Posts Tagged ‘Asia’
Russian Market is not in Russia, but its a market in Asia, Vietnam precisely. What you could seek in Russian Market, its fashion item that all over it. Located in Ho Chi Min City or used to be called as Saigon during wars, Russian Market offer fashion paradise both to tourists and local.
The price also phenomenal, if you ever visit Vietnam you will notice that their currency are cheap, and its getting better because everything are cheap as well in there, from shopping items, foods, even hotels.
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Alishan (Ali Mountain) is the most famous scenic spot which is formed by Dawu Mountain range, Jian Mountain, Zhu Mountain and Ta Mountain. 18 large mountains, stretching from Nantou to Jiayi in two counties. It takes 4 hours by mountaineering train from Jiayi County to reach Alishan scenic spot. There are connected mountain peaks low and high, streams and ponds. Vertical and horizontal in the area, which have not only utter danger of sheer precipices and overhanging rocks, but also the elegance of flying waterfall in deep valleys. The highest peak is 2663 meters above sea level. The mountain is well known to the whole world for its four beautiful scenes of mystical tree, oriental cherry, a sea of clouds and sunrise, thus goes the saying; “Those who haven’t been to Alishan can not know the beauty of Taiwan.” Read the rest of this entry »
On the street, the thought of a walking tour in Taiwan may not seem like the best, or safest, of ideas. But it seems to work in Tainan, Taiwan’s fourth largest city located in the southwestern part of the island, where things move just a little bit slower than they do in Taipei or Kaohsiung.
The Tainan walking tour is the brainchild of Lily Pi, a Tainan businesswoman whose family runs the Asia Hotel in the city’s former night market area. Pi, who graduated from the city’s National Cheng Kung University and has been a caterer from the time, as she puts it, her mother was expecting her, wanted to find a way to combine her two loves of history and food. She came up with the walking tour idea because she felt that much of Taiwan’s old culture, beliefs, and customs were disappearing in the island’s rapid industrialization and modernization. Read the rest of this entry »