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  • HOME
  • TRAVEL
    • SOUTHEAST ASIA ๐Ÿ›•
      • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ INDONESIA๐ŸŒ‹
      • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ MALAYSIA ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
      • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ PHILIPPINES ๐Ÿ๏ธ
      • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ SINGAPORE ๐Ÿฆ
      • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ THAILAND ๐Ÿ˜
      • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ VIETNAM โ˜•
    • EAST ASIA ๐Ÿฏ
      • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ HONG KONG ๐Ÿฎ
      • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด MACAU ๐Ÿฅฎ
      • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท SOUTH KOREA ๐Ÿฅข
      • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ TAIWAN ๐Ÿง‹
    • THROWBACK TRAVEL SERIES ๐Ÿ’พ
  • ABOUT ME ๐Ÿ‘‹
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TRAVEL

  • Night view of the Great Harbor Bridge (Dagang Bridge) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The white cable-stayed bridge is illuminated in blue, reflecting on the water near Pier-2.

    Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Rhythms of the Local Train and Night Breezes

  • Large wooden sculpture with vertically arranged Chinese characters reading โ€œHinoki Villageโ€ in an outdoor plaza, surrounded by traditional black wooden buildings under a clear blue sky.

    Whispers of Hinoki Village: My Serendipitous Stop in Chiayi, Taiwan

  • Locker wall at National Chung Cheng University in Chiayi, Taiwan with numbered boxes and focus on locker 150, featured in Meteor Garden scene

    From Chiayi to Minxiong, Taiwan: Tracing Meteor Garden Filming Locations

  • A close-up view of a bright red Alishan Forest Railway locomotive and its cream-and-red passenger carriages stopped at the Fenqihu Station platform under a cloudy, misty sky.

    Fenqihu to Chiayi, Taiwan: The Mountain Train Iโ€™d Been Waiting for Years

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ABOUT ME

CJ Oliva

CJ Oliva

Adventure Seeker ๐ŸŒ | Storyteller ๐Ÿ“– | Solo Traveler ๐ŸŽ’ | Railway Enthusiast ๐Ÿš‡

Hello. Iโ€™m CJ. ๐Ÿ‘‹

Thanks for stopping by!
Not sure how you landed here, but welcome to my world! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธโœจ

Iโ€™m a solo travel adventurer, coffee lover, railway enthusiast, storyteller, and ISFP at heart. โœจ
Hope you stay a while.

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