Instead of taking the train/HSR up to the airport, I took the regular night bus. It reminded me of my first arrival in Taiwan a few years back. Never in my life, anywhere else, have I seen anything like it.
60 years of Israeli independence celebrated at the Tainan County Holocaust museum
The Tainan County Bao An Holocaust Museum had a ceremony to celebrate Israel’s 60 years of independence. I went there twice before to help them out with their request to learn how to sing some songs in Hebrew. Arriving there
Kaohsiung’s ZuoYing : FengShan West Gate, Chi Ming Tang Temple, Spring and Autumn Pavilion and Love River
To make up for what I missed in the first time I’ve been to Kaohsiung and Zuoying (“Touring Kaohsiung’s ZuoYing Lotus Pond – Tiger Dragon Pagoda, Emperor of Dark Heaven, Confucius, and Old City FengShan“) I revisited that area again
India – Day 19-20 – Bangalore and Christ College Psychology Cinema conference
Bangalore, as a general example of southern Indian cities, is a reminder that India can be different. More modern than Mumbai, more open than Delhi, cleaner than any of the other cities, Bangalore was a refreshing look at big Indian
India – Day 17 – Ranakpur and Kumbhalgarh on the way to Udaipur
The trip wasn’t well planned. We were too lazy to plan anything ourselves and ended up totally relying on agents that seemed like they knew something but as we executed their plan we always found out that they had their
India – Day 15 – Chilling out at Pushkar
Northern India was cold, really cold. We were told that it was the worst winter in 90 years, and that in China millions of Chinese were stuck because of sudden snow on their way home for Chinese New Years. Northern
India – Day 14 – Jaipur’s Amber Fort, Lake Palace, and Holy Saturday at Pushkar
Early, 7am, we got ready to head to my favorite Indian fort – Jaipur’s Amber Fort. That marble structure up on the mountains against the clouded blue skies looking down at the old city is a sight I’ll never forget.
India – Day 13 – Agra’s Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, and Jaipur
The Taj, is, well, is, eh… damn, it’s gorgeous. I can’t find anything new and interesting to say but that it’s, eh… damn, it’s gorgeous. It really is. We woke up early, really early, and made our way to the
India – Day 12 – Legendary Agra – Red Fort, Little Taj Mahal and Agra’s craftsmen
We spent an exhausting night on a non-sleeper bus to Delhi, where – at 4:00am, we had to bargain our way through money thirsty Rickshaw drivers from the empty bus-station to the New Delhi train station where our train was
India – Day 11 – Gorgeous holy Rishikesh
We were planning to stay two nights at Rishikesh. Actually, we were planning to stay two nights at quite a few places along the way, but we haven’t really followed those plans anywhere, the main reason being thinking we already