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1 Michelin star worthy XiaoLongBao (little dragon bun) at the famous Ding Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 chain in Taipei, Taiwan. The chefs are trained to make each one by hand to be exact, down to the number of folds, amount of filling and final weight of each dumpling. T
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I could lay here for hours...
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Outwards, at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial
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I really do love XimenDing area, old meets new, full of culture.
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Whomever is the maid tonight should be a visual merchandiser as well! I came back to find my belongings displayed. Love.
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I got to revisit the famed YeLiu area, a fishing village famed for its seafood. This was the lunch I was treated to, enough food for 4 but for three of us. This is the typical size of meals I'm faced with, being a visitor and a longtime returnee. The Maw
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While visiting a famous local mountain known for flowers, this stunning little fella ran across my path and stopped right in front of me, as he stopped to further swallow down the earthworm already in his mouth. This is a Blue-tailed skink, a local type o
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A good morning to you from Taipei, Taiwan! xo
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Finally had an opportunity to walk a little bit around the neighbourhood, a shopping district. Today we saw a typhoon go through town, with plenty of thunderclaps, and so it's a balmy 27°C with a light breeze and 84% humidity. Quite lovely.
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Wow. My hotel room view for the next week, Taipei 101. Another long day of travel completed, I'm back in my mother's homeland, it has been 31 years since I last stepped on Taiwanese soil, the last time I ever saw my mother... It's is a bit surreal for me
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The view upon waking up.
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One of the many things I love about being in SE China/Asia is the fresh variety and quality of ripeness of fruits. I get to have this every morning. Yum. 😍💕
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Ho Chi Minh
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Ho Chi Minh
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Ho Chi Minh
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Vietnam 2015
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Vietnam 2015
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Vietnam 2015
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Vietnam 2015
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Vietnam 2015
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Through the window we see greater things... Beauty.
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The spectacular view from yesterday's late morning flight into #YVR from Tokyo. A gorgeous cloudy day with sunlight peeking through... a lucked out to catch a glimpse of a rainbow reflected on the waters. So beautiful. 🌈
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Good Morning Tokyo! It was a Sleepless in Tokyo kind of night, today is going to hurt. A total of 3 hrs of Zzz's and I'm determined to walk around and see Meiji Temple again and do a little shopping before I need to head out at 3p to the train station, up
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Vietnam 2015
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Vietnam 2015
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Vietnam 2015