our experience there. In other words, place versus our experience in that place. Although spending a cold and rainy three days there, I left Copenhagen, thinking “Man, I love [...]

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Disaster in Cinque Terre and How You Can Help

15 November 2011

In November of 2006, I joined my family on a trip to Italy to visit my cousin, who was studying abroad in Milan. We visited Venice, Padua, Florence, Sienna, and the Cinque Terre. If it weren’t for Rick Steves’ we might not have visited Cinque Terre. He’s put these five little towns of the Ligurian [...]

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It won’t be like I remembered it

12 November 2011

In response to last week’s Where’s your old home?, Juno Kim mentioned in the comments that she might be afraid to return to New Zealand because “it would change everything”. I think she was worried that it wouldn’t be the same New Zealand she remembered when and if she returned. That is one important thing [...]

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Photo from the Road: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

11 November 2011

The Connecticut River Valley seemed to be filled with off-the-beaten path interesting sites. I already wrote about the Cornish-Windsor Bridge, and visiting the Harpoon Brewery over in Windsor, known as the birthplace of Vermont, where their state constitution was signed. On the other side of the river in New Hampshire, just north of Cornish, some [...]

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Photo from the Road: Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge

09 November 2011

The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge spans the Connecticut River between the towns of Windsor, VT and Cornish, New Hampshire. It was the longest covered bridge in the United States until the Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio in 2008. Cornish-Windsor is still the longest covered bridge to carry automobile traffic. The bridge was built in 1866 at [...]

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Where’s your old home?

04 November 2011

Nineteenth century scholar Max Mueller said that by going to India, we are returning to our “old home” full of memories, if only we can read them. I believe we all have an old home, not necessarily India, but someplace, some part of the earth where we feel particularly drawn to or some culture that [...]

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