Northern Taipei

Good morning, Taiwan! Getting to Taipei was relatively simple. It was the first time I flew from the US to Asia without having to make any connections. Nonstop, SFO to TPE. I took the subway from the [Read more…]
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Good morning, Taiwan! Getting to Taipei was relatively simple. It was the first time I flew from the US to Asia without having to make any connections. Nonstop, SFO to TPE. I took the subway from the [Read more…]

Okay, East Asia 2018. Let’s get started! Of course what I’m calling my trip to East Asia was really my trip to Taiwan and South Korea. 6 days of sightseeing in each. Hiking and national parks were featured [Read more…]
Presenting…the 2017 Best of San Francisco By Billy Awards! (These are, of course, a follow-up to the 2016 edition.)
Just like in 2016 when I didn’t think any day could beat Day 1–in this case, my day in Golden Gate Park–another day came along and blew me away.


Just like in 2016, when I visited some San Francisco sites that I couldn’t visit during my Saturday excursions, I visited some sites at the end of 2017 that I couldn’t visit earlier for a couple different [Read more…]

For the last scheduled local sightseeing day of 2017, I ventured beyond San Francisco to San Jose. Day trips, you see, were the future of my local sightseeing adventures. Local sightseeing in 2018 was all [Read more…]