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Taroko National Park – highlights, and how to visit on a day trip from Taipei

“How to visit Taroko National Park as a day trip from Taipei, the best sites to visit in the park, and where to stay if you prefer to stay longer than a day.”

Travel Reads

Welcome to Palmerston Island, Population 35

“One writer takes a trip to one of the most remote islands in the world.”

Here's What Tourists Might See If They Were Allowed To Visit Gaza

“Gaza has been off-limits to tourists since Hamas took over in 2007 and Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade. NPR follows a tour guide to sites, including a palace, shops, cafes and a bathhouse.”

Why Singaporeans Really Love Their Airport

“The Moshe Safdie-designed addition to Changi Airport allows even more Singaporeans to do their favorite thing: Hang out at the airport.”

50 Times Hotels Surprised Everyone With Their Creativity

“Some hotels go the extra mile to make their customers’ stay that much more pleasant. From bed forts and ‘spouse disposal units’ to hilarious menus and tiny…”

Seven Wonders of the World: The best 1-star reviews

“The Great Wall of China is "frankly, boring” and more honest evaluations from disappointed travelers.“

100 years of the Great Ocean Road

“As weary soldiers returned from WWI, many swapped their guns for shovels and began work on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. But 100 years on, this engineering feat is under pressure from the relentless battering of the Southern Ocean and a booming tourism industry.”

Inside Warsaw’s fixation on the Palace of Culture and Science, the socialist skyscraper in a capitalist city

“The enormous building has become a new symbol of protest in a divided Poland.”

Young Singaporean couple quit their jobs to travel from Singapore to Europe in S$11,000 van

“Turning 30 is considered by many Singaporeans to be a sign to try and work doubly hard on establishing your career. Martin and Jacinda decided to take a slightly different route.”

Video

Earth's Rotation Visualized in a Timelapse of the Milky Way Galaxy - 4K

A different perspective from the usual Milky Way timelapses (via Kottke.)

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Chilling out in rural Vietnam.