I know it’s been a while since I last posted about my India trip, but I have a couple more posts to write. If you want a refresher, check out the last post.In the morning, we left our beautiful resort just outside of town. We went to Brihadeeswarar Temple (also known as Rajarajeswara Temple, which…
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I haven’t written much on this blog lately, and to be honest I probably won’t be updating very much in the next few weeks. As I said in my last monthly recap, it’s been a crazy time for me. February was no exception. But this time it was crazy in an almost exclusively good way….
We left Pondicherry bright and early in the morning and headed to Chidambaram to see a temple dedicated to Nataraja. This was the most crowded place we went on the trip. It was overwhelming for some of us, but I really liked it. It was the most I felt like I could understand the meaning…
I got back from India almost two weeks ago, and I’m just now getting around to writing up the blog posts. I got back and was so ill for about 5 days. I don’t know whether it was the anti-malaria medicine, the black mold that was growing in my flat while I was gone, or…
November has been a really good month! Keep reading to see what I got up to this month. Places I Went Shengzhou, China Shanghai, China Xi’an, China Best on the Blog A Taste of Shengzhou – this is the blog post I wrote about my trip to Shengzhou with a TV crew. I had a really…
I recently spent 4 days in Xi’an, which is the capital city in Shaanxi Province, China. I had an absolutely amazing time, so I thought I would share my top 5 activities in Xi’an. 1. Terracotta Warriors This one is pretty obvious. This is the reason most people outside of China have heard of Xi’an….
This week I went to Xi’an and had an absolutely amazing experience. One of my favorite places we went was the Muslim Quarter and this is why I loved it so much. The Muslim Quarter is a neighborhood in Xi’an where the Muslim influence is quite evident. There are several mosques, lots of people walking…
Last Monday, I went to Shanghai for 24 hours to celebrate a friend’s birthday and see Shanghai for the first time.We got into Shanghai at about 9pm. We checked into our Airbnb and then headed into the center to see the Bund. This was something I really wanted to see in Shanghai, so I’m glad…
This past weekend I went to Shengzhou with a TV crew who was filming a travel show. I got to tag along and write about it. Here’s my favorite moments from the trip. (photo above by 仲斌） Trying chicken feet (and squid and eel) For our first meal on the trip, there was a bowl…
During my recent trip to Taipei, we took a day trip to Jiufen. Jiufen is an old town, which has now become quite the tourist destination, because it inspired the film Spirited Away. We got there during the day. We took the train from Taipei to Ruifang (瑞芳) and then took a bus to Jinguashi…