The Taichung bus system turns any activity into an 8 hour journey. I went to a big park on top of a hill, you would think it would be a popular sp....
In a rather familiar order of events, this morning I took a train some place and climbed a mountain, because I am just so predictable. Today the d....
The day looked fairly bright, so it was time to navigate to a nearby mountain. The one I selected had a world famous botanical garden, I know its ....
I have been to Suzhou before, last time it was a grey and polluted day and one of the first days I spent on the mainland. That day was long and ho....
Its grey, cold and threatening to rain. This has a strange effect on the throngs of people. Rather than standing and waiting politely at pedestria....
Chinas national museum borders Tiananmen square. It is actually free, however there seemed to be a huge line to get in with many tour groups, I sp....
I felt very lethargic this evening, and it looked like it might rain at any moment, despite not having rained all day. So I studied google maps fo....
Arriving in Suzhou was awesome. The place is one of the main domestic tourist attractions, so theres an actual scrum of tour operators being held ....
Before I talk about Yokohama, time for another observation of Japan. Japanese people do not J walk, ever. You can stand at a corner of a small bac....