Articles tagged with: museum
Checking Out Oslob and Tanawan
Saturday August 6, 2014
6:30 a.m. Oslob, Cebu
Still in Oslob this morning. I might leave once I have my morning coffee, but we’ll see. My body could use another day to recover. And it’s rare to get a comfortable room for 200 pesos a night, especially one right on the ocean, so it would be nice to stick around another day and night.
After breakfast yesterday morning, …
St. Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum in Tacloban
I finally went to the St. Nino Shrine here in Tacloban. It is one of the two actual tourist attractions here, the other being MacArthur’s landing spot. I’d been to St. Nino Shrine before, but I didn’t go in as I was tired and irritable that day and didn’t like that I couldn’t buy a single entrance ticket. I had to buy tickets for three …
“I Shall Return” Monument in Palo
This will likely be my last day in Tacloban. I will do a bit of shopping and organizing and planning and then I’ll be back on the road tomorrow morning. Yesterday, Sunday, was a pretty quiet day in Tacloban. I like Sundays in the Philippines as there is so little traffic on the streets. But they can also be a bit boring as so many …
Day 1 CNY 2013 Scooter Trip
Day 1
Sunday February 10th, 2013
6:45 a.m. Taipei
I am heading off on a short trip this morning. I don’t know that this will be an exciting trip, but I am going to do my best to make it at least interesting.
It is Chinese New Year in Taiwan. In fact, it is officially the first day of the new year (the year of the snake) – if …
Yingge, Taiwan – Ceramics and Horses
Sunday January 20, 2013
8:00 a.m. at the 7-11 on Chang-an road in Taipei
Despite all the day trips I’ve taken in the Taipei area, I’d never actually been to Yingge, that small town just outside of Taipei that is famous for its ceramics. It’s surprising because Yingge is probably up there in the top ten or even top five of places that people are encouraged to …
Ceramics Museum in Yingge, Taiwan
I was very impressed with the ceramics museum in Yingge. I particularly liked the open and spacious design.
Hitting the Museums – MOCA, TFAM, and Taipei Story House on a Sunny Day
Sunday December 30, 2012
8:30 a.m. at the 7-11 on Zhongshan Road in Taipei
The weather today is the type of weather that, in the end, can make Taiwan an unlivable place. Whatever I like about Taiwan, this cold, gloomy, drizzly weather is the killer. I’ve been hoping to go off on a week-long scooter trip for many months now, but the plans never work out. And …
Railways and Polar Bears at the National Taiwan Museum
Three new exhibits have opened at the National Taiwan Museum in Taipei. On the first floor, there is an exhibit that all kids are sure to like. It’s called Come to our Future: Climate Change Exhibition. You can pretty much guess what it’s all about from the name. With plenty of hands-on installations, it examines the impact that the human race is having on the …