Blog Summary

Taiwan (13 May - 10 June 2025)

13 May 2025 - Gerri Arrives in Taipei, Taiwan
14 - 15 May 2025 - Eating and Planning ... Taipei​
16 May 2025 - Tim Arrives - Taipei Touring Begins in the Old Streets​
17 May 2025 - Taipei Touring Day 2 - Temples and Assorted Sights​
18 May 2025 - Taipei Touring - Day 3 - A Hike and the Night Market
19 May 2025 - Taipei Touring - Day 4 - Lungshan Temple and Chiang Kai-chek​
20 May 2025 - Taipei Touring - Day 5 - Taipei 101 From Elephant Mountain
21-22 May 2025 - Sun Moon Lake - A "Bikers" Paradise
23 May 2025 - ​The Alishan Range - Big Cedars and Big Sunsets
24 May 2025 - Fenqihu - More Teas, Trees, and some Bento
25 May 2025 - Tainan - A Walk Through the Diverse Dimension
26 May 2025 - Another Day in Tainan - Banyan Beast, Dutch Fort, Destroyer
27 May 2025 - Kaohsiung Day 1 - Art Warehouses, A Swinging Bridge, Snoopy, Sushi
28 May 2025 - Kaohsiung Day 2 - Cijin Island Bicycling and Warehouses Art Walk
​29 May 2025 - ​Kaohsiung Day 3 - "You Bike" and the Mural Neighborhood
30 May 2025 - Kaohsiung Day 4 - Circular Light Rail Ride, Dragon Boat Races
31 May 2025 - Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
1-2 June 2025 - Xiaoliuqiu Island - Sea Turtles
3 June 2025 - Kenting - A Beer Museum (and Brewery)
4 June 2025 - Kenting - Sights of the Southernmost Tip of Taiwan
5 June 2025 - Heading to Green Island
​6 June 2025 - Circling Green Island by Scooter
7 June 2025 - Reverse Circle of Green Island and Chishang Rice Bicycling
8 June 2025 - ​Drive to Hualien City - A Bridge, a Latitude Line, and Buddha
9 June 2025 - ​Land Shark or Turtle, and Wrapping up Taiwan
NEW - ​10 June 2025 - ​Last Day in Taiwan - A Neighborhood, Buffaloes, Brews

Okinawa, Japan (11 - 19 June 2025) -  6 July 2025)

NEW - ​11-12 June 2025 - Arrival Okinawa
NEW - ​13 June 2025 - A Big Fish Tank and Big Rock Piles
NEW - ​14-15 June 2025 - "Beerfest" in Chatan and Naha
NEW - ​16 June 2025 - Little Quiet Islands with Bridges
NEW - ​17 June 2025 - Battle of Okinawa, a Cape Lighthouse, a Cape Dive, Pub & Grub
NEW - ​18 June 2025 - American Village, and Return to Hiramatsu Izakaya
NEW - ​19 June 2025 - Last Moments in Okinaw

Honshu, Japan (20 June -  6 July 2025)

NEWER - 20 June 2025 - Return to Honshu (the Japanese "Big Island")
NEWER ​- 21 - 22 June 2025 - Tokyo Markets, Temple Cats, and a Food Find
NEWER - 23 - 25 June 2025 - Three Days in Modern Tokyo, Relaxin' in the Rain
NEWER - 26 - 27 June 2025 - The Wilds of Nagano Prefecture
NEWER - 28 June 2025 - Hiking Ski Slopes and Visiting the Onsen Village
NEWER - 29 June 2025 - Seven Buddhist Angels Eating Bamboo Shoots
NEWER - 30 June 2025 - Monkey See, Monkey Does, The Temple Walk
NEWER - 1 July  2025 - Obuse's Hokusai -- The Wavy Painter Guy
NEWER - 2 July 2025 - Joetsu on the Sea of Japan
NEWER - 3 July 2025 - Let's See Nagano!

(for the rest of this continuous trip see Hawaii in United States travel section)
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