This past week I took a 3 day 2 night trip to one of Taiwan’s major outer islands, Kinmen Island. It was my first time to Taiwan’s outer islands. Kinmen is simply incredible, and has become my favorite domestic destination in Taiwan. Filled with history, tradition and true old-school Taiwanese flavor and friendliness, yet fully in…
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Chinese American Chefs Connect with their Past; Why Tokyo is World’s Best Food City
Happy Lunar New Year of the Monkey! I was recently catching up with some emails and read two short and simple articles on food. Particularly Chinese-American food and where the world’s food capital is according to chef David Chang (whose Momofuku Ko I found to be absolutely overrated and not good at all, but he…
Review: The Tokyo Station Hotel, Tokyo Eats & Sites
My apologies, this is a bit of a belated guest post/review from my sister who stayed at the Tokyo Station Hotel in Tokyo, Japan in December 2015. December 9, 2015 The Tokyo Station Hotel just celebrated their 100th birthday on November 2, 2015. At a century old, the hotel is full of life and grandeur….
Cuba: Traveling Back to 1950 for a New Hope With National Geographic Expeditions
Hola! I recently had the great opportunity to be a part of a National Geographic Expedition for the first time. We booked ourselves on one of the increasing number of “People to People” trips for U.S. Citizens to travel to Cuba in the wake of President Obama’s announcement to lift certain bans, including making it…
The Lost City of the Incas: Machu Picchu
Hola! Machu Picchu celebrated its 100 year anniversary since its discovery by Hiram Bingham, a Yale professor who took all of the credit for discovering the lost city when in fact he did receive help from a few families living next to the ruins. I was lucky enough to visit the citadel just a little…
Journey Into the Land of the Inca with Orient Express (now Belmond)
Hi There! Last week, July29th- August 6th, I went on an unforgettable journey into the land of the Incas, Peru. The trip was organized by Orient Express, http://www.orient-express.com. And I must say it was a very well organized trip. It was also very relaxing for my mom which is good given the fact that we were in…
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