Gear Kaohsiung
No.487 Jian-Guo Third Road Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Home in Taiwan....
... along the curvy, single car lanes, you hope there won't be a landslide because you are only a foot from the cliff edge! haha. What a spectacular view, overlooking the tea plantations and the bamboo forests...stopping at coffee shops along the way. All the way up the mountain, there were signs on all the curves saying "Watch out for Elfs"!! ....Elfs? like Elves at Christmas??? We couldn't figure it out so we tried to ask in Chinese...apparently the translation was ...
Restful harbor and spices
... off accumulated salt and generally relaxing was a novelty to many locals. Frequently, during the four days we spent at the marina we felt more like zoo animals than yacht crew. Indeed, for the first time on the trip showers were no longer taken 'al fresco' on the stern platform but in the cabin…away from curious eyes!
With leave to enter the Republic of China finally granted, some two hours after arriving at the point, we set off to explore our new ...
Four Temples and a Consulate
... a lovely brick building on the hill behind Kaohsiung. The building itself on the interior was not much: there was a set up of a British official drinking tea with a Chinese official. We were told that they had to put a big metal fence around it because visitors from Mainland China are still resentful of the unfairness of the treaty, and so would break off the fingers of the British official. The remaining rooms held an exhibit of the “age of exploration”, which ...
Xin Nian Kaui Le!
... work for dinner and then met up with a friend from training for drinks who happened to be staying with my partner NST at school and there was a big group of us, and I ended up staying out way too late, but had a great time. I made it to the monastery without very severe repercussions the next day. After we put our bags in our room, we took the monastery dogs for a walk with Miao Ming. They were so sweet and well mannered, and soft! There was also a ...
Typhoons and other bummers in Taiwan
... aren't too many accidents as riding in a down poor of a typhoon can be dangerous)
I'm still recovering from another serious bummer I received last night. I signed up for some vegetarian cooking classes out at a Buddhist monastery a few weeks ago and have been anxiously looking forward to starting them this weekend. Last night, the head teacher for the district called and "asked" me to start a new class on Saturday. ...



