Travellive 5 - 2018
Dear valued readers, Summer is no doubt the most fun and vibrant season of the year, when you can enjoy long vacations to pristine beaches or explore nature’s magnificent beauty. It is also the perfect season for families to spend quality time together, and expand your children's views of the world by taking them to places where they can discover new things. Travellive invites you to welcome back Mr. Harry Trung, his loving family and their little girl in their amazing 30-day journey in Cat Ba. We have also picked out a list of stunning coastal resorts for you and your family to enjoy this summer. Summer is also the perfect time for more adventurous travelers to go on long journeys to far-flung corners of the Earth. Join two friends in their incredible cycling trip through Central Asian Tajikistan to conquer a famous moutain range known as “the roof of the world". But perhaps, the height of any mountain or the depth of any abyss is nothing compared to the vast spaces of one’s soul and heart. Follow the journey of travel blogger Huyen Chi to Phuktal, where she touched the heart of Northern India – a mysterious spiritual world hidden deep within the majestic Himalayas. We wish you a fantastic summer. EDITORIAL BOARD
Dear valued readers,
Summer is no doubt the most fun and vibrant season of the year, when you can enjoy long vacations to pristine beaches or explore nature’s magnificent beauty. It is also the perfect season for families to spend quality time together, and expand your children's views of the world by taking them to places where they can discover new things.
Travellive invites you to welcome back Mr. Harry Trung, his loving family and their little girl in their amazing 30-day journey in Cat Ba. We have also picked out a list of stunning coastal resorts for you and your family to enjoy this summer.
Summer is also the perfect time for more adventurous travelers to go on long journeys to far-flung corners of the Earth. Join two friends in their incredible cycling trip through Central Asian Tajikistan to conquer a famous moutain range known as “the roof of the world". But perhaps, the height of any mountain or the depth of any abyss is nothing compared to the vast spaces of one’s soul and heart. Follow the journey of travel blogger Huyen Chi to Phuktal, where she touched the heart of Northern India – a mysterious spiritual world hidden deep within the majestic Himalayas.
We wish you a fantastic summer.
EDITORIAL BOARD
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National Palace Museum<br />
ñ Zhi Shan Road, Shilin District,<br />
Taipei City, Taiwan<br />
ñ Opening hours: 8.30am - 6.30pm<br />
daily & 8.30am - 9.00pm on<br />
Fridays and Saturdays<br />
ñ Ticket price: 350 TWD. Free for<br />
children aged 5 to 12 years old<br />
ñ Transportation: Bus 304 runs<br />
directly to the museum<br />
ñ Website: https://www.npm.gov.tw<br />
The "Louvre" of Taiwan<br />
I have always had an interesting<br />
fascination with museums.<br />
Everywhere I travel, museums are<br />
usually the firsts on my list of places<br />
to visit. My recent trip to Taiwan was<br />
one of the few trips with exception<br />
since Taiwan is a very young country,<br />
and I thought its museums were not<br />
worth visiting. It turned out that I<br />
could not have been more wrong.<br />
Initially, I only intended to visit the<br />
National Palace Museum in Taipei<br />
as it is always ranked among the top<br />
10 most famous museums to visit in<br />
the world.<br />
As soon as I<br />
entered the gate<br />
however, I was<br />
completely in<br />
awe. Everywhere<br />
you look is<br />
a priceless<br />
Chinese antique<br />
or artifact that<br />
exemplifies<br />
the finest<br />
craftmenship<br />
and imperial taste<br />
encompassing 8,000 years<br />
of China's historical and artistic<br />
achievements.<br />
The museum offers a number<br />
of display rooms and galleries<br />
exhibiting works of calligraphy,<br />
renowned paintings, bronze<br />
relics, porcelains, jade artifacts,<br />
curios, tapestries, rare books, and<br />
documents that date back thousands<br />
of years from the Neolithic age<br />
(4,500 - 2,700 BC) through to<br />
the 20 th century. These priceless<br />
treasures give visitors a glimpse<br />
into China's rich history, culture,<br />
philosophy, and customs.<br />
Unfortunately, visitors can not<br />
admire all of the nearly 700,000<br />
artifacts that the Taipei National<br />
Palace Museum currently possesses<br />
if they only visit the museum once.<br />
Due to the excessive amount, the<br />
artifacts exhibited at the museum<br />
are rotated once every three<br />
months. I did not have the chance<br />
to view the museum's two most<br />
prized items, the Jadeite Cabbage<br />
- a piece of jadeite intricately<br />
carved into the shape of a Chinese<br />
cabbage, and the Meat-shaped Stone<br />
- a piece of jasper that resembles a<br />
hunk of pork belly.
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