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Xinnian Kuai Luh
... Santa hats. Bear in mind it was still 30 degrees Celsius at that point and officially Christmas is not celebrated here so it was all for the expats and therefore we were to blame. Service with a smile became grunts with a grimace as clearly this policy was our fault. And then came the dreaded Christmas tunes. Carrefour had a poor cover version of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas on constant repeat, perhaps in case anyone didn't know. ...
What's In A Name
... are suitably impressed by the sadness down on earth and therefore a warm greeting awaits. And finally it is essential to burn money so that the departed will have plenty of spending power in heaven. Iron canisters are placed on the street so that anyone is free to chuck their money into the fire, but we should point out that Monopoly style money is used for this purpose and they usually add some firecrackers too. Make no mistake, one is fully aware if a funeral is taking ...
Taiwan
... which was very good but there was a horrible smell that was around the booths. It reminded me of a pig pen. We ate the sausage and I ignored it the best I could--maybe even got used to it. Iviee and her sister, Zoe, ordered some tofu and I was starving so I dug in! Iviee realized I put a whole piece of tofu in my mouth and couldn't believe it. I was a little confused but didn't really care because I was so hungry. It turned out this wasn't regular tofu--it was stinky tofu, which is ...
Life in Taiwan 3
... sense. The sheer range of lanterns (from massive dragons to tiny rabbits) was pretty mind blowing. It's was definitely a lot cooler than I had expected.
Yenshui Fireworks Fight: This is easily the most extreme thing I participated in Taiwan. This fire work fight takes place in the south of Taiwan. The annual event commemorates a cholera epidemic more than a century ago, the fireworks symbolizing the ...
Life in Taiwan 2
... during Halloween. A grip of Hsinchu peeps came out and we raged.
At the risk of dragging this on.....Ivory and I camped all over Taiwan, hashed, inter tubed the rivers, hit the Dragon Boat races and the Fulong beach party and explored all the night life had to offer!
Thus ends my year in Taiwan...I took another month break and traveled Taiwan with Ivory and then went to Malaysia for a week as you shall soon see!
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