January 31st, 2017 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, TRAVEL | Comments Off on Singapore Cares – Signs
| STAFF – Singapore is the poster child for economic miracles. Once part of Malaysia, ideological differences led to separation in 1965 and the two embarked on two very different growth paths with Singapore vastly outpacing the hinterland (not to mention many other nations) by leaps and bounds in numerous economic categories. As I wandered […]
January 26th, 2017 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, TRAVEL | Comments Off on Ricepaper Magazine & Talkrice Travel Series
| STAFF – Started in 1994, Ricepaper Magazine is a Canadian literary outfit based in Vancouver and the longest running organization in the country dedicated to the promotion of Asian Canadian literature, culture, and arts. While it showcases Asian Canadian content and has historically dedicated its efforts to all things this, its team today recognizes […]
March 14th, 2016 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, TRAVEL | Comments Off on Vietnam – Hang Son Doong, the Largest Cave in the World
| For 2.5 million years, the largest cave in the world was nature’s secret. In 1991, while performing logging work, a local man, now cave guide, by the name of Hồ Khanh discovered Hang Son Doong in central Vietnam near the border of Laos. Numerous attempts to rediscover the cave failed until in 2009 Khanh’s […]
March 25th, 2015 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, TRAVEL | Comments Off on Wulingyuan – China Natural
| There was a movie called Avatar a while back that featured breathtaking views of what many of us thought was a magnificently misty fantasy world filled with enormous stone pillars and teeming with natural beauty. I later found out this setting was not created out of nothing. It was based on a real place. […]
February 21st, 2015 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, TRAVEL | Comments Off on Japan – Yasugi, Adachi Museum of Art, the Gardens
In my ongoing search for peaceful places on Earth, tonight’s search for “famous rock garden japan” revealed that in Shimane, Japan’s second least populous prefecture, there is a city with a population of 42,000 called Yasugi. There, one will find Adachi Museum of Art with its celebrated gardens that have offered tranquility since the 70s. […]
June 26th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in TRAVEL | Comments Off on Italy – Amalfi Coast
One day I was daydreaming at work and that led me to a number of tourism searches that did not involve thriving metropolises. This brought me to the Amalfi Coast. The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), rests in the southern Italian province of Salermo (Provincia di Salerno), in the region of Campania, the second most populous […]
June 26th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in TRAVEL | Comments Off on Terrace Farming
After I wrote an article on the Amalfi Coast and learning about their Limoncillo industry, I thought I would look at terrace farming in more depth. Not only is farming by way of terraces an effective form of production, it is also a visual wonder. When I lived in Korea, I remember visiting the Boseong green […]