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Places to Visit in Taipei:  Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Places to Visit in Taipei: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Chiang Kai-shek, former president of China now resides as a statue in a huge memorial hall in the center of Taipei located in the 240,000 square meter Liberty Square…

Places to Visit in Taipei:  Core Pacific City

Places to Visit in Taipei: Core Pacific City

Not too far from Taipei 101 is a bizarrely shaped 24 hour shopping mall designed by a famous American architect. A strong recommendation in a travel guide sent me there but was it all it was cracked up to be???

Places to Visit in Taipei:  Taipei 101 – Part I

Places to Visit in Taipei: Taipei 101 – Part I

Taipei 101 sticks out from the Taipei skyline 1000x more than a sore thumb and the short lived “Tallest Building in the World” but was it worth it???

Things to do in Chiang Mai:  Sunday Market Walking Street Fair

Things to do in Chiang Mai: Sunday Market Walking Street Fair

Every single travel brochure, book, hotel and website advertised or recommended the Chiang Mai Sunday walking street fair and I had requests for Thai handicrafts gifts so naturally I had to check it out…

Places to Visit from Chiang Mai:  Long Neck Village

Places to Visit from Chiang Mai: Long Neck Village

Most people have only heard about the ring bound, long neck hill tribe women who live in northern Thailand on television or in books but I wanted to meet them in person…

Things to do in Chiang Mai:  Chiang Mai Night Safari

Things to do in Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai Night Safari

The name ‘Night Safari’ sounded pretty exotic and offered a nice little trip outside the city which this animal lover couldn’t resist but was it worth the trip after all???

Lumpini Park Gym Workouts

Lumpini Park Gym Workouts

Wandering through Lumpini Park is full of surprises and when I saw the south side gym for the first time complete with its hardcore patrons and tire weighted barbell I just had to workout there…

Chiang Mai Thailand

Chiang Mai Thailand

People have different reasons for travel but when an American transsexual I met on an overpass while asking for directions recommended Chiang Mai, how could I resist???

Places to Visit & Stay in Bangkok:  Baiyoke Sky Hotel

Places to Visit & Stay in Bangkok: Baiyoke Sky Hotel

Almost anywhere you go in Bangkok you can see Thailand’s tallest building the 85 story Baiyoke Sky Hotel. After 7 months of wondering what the tallest building was curiosity finally killed the cat and I decided to check it out…

Things to do in Bangkok:  Fish Foot Massage

Things to do in Bangkok: Fish Foot Massage

Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be fish food? No, were not talking about getting bitten by a great white shark or getting stripped to the bone by a school of piranhas. We’re talking something a little less painful, or is it???

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