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Half-day in Bologna, Italy

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 jaclyncEurope

Last October, we were in Bologna for an iOS conference #Pragma that takes place in different cities of Italy each year (online this year due to COVID). We took a train from Venice to Bologna,[…]

Half-day in Toucheng, Yilan, Taiwan

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 jaclyncAsia

On the last day of our trip to Yilan, we rented a car via iRent to explore Toucheng town for the first time. Toucheng is the northmost town of Yilan county, and was developed the[…]

Yinhe Cave Waterfall Hike & Maokong, Taiwan

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 jaclyncAsia

Hiking in humid summer weather is quite a challenge, but we felt like it’s still better than staying in for the whole weekend. After searching for shaded hikes in the Taipei area, we decided on[…]

Two Windy Days in Chicago

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 jaclyncAmerica

Right before the COVID outbreak in the US, I went on a work trip to Chicago and left just a few days before the 14-day mandatory quarantine in Taiwan. The average 13.5h flights were perhaps[…]

Glamping & biking in Hualien, Eastern Taiwan

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 jaclyncAsia

After almost three months of no traveling, the stress started building up and I couldn’t wait for a chance to travel domestically after the COVID-19 calmed down in mid-April. Around the same time last year,[…]

2 Days of Being Kobe, Japan

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 jaclyncAsia

After spending a couple of days in Osaka and Nara, we took a Hanshin train to Kobe and arrived in just about an hour. Kobe was one of the earliest harbors that Japan opened to[…]

Digital nomad highlights in Osaka, Japan

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 jaclyncAsia

We visited Osaka in 2014, and 5 years later we came back to this lively city in the Kansai region. This time, we worked remotely in Osaka for 3 days at a coworking space, coffee[…]

Monkey Mountain (Shoushan, Chaishan), Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hiking with monkeys in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 jaclyncAsia

From Taipei, we took the high speed railway southbound for 90 minutes and spent a long weekend in Kaohsiung. On Sunday, we went on a hike to Monkey Mountain (Shoushan or Chaishan) after the sky[…]

Day trip to Nara, Japan

January 12, 2020November 6, 2023 jaclyncAsia

On a Sunday of our 4 days in Osaka, we took a train to visit Japan’s oldest capital. During the Nara Period from year 710 to 794, the first capital was established in Nara and[…]

Getting lost in the canals in Venice, Italy

December 31, 2019January 6, 2020 jaclyncEurope

Back in October, we flew to Rome and took a 4-hour train from Roma Termini to Venezia S. Lucia station. We were immediately welcomed by amazing sunny weather and took a water bus operated by[…]

2 Days in Enoshima & Kamakura, Japan

November 20, 2019December 7, 2024 jaclyncAsia

On our second visit to Tokyo, we added a two-day getaway to the coastal area in Kanagawa prefecture (神奈川). We stayed in Fujisawa, and spent a day in Enoshima and the other in Kamakura. It[…]

2 Days in Hong Kong

October 8, 2019October 25, 2019 jaclyncAsia

With the protests going on this year, lots of feelings came up when I worked on this post and photos from Hong Kong from last July. We visited Hong Kong after Shenzhen, our last stop[…]

3 days in Playa del Carmen, Mexico

September 23, 2019October 1, 2019 jaclyncAmerica

This Fourth of July, we attended a beautiful wedding of our dear friends on the beach in Playa del Carmen. It was a short trip, but we got to visit a few places before the[…]

Biking through rice paddies in Taitung, Eastern Taiwan

August 25, 2019October 1, 2019 jaclyncAsia

After 2 days in Hualian, we went on a 2 hour train ride to Taitung. Most people seemed to rent a car or had shuttle service, and Taitung train station was much quieter than Hualian[…]

Second visit to Tokyo

July 28, 2019July 30, 2019 jaclyncAsia

We visited Tokyo for the second time in December 2018, and there are always new experiences to be had in this city. The Pokémon cafe just opened earlier in 2018, we made sure to make[…]

Shakadang trail @ Taroko, Hualian, Taiwan

Clouds, Mountains & Water – Hualien, Eastern Taiwan

June 25, 2019June 27, 2019 jaclyncAsia

Hualien has always been a scenic destination in Taiwan. My impression of Hualien since childhood was mostly sitting in a car or shuttle, touring around Taroko National Park and getting off for a few minutes[…]

Day Trip to Shenzhen

May 27, 2019May 28, 2019 jaclyncAsia

After a day trip to Hangzhou and before Hong Kong, we stopped by Shenzhen for a day and half. We are both engineers and thought a visit to this rising technology hub would be a[…]

Day Trip to Hangzhou

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 jaclyncAsia

The morning after 3 days in Shanghai, we headed to Shanghai Hongqiao station for a high speed train (Gaotie 高鐵) to Hangzhou. I have never seen a crowd as much as in Shanghai train station elsewhere,[…]

3 Days in Shanghai

May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 jaclyncAsia

After some relaxing days visiting pandas and enjoying food in Chengdu, we flew to one of the largest cities in the world, Shanghai. In 1843, the harbor of Shanghai fist opened up for foreign trade[…]

3 Days in Penghu, the Pescadores Islands of Taiwan

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 jaclyncAsia

Taiwan itself is an island, but there are even more islands close by to explore. Among the most popular are Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, Green Island, Lanyu (Orchid Island), and Xiao Liu Qiu. Penghu is an archipelago of about 90[…]