Holiday Inn Asiaworld Taipei

... as uncontrollable as bringing in luck. I was towards the last part of my audio guide when this woman came up to me and just started talking to me and asking whether I understood the significance of the pictures and rooftop decorations. She then went on and spent at least an hour taking me around to the carved "dioramas" (for lack of a better word) along the central hall and the meanings behind the paintings and carvings on the gates. For someone who ...

Taipei No niin, tässähän tämä viikko nyt Taiwanissa hujahti ja on aika tarkastella hiukan tunnelmia. Sellainen pikku Japani tästä paikasta tuli heti ensi metreiltä mieleen ja hirveästi kaikkia Japanilaisia ruokaketjuja ja muita Japanilaisia tuotteita on joka paikassa saatavilla. Jotenkin tuntuu, että täällä ihaillaan ja arvostetaan kaikkea Japanilaista ja kyllä on syytäkin ihailla, niin minäkin ihailen! :-) Puhtauden ja ilmanlaadun suhteen olen edelleen samaa mielt ...

... dresses for the photo shoot; three rental dresses for the wedding; and three more dress rentals for the engagement party--held before we began our RTW trip; all the tailoring, dry-cleaning, and repairs entailed in the dress rental; and thousands of photos from wallet-sized to larger-than-life capstone portrait, and several photo albums of varying sizes. The entire deal is an amazing experience and VERY affordable thanks to fierce competition between the dozens of ...

... train directly from Bangkok to Chiang Mai might be the wisest course of action. In order to be on the boat on the 22nd we had to be at the border on the 21st which, in turn meant that we had to be in Chiang Mai on the 18th or 19th in order to give ourselves a couple of days to explore. The ripple effect was in full sway . It always strikes me as curious that most of our trips are planned backwards from a predetermined end-point instead of forwards from the start of the ...

... these experiences. It is who I am, my identity. I loved meeting new people and challenging myself to persevere on my own. It is part of the solution of becoming a more complete person and being able to share the value in that with others. Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life, and I now have something much more to look forward to than just money or comfort. I have the adventure that is my lifetime. Thanks to everyone who shared a little chunk of their lives with me ...

... spend the rest of the day walking through this big, modern city. The tube is amazing, very high tech and clean. The only thing is the language and try to understand how it all works. Different from Paris or London. And ther language is .... Chinese!! But the people are very helpfull, we were standing with the Loneley Planet for 2 minutes and already 2 people were helping us out, without asking!!! With Mr Moussa (chauffeur) we went the next day to some areas north of Taipei, which ...

... Mr. Mong ) and I recognize her. She is a former collegue if mine, Nico, and I am glad to see her. She comes here with her husband and friends to Wulai for bird watching.She finds it very interesting what I do and she understands when I reject her offer to take a ride. I say hello to everyone in the car and then continue my walk. Seems today will not be a lonely day. I then switch over to the other side of the river by crossing an old suspension bridge, away ...

... expensive but truly amazing artwork and a movie about the making of the Taipei 101. It was pretty interesting. Really interesting actually. This is when we found out that on New Year's Eve there are fireworks lit off from the Taipei 101!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks spectacular and I would definitely love to get to Taipei to watch that someday. I mean I was probably a little too excited just from watching the movie that to see them in person would be excellent. Seriously, Ask Andy, I ...

... When we made it back though, that guy was gone and a really nice older Taiwanese lady was running the show. She made the whole hostel a much better place to stay at and we also got to meet a few other backpackers that were staying with us. We struck up a conversation with them and before we knew it, a few more travellers joined us. All of a sudden there were six of us, two girls from Holland, one from Japan, a guy from Chicago, and the two of us. We started to tell them all ...