Today I took a trip to another town called Sansia, about an hour away. It is sort of a historical town with an “old street.” The main attraction was the Zushih Temple, which I read has been under construction for 60 years or so. When I got there I noticed it was pretty small, but …
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Day 347 – Taipei, Taiwan
Today I visited the National Palace Museum. This is the number one place to visit in the country since it possibly has the best collection of Chinese art, books, and treasures in the world. During the civil war in China 60 years ago, the imperial collection from the Palace (Forbidden City) in Beijing made its …
Day 346 – Taipei, Taiwan
Today I visited the Yangmingshan National Park. It is a mountain region just outside the city. There are walking paths, a waterfall, and some views of Taipei city. There are also hot springs up there, but I wasn’t prepared to try that today. Then I went to the Shilin night market. I tried more food, …
Day 344-345 – Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei reminds me a lot of Tokyo, due to it being a part of the Empire of Japan for 50 years. There are Japanese restaurants everywhere, sushi in 7 ELEVEN, and it is clean and modern. The official name of the country is the Republic of China and Mandarin is the official language, just like …
Day 343 – Thailand to Taiwan
From Ayutthaya, I took the train back to Bangkok. From the main train station I knew there was an express bus that goes to the airport. I didn’t know how close I was to missing the bus that left every 2 hours. If the train was 10 minutes later, I would have missed the bus …
Day 341-342 – Ayutthaya, Thailand
In the morning I had a long, hot and humid walk to the Hualamphong train station in Bangkok. Then I took the train 2 hours away to the ancient capital of the country, Ayutthaya. It was the capital for 400 years of its history. I was surprised the 3rd class ticket was only 15 Baht …
Day 339-340 – Bangkok, Thailand
Back in Thailand again and is it ever hot! This place is consistently one of the hottest places in the world, I’d say. My primary goal was to buy a suit here. I heard there were many tailors around and had pretty good prices. I found one owned by a man named Chu. It was …
Day 338 – Jakarta
My room was hot last night. It is north facing room so it got a lot of sun all day. It was simple, and something was biting me (maybe bedbugs?) but it was ok. In the morning I helped an Australian guy with a virus on his computer. Then I went to the National Museum. …
Day 337 – Yogyakarta to Jakarta, Indonesia
I took the “executive” class train to Jakarta today. It was pretty nice since I got served tea and a small lunch on the 8 hour journey. I saw much of Indonesia’s countryside pass by. There were long stretches were I could barely see any reminders of modern life, but only rice paddies, forests, and …
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Day 336 – Prambanan, Indonesia
A little after 6AM, I got up and took the bus back over to the Prambanan area. I got off the bus and first saw Candi Kalasan. Then I walked down the highway to Candi Sari. Then I took a minibus and then walked for a while to Candi Plaosan. This walk took me away …