100 Travel Stories
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Mystery and Awe: Navaratri Hindu Festival
Navaratri Hindu Festival, Bangkok
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Adventures in the Kabukicho RED Light District of Tokyo
An exploration of Tokyo’s love hotels, host clubs and more.
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High up in the clouds: Aiguille du Midi
Spectacular cable car trip from Chamonix to Aiguille du Midi 3,842 m
“The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
Kyoto Station 京都駅
Kyoto Station is one of the largest railway stations in the world. It opened in 1997 commemorating Kyoto’s 1,200th anniversary. The architecture is stunning, mixing a futurist style with traditional Japanese elements.
“A city in the desert. A culture of possibility. A network of dreamers and doers.”
Burning Man is an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance that takes place annually in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, USA.
The Burning Man event is guided by ten principles: radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation and immediacy.
This year’s theme is ANIMALIA. The event starts on August 27, and culminates with the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy, which is set alight on Saturday night, September 2, 2023 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
Modern Toilet
Eating out of a bathroom toilet may not be your fine dining dream, but for sure it is one of a kind experience.
“Go pee-pee or go poo-poo.”
Enter the world of toilet fetish at the “Modern Toilet” restaurant in the Ximending area of Taipei!
Welcome to Geneva, Switzerland! Geneva is a beautiful and culturally rich city located on the shores of Lake Geneva. It is known for its international organizations, stunning scenery, and vibrant cultural scene.
Also, Geneva is the most expensive city in Europe and the 5th most expensive city in the world*.
Spending four days in Geneva was enough to visit the city and to take one day trip to the nearby Chamonix resort, in France, for a touch of Mont Blanc, at Aiguille du Midi. Here’s a short travel guide accompanied by photos.
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The Piercing Ritual
One of the highlights of the Navaratri Hindu Festival are the religious rituals, such as the piercing of body parts.
Apparently the devotees experience no pain and they do not bleed from their piercings.
At the Navaratri festival in Bangkok I witnessed the cheeks piercing of a Hindu devout with a metal spear. View the piercing ritual step-by-step.