Category Archives: Travel Outside of China

Visit to the Gold Ecologica Park and JiuFen area – Taiwan

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to visit an interesting outdoor museum in Taiwan. Friend of mine and his family invited me to join them in a visit to JinGuaShi and JiuFen. JinGuaShi is an area where in the … Continue reading

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Traveling from Taiwan to China – what are the options

You may or may not know that travelling between China and Taiwan is fairly complicated. There are no direct flights between the two countries (except for several days during the year — during the Lunar New Year / Chinese New … Continue reading

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Vacation in Phuket – Patong Beach

Nai Harn Beach Holiday Inn Patong Well, I am sure many of you are thinking about the next holiday — there are several coming very soon: New Year’s, Chinese (Lunar) New Year, Valentine’s Day…wedding anniversaries (there must be some between … Continue reading

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Kazanlak – Next stop on the trip in Bulgaria

Kazanlak is located in the province of Stara Zagora, in the foothills of the Balkan range in Central Bulgaria. The travel time from Nessebar (on the Black Sea coast) to Kazanlak was about 3 hours (if traffic is not heavy … Continue reading

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More on Nessebar, Bulgaria

What can I summarize about Nessebar? I have visited the place more than once or twice in my visits back to Bulgaria. As far as I understand, the town used to be a fishing village in the 19th century….The history … Continue reading

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Next step on our trip — 4 day stay in Nessebar, Bulgaria

After leaving Bansko my family and I headed to the Black Sea coast. The interesting thing about Bulgaria (in a very summary description form) is that you can experience the pleasure of hiking tall beautiful mountains and 5-6 hours drive … Continue reading

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Where in the world is Bulgaria

Here is a link to the a more detailed map of Bulgaria It should give you a better idea of cities and places in Bulgaria as well as which are the neighbouring countries…

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Bulgaria trip — renewable energy

After leaving the Bansko region my family and I headed for the Black sea coast. The trip from the southwest corner of Bulgaria (where Bansko is located) to Nessebar (on the Black Sea coast) took about 7 hours of driving. … Continue reading

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Travel to Melnik, Bulgaria

First let me give you an idea as to where we have traveled so far and where we will be going next. Here is a map of Bulgaria with our route (step 1 through 5) on this trip: After staying … Continue reading

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Trip to Bansko, Bulgaria – part 1

Here is the first part of several postings about some interesting places to visit in Bulgaria. This Eastern European country is a good place to visit and enjoy both winter (skiing, hiking) and summer (hikinig, swimming) activities. This summer my … Continue reading

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