Monday 29 October 2018 Monday or maybe Tuesday Have we crossed the date line? I do not recommend taking a 5am flight to Korea or a 5am flight to anywhere. It means waking up at 2am to be at the airport at 3am, the required two hours before departure time....
Sunday 28 October 2018 Preparing for Korea In Ashland, Oregon This begins the account of my upcoming ten days in Korea during November 2018. Why would I want to leave Ashland at this beautiful time the year? The fall colors have never been more beautiful, and when I...
21 January 2017 Saturday Goodbye to Asia and Banyan trees with their sprawling roots. and packed my Wax Apples for the airplane ride. Too bad we cannot find Wax Apples in the States. Taipei Airport is very new and very nice, the New Year decorative display had one of...
19 January 2017 Thursday Palace Museum Taipei , Taiwan Today, we took the obligatory sightseeing trip to the Palace Museum. We set out on foot on the main north-south artery of Taipei, Zhongshan Road, the street on which Chiang Kai -Shek (蔣中正, 蔣介石) lived and the...
18 January 2017 Wednesday Taipei, Taiwan Today, on the way to the street market, we passed a restaurant with a Polynesian-Aboriginal theme. So busy looking at the curious carved wooden statues, we forgot to check the menu. We also passed the house in which Loretta...
