Japan is one of my favorite travel destinations. I’ve been to Japan many times, and it has always proved a unique cultural and aesthetically beautiful experience challenging much of how I previously experienced Asia, or travel anywhere else in the
Furano Ropeway & Ningle Terrance : Hokkaido
While spending the summer in Sapporo in Hokkadio, at the northern region of Japan, I made a number of daytrips to explore a bit of the mountainous region of Furano. I ended up in a mountainous cultural village Ningle Terrance located next
Visions of Bath : United Kingdom
In 2001, I had a plan of visiting a friend in New York, with a British Airways flight stopping over in London. Then, 9/11 happened, and all flights to New York were cancelled for almost three weeks, leading to my
Visions of Furano : Hokkaido
While spending the summer in Sapporo in Hokkadio, at the northern region of Japan, I made a number of daytrips to explore a bit of the mountainous region of Furano. I started off with the blue pond and Biei and then
Horseback riding and hotsprings : Boquete Panama
After a few days in Panama City and the gorgeous islands of Bocas del Toro I took a boat and bus down south and up the mountain to Boquete, considered one of the best American Xpat retirement towns. For a small town, there’s plenty
Misfortunes & Beauty : Red Rock Waterfalls Hotsprings
If like me, you’ve seen the beginning of 127 Hours and thought to yourself "this is me, I know what this feels like" then you must also be familiar with the possible consequences of what happens later on. Living as
Beitou : Hotsprings in Taipei
Fancy some hotsprings while visiting Taipei? there are a number of options, the most obvious ones being aboriginal Wulai to the south and Beitou up in the north. As for Beitou, just an MTR ride away there’s a really big
Ghost Lake: Beitou’s Thermal Valley
In Beitou, one of the wonderful hotspring areas in northern Taipei, there is a small valley with a lake of natural hot waters bubbling up at temperatures of 80 to 100 degrees Celsius creating a special scene with clouds of
LaQua Spa Onsen @ Tokyo Dome
The Japanese are famous for their hotsprings obsession and so Tokyo’s full of public bathes (sentos), big and small, private and public, some of which enjoy a steady stream of natural hotsprings (onsens). One of the more up-market posh options
Tainan County’s Guanziling – Fire in Water, Stone Baked Chicken and Hot Springs
The other weekend I was feeling a bit bored, so I decided it was time to chillout in a hotspring. The closest hot springs to Tainan City are at the northern tip of Tainan County, very close to the border
