![[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6-Months-e1509616723374-1018x460.png "[Languages] Is 6 Months of Mandarin Enough?")
![[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Taiwan_Chinese-e1490793603497-1018x460.png "[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?")
![[Spetlight] [Japan] Kitsune Dog?!](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/5110021352_3e0bd2de52_o-1018x460.jpg "[Spetlight] [Japan] Kitsune Dog?!")
![[Photoset] Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (2014)](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/16656125423_01746522ff_b-670x300.jpg "[Photoset] Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (2014)")
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is famous for its salt flats, but there is so much more to see; it is a veritable smorgasbord of colour and wildlife.
![[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Taiwan_Chinese-e1490793603497-670x300.png "[Languages] Why Taiwanese Mandarin?")
Want to learn Mandarin? Find out if Taiwan is the right place for you to learn it!
![[Photoset] Valparaíso, Chile (2014)](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17089816939_3d2c8c4d9c_b-670x300.jpg "[Photoset] Valparaíso, Chile (2014)")
Valparaíso in Chile is a gorgeous port town with a rich history of colourful street murals. Here are the photos from when I visited back in 2014.
Times they are a-changing.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] A Cavalcade of Yule](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/14232110225_c8571d856d_k-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] A Cavalcade of Yule")
Santa is coming to you in style this Christmas…
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Peter Parker-Claus](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/14045456809_7a43355fbe_k-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Peter Parker-Claus")
Is Spiderman the superhero who saved Christmas, or is he the ANTI-SANTA!?
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Festive Cock](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/3073592537_8a905a94f9_o-670x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Festive Cock")
I noticed this when I was working at a Hokkaido ski resort in 2008.
![[Puzzling Tuesday] Suspicious Santa](https://travel.kavp.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/358223271_d563a3d6a1_o-600x300.jpg "[Puzzling Tuesday] Suspicious Santa")
I’ve seen a lot of weird Santas in my time but this is probably the weirdest.
Three anecdotes. Three different countries. One sad link.
I decided that the only way I could really get across the beauty of Kyu Sakamoto’s “Sukiyaki” would be by translating the lyrics myself. I learned a lot.