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Toronto Cityscape: Photo Essay

Toronto Cityscape: Photo Essay

By Carrie on April 6, 2011

City Series: Toronto Cityscape – Five snapshots from a day spent wandering downtown Toronto in July 2010.

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The Royal Palace Museum of Luang Prabang, Laos

By Carrie on February 13, 2008

The Royal Palace Museum of Luang Prabang provides a nice respite from the heat of the day.

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Osaka’s Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses

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 [...]

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Life in Color at Taiwan’s National Museum of Marine Biology

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 [...]

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My Thoughts on Artwork in The National Palace Museum

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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Finding The National Palace Museum – An Excursion on the Streets of Taipei

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 [...]

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