Dynasty Tainan

... bar before calling it a night. This place was called Level, we had a drink there stayed for a couple songs once the DJ started and went back to our hotel. <br><br>On Sunday we woke up and headed out in the hopes of being able to rent some scooters. We had tried 2 places on Saturday and were unsuccessful because some places will require that you have a Taiwanese drivers license. The place we tried on Sunday allowed us to get 2 scooters by just ...

... it calculated me especially after coming from the hell temple). I was surprised because there were a number of brochures in English and the old man inside was very helpful in guiding me to the location of the relics they had. Then I went out back and was further surprised by this nice and clean garden with a gazebo in amongst the grey buildings around it. It was rather nice so I had a walk around and sat and just enjoyed the breeze that was coming from somewhere ...

... very dense, but not very big place, so we were able to see lots of Lonely Planet recommended tourist sites before day's end. <br><br>We started with the Southern Gate, which was built by the emperor in ancient times to protect the city of Tainan from Northern invasion. There was a huge Banyan tree in the courtyard and for those of you who don't who what a Banyan tree is you should wiki it because it is pretty cool. The trunk of the tree had grown so big that it had to send down a new ...

... to be amazed by the shear uniqueness, style, and detail of the architecture of these temples. As usual their were a lot of people their praying and giving offerings to the gods. This temple if I remember correctly had 6 temple gods, you can see most of them in my pictures. People also go to the temples to help them make life decisions. They have these 2 wooden blocks that they toss up in the air and let fall on the ground . If one block is facing up and the other facing ...

This particular blog has a lot of pictures of food that I have been trying. The past couple of days have been really interesting. I celebrated my birthday, went to 2 different night markets, rode on the back of a scooter, and rode my bike around the city! I have went to a couple of department stores here and they are very nice. The Far Eastern department store has about 8 or 9 floors and an international grocery store on the bottom floor. In the department stores that seem to ...

... less spice next time for sure. After dinner we went to a cafe across the street from our apartments. A very nice hang out and comfortable environment, its called Tomodachi's. Well I got a piece of cake, a mix between angel food cake and cheesecake, very good. Well while we are sitting there this older Taiwanese man comes up and starts talking to us, which was fine. Then out of nowhere he hands us what looks like potpourri meshed together, and tells us to eat it and how good it ...

... practice in Taiwan, and it explains the grey pipes I have seen in ditches along roadways in the mountain areas. Next stop is a large cistern like vat with 5 different sluice gates to control water distribution to irrigate the fields. Dr Ting tells us that the unused water eventually returns back to the Linpien River after making several more stops along the way. Further down the flow path of the weir water is our last stop, one of Dr Ting's pilot study sites. This site is an ...

... der aelteren Generation auch nicht sehr gut lesen und schreiben. Es ist schon sehr bedauerlich, wenn man die Omas und Opas in ausgebeulten, lumpigen Klamotten sieht, die mit krummem Ruecken doch noch versuchen ein bisschen Geld zu verdienen. Der ganz klar groesste Teil der Leute lebt aber gar nicht schlecht in einem angemessenen Wohlstand. Die Wohnungen meistens nicht besonders gross und Einfamilienhaeuser gibt es eher selten ...

... eben auch um qualiltativ nicht so hochw**tige und einfach billige Sachen, die einfach nicht so lange halten. Es hat alles seine guten und schlechten Seiten, ab** insgesamt habe ich imm** ein bisschen ein ungutes Gefuehl, wenn ich sehe, wie hi** die ganzen Geschaefte laufen. Ich bin auf jeden Fall gespannt, wie es mir mit Einkaufen und diesen Dingen geht, wenn ich zurueck nach Deutschland komme und es ist eine int**essante Erfahrung hi** einmal dieses Leben mitzubekommen.

... geworfen, mit weissem Bart und Kissen vorm Bauch und den Kindern eine etwas andere Weihnachtsgeschichte von einem japanischen Autor erzaehlt - auf Chinesisch versteht sich. Die Kids waren immer ganz aus dem Haeuschen, wenn ich ins Klassenzimmer kam und haben dann mit grossen Augen zugehoert; hat wirklich Spass gemacht und war hoffentlich nicht das letzte Mal als Nikolausi. Aber was waere Weihnachten ohne Plaetzchen? Auch dieses Jahr wollte ich nicht auf die ...