Trip: 2024 Nov/Dec: Singapore, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Taipei, Tainan Travel Journal

This was my first trip in Asia since started this journal. The journey took me to three countries (Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan) and five cities in those countries (Singapore; Bangkok and Chang Mai, Thailand; Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan).

I’ve never been to mainland China and I don’t know if I ever will go. It might bar me for referring to Taiwan as a country here.

Making for Maokong

This morning, I set out for a district in the southern region of Taipei, Maokong. At one time, Maokong consisted primarily of tea plantations. It...

Taipei Botanical Garden

This morning in Taipei started as partly cloudy and switched to partly sunny. The forecast called for no serious threat of rain. The temperature before...

National Palace Museum

After a late night last night, I got a late start this morning. I took in only one site, Taipei’s National Palace Museum. The sky...

Time for Taipei

This is not going to be much of a journal entry. It doesn’t do much more than introduce the fact that I’m now in Taipei,...