Asian Beauty Unsung On my way to visit mainland China (or the PRC, the People’s Republic of China) years ago, I squeezed in a too-brief stopover in “Chinese Taipei,”…
Japan’s Venerated National Pastime Think cherry blossom season and one’s thoughts sooner or later drift to Japan in early Spring. Witnessing the exquisite yet fleeting beauty of countless cherry…
The Emerald Island Ireland has always been an irresistible draw for those of Irish heritage or descent. Although small in size, some 70 million people around the world (over…
Chile’s Easter Island The tiny, windswept speck of land called Rapa Nui, aka Easter Island, continues to captivate a curious world long after its “discovery” by the Dutch West…
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Nature’s Drama At the Bottom of the World In Chile—the long and preposterously slender country in South America—one can still feel utterly alone in the wild, particularly in southern…