Dynasty Tainan

... aina jotain saa kehiteltya joten kommunikaatiota kaydaan vahavalia kasimerkein ja paperille piirtamalla. Universaalia elekielta ja mielikuvitusta kayttamalla ummikkokin parjaa tienpaalla..

Kuuden tunnin junamatkan jalkeen saavuttiin Taipeista tanne entiseen paakaupunkiin Tainaniin. Bongattiin hotelli juna-aseman lahelta ja paatettiin majoittua viideksi paivaksi (tuntuu sopivalta ajalta viettaa samassa paikassa jotta kerkeaa edes vahan orientoitumaan ...

... 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.

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 ...

... 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 ...

... that had fine black whisps on it, and a piece of something that looked like it was covered with cheddar cheese. Well, the black whisp pizza I think had squid on it and the black whisps were some sort of tea leaves. The other one did indeed have cheddar cheese on top, but instead of having tomato sauce it had some sort of sweet gravy under it. They both were good, but not what I was craving. Earlier using some sign language, I asked the employee who was ...

... Die Insulan** essen einfach furchtba** g**ne, sind sehr stolz auf die Vielfalt und den Geschmack ihr** G**ichte, laden Gaeste zu all**lei Spezialitaeten ein, wollen gleich wissen, wie einem das taiwanesische Essen mundet und v**bringen einen grossteil des Tages mit Nahrungsaufnahme od** zumindest darueb** zu reden. (siehe Blog weit** vorn) Fei**n wie die Feste fallen. Das koennen die Taiwanesen sehr gut. Hi** wird alles moegliche, ob traditionelle ...

... humorous. Because Ted is the only man in our group he is generally assumed to be our leader. We sort of perpetuated that idea by making him carry the bag with the gifts and present them at dinner. He seems quite happy to fulfill the charade, which is good because Shuying, Melinda, and I were not keen to do it. After dinner we returned to the hotel and made arrangements to meet tomorrow morning. We are supposed to spend the day at the THL discussing their project.

... dann noch v**schiedene Arten von Galsnudeln. Me**esfruechte sind natu**lich oft dabei und das eben so frisch wie vielfaeltig. Sehr speziell ist die "Lunch Box", eine praktische Erfindung fu** alle die auss**halb essen muessen, ab** nicht ins Restaurant koennen. Ein f**tiges Menue in ein** Pappbox, die leicht mitgenommen od** gelief**t w**den kann. Sie besteht aus Reis, drei kleinen Haeufchen Gemuese und einem fritti**ten Stueck Huehnchen, gebratenem Fleisch od ...

... Ich bin meistens todmuede und ueberstehe den Vormittag nur mit ein bisschen kuehlem Tee, den man hier ueberall kaufen kann, ohne dass mir die Augen zufallen, aber ich glaube das liegt an dem ungewohnten Wetter. Die letzten zwei Tage (!) war ich auf einmal nicht mehr sooo muede. Manchmal machen wir einen kleinen Spaziergang rund um das Gebauede und an bestimmten Tagen ist Spezialprogramm. Am Montag versammeln sich alle und tanzen ein bisschen zu Kinderliedern ...