Hara Zuru Hotel Taoyuan

... in 1991 after Annoushka, then 23, was asked to make fish-shaped cufflinks as gifts for the chefs at her mother’s fish supply business. With 60 spare she went to Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, west London, during her lunch break and asked if anyone was interested. The store agreed to stock them if she designed a full collection. With ...

... each other about random things. I talked to this one French guy, Warren, about lots of things and travel, he was really interesting. His English wasn't too perfect so it was really funny explaining things to him when he didn't understand. He told me his favorite places he has been; which he has been everywhere for skating. Freakin crazy. Then I talked to a couple other guys, Nic from Switzerland who acted so crazy, Rian from Australia, he has the funniest laugh and is the most ...

Firstly, I truly apologize for the lack of updates in the last while. It's hard to keep blogging as often when you have a daily routine and you're actually living somewhere instead of traveling. Much of the same stuff happens every day...so I don't feel as inspired to blog. I do have places to talk about and big news to share with you all...so here goes... From January 1st to January 4th 2009, I went ...

... bad teeth. He had this little green dress with a pouffy skirt he bought from Toys 'R' Us, put his dreads in pigtails (held in place by fluffy pink elastics), had a sun hat, sunglasses, hiking boots (and shorts under the dress), a wand and the gross teeth. It was quite a sight! So, needless to say...I think we terrified, frightened, freaked out, grossed out a lot of Taiwanese people that night. It was great fun though!

... be seen in the traffic. The traffic lights are really only there to add color and excitement, as nobody really follows them. Even when police tell cars to stop, sometimes they do, sometimes they point and continue, but rarely do they get a ticket. When I do see a ticket being handed out, it is regarding an accident and the policeman is mostly there to take pictures and document the event. I am not sure what happens after that. Anyhow we ended up travelling a ...

... and do all the paperwork for a Z visa, if the guy moves on after 1 year anyways? These companies should be rare. Don't get me wrong. I'm not indecided. In maybe 10 years I want to settle down.Then I can easily sign that 10 year contract. But now I want to have fun. So it might be, that China won't let me in anymore. Then I've invested in Chinese for nothing. Learned a language of a country, which doesn't really want me. Maybe I'm talking to fast. We will ...

... night, one on Saturday night and then saw some 10 other places on Sunday. The place we settled on was the one we saw on Saturday night. It was fully furnished and modernly decorated. The bedrooms were not very equal in size or layout (one room was much smaller but we decided to switch bedrooms after 6 months of apartment living. We signed the paperwork...and also placed our thumbprints (in red ink) on every single page of the contract (we don't have cool name stamps like the ...

... could be sleeping or exploring China. They all made the right choice, too, because the lecture was desperately boring. It went way over time and the lecturer blatantly disregarded requests to wrap it up, despite the obvious respect in the way they were given. It was on the history of China, I think, but I didn't learn anything and quite honestly I had a very difficult time staying awake. When Alan tried to thank the lecturer (in Chinese, so I don't know exactly what he ...

... Wee-Wee'. I told my co-teacher what the name meant and she was appalled. I asked her if there was any way she could talk to his parents and perhaps suggest an English name for him to have. She said she would and then forgot about it for a few weeks. Finally one day she came in and informed me that his parents had chosen an English name for him. I semi-jokingly said "Let me guess...they called him Willy?". My co-teacher was shocked "How did you know?". LOL!!! I laughed. "Call ...

I've visited Formosa and have fun with the Mayan river rides, cable car & other rides not to mention the ethnic performances. I've been to Windows on China too, enjoying the miniture of Europe, USA & other countries tourist attraction. An experience I could never forget!