By Carrie on April 6, 2011
City Series: Toronto Cityscape – Five snapshots from a day spent wandering downtown Toronto in July 2010.
Posted in Canada, Features, Photography | Tagged Canada, Cultural Observations, downtown Toronto, Museums, North American, Photo Essay, Photo Moment, Photographers, Photography, Skyscrapers, Toronto, Toronto skyscrapers |
By Carrie on February 13, 2008
The Royal Palace Museum of Luang Prabang provides a nice respite from the heat of the day.
Posted in Laos, Travel | Tagged Laos, Luang Prabang, Museums, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on January 6, 2008
Osaka is a colorful city with a little something for everyone. It also boasts one of the most charming places I’ve ever been to in all my travels. This was my choice for sightseeing in Osaka and we thoroughly enjoyed spending our afternoon strolling through this gorgeous park. I highly recommend it to anyone interested [...]
Posted in Culture, Japan | Tagged Architecture, Museums, Osaka |
By Carrie on September 29, 2007
Multi-hued starfish. No journey to Kenting is complete without making a stop at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA) at 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung in Taiwan. This museum is top notch and well worth the$450NT (approx $14 US) admission price to get in. The museum exhibits the diverse natural water habitats [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Animals, Exhibitions, Museums, Photo Essay, Taiwan |
By Carrie on March 25, 2007
I’m sure everyone knows that the collection of rare Chinese artifacts currently housed in The National Palace Museum (Gúolì Gùg?ng Bówùyùan) number in the thousands. I’m not going to spoil the surprise for you. It’s up you to figure out the how’s and why’s of its arrival in Taiwan from mainland China. It’s quite an interesting story. These [...]
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By Carrie on March 20, 2007
This is the newly-renovated National Palace Museum, which currently houses several special exhibits in Northern Sung Painting and Calligraphy, Ju Ware from the Northern Sung Dynasty and Sung Dynasty Rare Books in celebration of it’s re-opening. For more information, you can visit their website at www.npm.gov.tw This morning we woke up to rain, which dashed our [...]
Posted in Culture, Taiwan | Tagged Museums, Photo Essay, Taipei |