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Category Archives: Environment
8AsiansNews: Venomous Sea Snake in Gulf of Thailand
Highly venomous sea snakes are harvested from the ocean in the Gulf of Thailand to fill a growing demand for the consumption of these snakes in food, drinks, and medicine all around Asia, as documented and reported by National Geographic … Continue reading
8AsiansNews: Giant Freshwater Stingray in Southeast Asia
A giant freshwater stingray, was found in Southeast Asia, and is possibly the largest freshwater fish in the world, as reported by National Geographic Fellow Zeb Hogan. The stingray is featured in a series about monster fish that are endangered.
Posted in Environment
Tagged fish, freshwater, monster fish, national geographic, stingray
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Traveling Japan: Miyajima
The island of Itsukushima and the Itsukushima Shrine on the island are popularly known as Miyajima. I had no idea this place existed until one of my traveling companions requested to go there on one of our day trips. Staying … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink, Travel
Tagged deer, hiroshima, Itsukushima, Japan, miyajima
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Selfie-seeking Asian Americans Cause Problems and Changes at Mission Peak
When I hiked Mission Peak two years ago, I saw lots of Asians on the trails, but I was surprised to see recent headlines like “Crowds Overrun Mission Peak in Fremont to Shoot Selfies.” Apparently, the number of hikers there … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Environment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Hiking, Mission Peak
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Traveling Taiwan: Alishan Tea Farm Hike (Part 20E of 24)
Taiwan overall is a tea lover’s paradise. If you didn’t already know, I’m quite the tea lover. So being able to go on a hike up and around tea farms was a special treat. Enjoying the beauty of tea farms … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink
Tagged alishan, green tea, high mountain oolong, high mountain tea, Hiking, Taiwan, tea, tea farm, tea leaves
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Traveling Taiwan: Alishan Old Train Station (Part 20D of 24)
When Taiwan was handed over to Japan by China, the Japanese found lots of desirable wood on Alishan mountain and promptly began to build railroads to support the logging industry they established here. Luckily, the logging fell out of economic … Continue reading
Traveling Taiwan: Alishan Sunrise (Part 20C of 24)
I’m more of a night owl than a morning person, but there are definitely things in this world worth getting up before dawn for, and the Alishan Sunrise experience would have to be one of those. We were pretty bummed … Continue reading
Traveling Taiwan: Alishan House (Part 20B of 24)
I know some travelers don’t really care what their accommodations are since they feel like they’re going to be exploring the area, not staying in their hotel room, and I’m happy to do that when I’m on a budget, but … Continue reading
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Traveling Taiwan: Mountain Drive to Alishan (Part 20A of 24)
As I began looking through my notes and pictures on the trip to Alishan, I realized that I couldn’t cover everything in just one post, so I’m going to share it as a sub-series (hence the part 20A–it will go … Continue reading
Traveling Taiwan: San Xian Tai (Part 19 of 24)
We had seen a feature of San Xian Tai in a National Geographic travel guide to Taiwan and thought, “Wow, that looks really cool.” Looking it up, though, we saw that it wasn’t exactly right next to a train stop, … Continue reading
Traveling Taiwan: Taroko Gorge (Part 18 of 24)
In the book 1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die, one item in this big bucket list is right in the heart of Taiwan–Taroko Gorge. I guess you could say this is sort of like Taiwan’s Grand Canyon. … Continue reading