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Taipei – Km 0 of My Round-Taiwan Bike Ride

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Taipei, the capital of the island nation of Taiwan, is the heart of a metropolitan area of nearly ten million people, which stretches from Taoyuan to Keelung at the northern end of the island. Landing at the airport after a … Continue reading

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Moshi & Arusha: Tanzania’s Gateway Towns to Kilimanjaro And The Northern Safari Circuit

Table of Contents: Moshi and Arusha as the Kilimanjaro and Safari Gateways Moshi Map and Basic Info The Parkview Inn The Bristol Cottages The Moshi Dalla Dalla/Bus Station The Moshi Train Station The Commercial District (Indo-Italiano Restaurant and Union Café) … Continue reading

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On Safari In Tanzania: A Morning In Ngorongoro Crater

We left Tarangire National Park shortly after 4 p.m., amazed at the number of animals we had seen.  As the map below shows, Tarangire is the southernmost of a sequence of parks and conservation areas that form the heart of … Continue reading

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On Safari In Tanzania: An Afternoon In Tarangire National Park

Table of Contents: Arranging The Last-Minute Safari Getting To Tarangire National Park Tarangire Park Map  The Elephants – Tarangire’s Main Attraction The Impalas Grazing In The Shade Tarangire’s Baobab Trees The Warthogs Make An Appearance Following The Tarangire River Through … Continue reading

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Pashupatinath: Shiva’s Kathmandu Valley Temple

Table of Contents: Getting To Pashupatinath  From The Thamel District Map and Satellite View of Pashupatinath The Cremation Ghats and The Posing Sadhus Pashupatinath Mandir – For The Hindus Only Mandir View From The Other Side of the River The … Continue reading

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Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda At Night

Previous Post: Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda – The Golden Heart of Myanmar During my one week’s stay in Yangon, I visited the Shwedagon three times, once in the late morning and twice in the late afternoon.  While there is no bad … Continue reading

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Bhaktapur After The 2015 Quakes – Part 2: Taumadhi Sq., Potters’ Sq., and Tachapal

Table of Contents: Map of the Bhaktapur Locales visited Taumadhi Tol Potters’ Square Tachapal Tol (Dattatreya Square) My Other Kathmandu Valley Posts Previous Post:  Bhaktapur After The 2015 Quakes – Part 1: Durbar Square Bhaktapur After The 2015 Quakes – … Continue reading

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Bhaktapur After The 2015 Quakes – Part 1: Durbar Square

Table of Contents: Bhaktapur Recovery After the 2015 Earthquakes Entrance Fee To See the Sites A Rooftop Café View of Durbar Square On The West Side of The  Square The Ugrachandi and Bhairab Stone Sculptures  Visible Structural Damage And More … Continue reading

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Kathmandu’s Durbar Square After the 2015 Earthquakes – Is It Worth US$10/1000 NRP?

Last revised on November 15, 2022. Kathmandu’s Durbar Square took the biggest hit of all the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley in the Gorkha Earthquakes of 2015. It is also the site where, three years later, the … Continue reading

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The Temples of Lalitpur (Patan) Before & After The Quakes

Table of Contents: Patan and The Kathmandu Valley’s UNESCO Sites The Kathmandu Valley’s Deadly Air The Patan Tourist Entrance Ticket Patan Durbar Square Map The Vishwanath (or Vishveshvar) Temple The Char Narayan Mandir Before And After The Quakes Elevated South … Continue reading

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