excursions

The Most Exciting Reasons to Get Away from Taipei

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Taiwan’s capital is as enjoyable outside its city limits as it is in the shadows of Taipei 101.

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Are the Cameron Highlands Worth a Trip?

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A couple days in the Cameron Highlands on your way between Kuala Lumpur and Penang is absolutely a good idea, if only because it’s en route. On the other hand, you should be prepared for what to expect.

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Hallucinations at the Door to Hell

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Selective vision is a necessity, on the Ethiopian plateau and in the hellish valleys beneath it, whether your selection is to be blind or to see.

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Sailing Toward Nirvana

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This is Paradise, or as close as I’ve ever come to it.

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Queen of Scotland

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Scotland is as much its unreal beauty and surreal folklore as it is the contradictions that carpet the country like its iconic green grass.

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