Ambassador Hotel Taipei

... up with a trip to the Shilin Night Market, although I did manage to get lost en route...easily done in a city of Taipei's size. Still, it was definitely worth the effort as I love the atmosphere at these kinds of markets, with the narrow alleyways and people crammed in like sardines. There is so much going on that tests all of your senses, as the bright lights glow, whilst the street vendors shout incessantly and the smell of the diverse assortment of food wafts through the air...

... take it to Singapore but you never know...<br>Came in, got a bus. Spent most of my four hours wandering around the downtown train station. Found a bus station but no English speakers. Right around panic time I found a train back. Turns out it was a train back to a bus depot. From which I got to the airport. Too bad I don't take a lot of notes.<br>

This morning we met a bit earlier because I made the choice for the group to take a guided tour at the National Palace Museum. I would rather be lead to all of the major exhibitions and enjoy the luxury of asking the tour guide questions if I have any. Therefore, we took the MRT and the bus to the museum in order to catch the 10:30 tour. When we finally got there (it took around 45 minutes to an hour to trek all the way there) the tour ...

... Im Prinzip erkennt Taiwan auch das "ein China" an, aber es gibt demnaechst eine Abstimmung, ob Taiwan nicht einen Antrag fuer einen eigenen Sitz bei der UN stellen soll. Taipei habe ich gleich wieder verlassen, wollte den Zug nehmen, aber Taiwan scheint aehnlich Probleme wie China oder Indien zu haben, Reservierungen muss man laenger im voraus buchen:-( Taipei hatte bewoelktes Wetter ...

... and were well in the grips of our 6 hour wait between flights, I was feeling quite strung out. Not being able to get the wireless connection working on the laptop didn't help matters and I really miss Ky, who had seen us off at the airport. Yes that sounds sooky, but not as half as sooky as I sounded at the airport - sorry babe :) But finally we were on our way to Frankfurt and I slumped into a delicious 9 hour sleep thanks to one of those ...

... to make this trip more eventful, but I recently came down with a bad case of hives and/or eczema (pretty much the same thing that sent me home from Houston last year). Therefore I don't want to do anything right now but stay inside where there's AC and Taiwanese dramas and wish the itchiness would go away. Curse my bad health! Well, I should get off now. People are starting to spy on and gossip about me. :p

... village. The bride and groom go from table to table, as is Chinese custom, and toast with the whole table. At 8:30pm we go back to Hunter's house and he tells about the band he has formed of young men and women from the village. He and his son play electric guitar. The band has already performed in Taipei around Taipei 101 on the occasion of a New Year's countdown. We go into their living room and watch a DVD about their performance. Meanwhile his son ...

... Petersburg, and everywhere else that I'd seen it, wondering why I was here and not in Russia. Still asking myself that! The actual building was amazing - i walked upstairs onto an old tiled floor. You know where it's so worn with age that everything's a bit wonky? The kind of floor that's in so many buildings at home, but almost none here. It kind of took me by surprise - there just aren't any old buildings in this country! That brought a smile to my face. It's ...

... Bunun Album ) - published by Wind Music - Ballades of the Plains-dwelling ( pingpu ) aboriginal tribes: 8-album series by Wind Music - Paiwan ballads under preparation ( tapping the almost lost knowledge of the elderly Paiwan women by National Taitung's Music department ) - Music and songs of the Puyuma ( soon to be published by the National Museum of Prehistory ) Major producers of aboriginal music in Taiwan are ...

... I order not to be surprised by the weather and not to get stuck on an island or the mountains check the official Taiwan Weather site http://www.cwb.gov.tw, also in English. Flora " Green, Green, Green!" I would say as a non-expert, thanks to its tropical and sutropical climate. This said, the green changes by season from a shining, fresh green in spring to a dark green in winter, with some ...