I admit it. This picture was taken a few years ago, but I think I still look vaguely like that. Depends on the day (and the time of day). And today, just before I uploaded this picture, an Indonesian English student told me how much she liked my nose. I heard that a lot in Indonesia. Apparently, a large nose like mine is a good …
Read the full story »Kenting 002 – Powerful Winds and the Formost Hotel
Saturday December 4, 2010
9:47 a.m.
Lobby of the Formost Hotel
It’s an interesting feeling going to a place for the first time. You really have no idea of the lay of the land or what to expect. A young woman on the bus translated for me and asked me for the bus driver where I wanted to go. I said that I wanted to go to Kenting, …
Kenting 001 – HSR & Bus to Kenting
Friday December 3, 2010
Taiwan HSR Train 123 Car 4 Seat 3A
8:50 a.m.
The train is scheduled to leave at 8:54, and I’m pretty sure it will leave exactly to the minute. Train trips out of Taipei are so easy for me that they are a real pleasure. Living right above the MRT station and one stop away from the train station has its advantages. Even the …
Green Island 002 – My Secret Swimming Holes
Sunday October 3
I don’t know if any of the above made any sense. I don’t think I was very awake while I wrote it. The main point is that I changed my plans and I went to Green island by boat instead of driving to Kenting by scooter. And here I am on Green Island.
Everything went like clockwork. I think I was fortunate to have …
Green Island 001 – Train to Taidong
Saturday October 2, 2010
Taidong
Getting up yesterday morning to catch a 6:45 train left me really tired. I spent all of yesterday in a total daze. I couldn’t do anything.
The train trip, therefore, wasn’t that great. I was too tired to sleep, too tired to read, and of course there was no one to talk to. That’s a weird thing about traveling around Taiwan. I guess …
Getting Eyeglasses in Taipei
Here’s a story about what has been going on lately. Nothing wild and crazy. Just life.
Years ago, almost decades ago, I got glasses while I was living in South Korea. I didn’t really need them to do anything important. I was a little bit nearsighted, I guess, which means that I could see things up close very well. It was only some things in the …
Yehliu Geopark – Taiwan
I’ve been in Yehliu a couple of times in the past year or two. Yet, I had never actually gone into the Yehliu Geopark. This is the park that has the Queen’s Head rock formation. I think I never went into the park because I didn’t really know what it was. I didn’t even know where it was. I knew it was around Yehliu. There …
A Small Miracle
I should amend that title. I’m talking about a VERY small miracle. In fact, it’s scooter-repair related. However, when your muffler is dragging along the pavement and your scooter is making more noise than a trio of Harley Davidsons, you’ll take any miracle you can get.
The muffler on my scooter fell off as I was driving to work in the rain this morning. I wasn’t …
Puli 002 – Scootering in the Mountains
July 25, 2010
The next morning, I hopped on my scooter to drive up into the mountains along Highway 14. I knew that Highway 14 eventually linked up with Highway 8 that goes down through Taroko Gorge, but I hadn’t stopped to consider what that would mean for a leisurely Saturday drive in the summer. What it meant, of course, was heavy traffic as only Taiwan …
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