King's Town Hotel Kaohsiung

... some of which I have never seen outside of a fish tank, and some lamb and beef. It was a really fun experience. After that we went to D.C. Lounge where Mikey was opening for a blues act. Mikey convinced me to play ukulele with him and we played a couple of tunes. After that Lauren and Chelsea drank in a little fish market where they had an encounter with a very large cockroach. We ended the night off at a western style bar and went to bed at 4ish, again. Today we went to ...

... in quarantine in some other room, taken to bed rest. I don't know how she can really contribute at this point.<br><br>Then meditation- new technique: visualizing immediate surroundings. I couldn't do it, but it was still a decent session. <br><br>afternoon class- WTF? some nun (I hear she's the calligraphy teacher) showed us six short videos. My fingers are too tired to describe all of them, but rest assured they were ridiculous. THEN ...

as usual...<br><br>-class on the abhidharma (wiki)<br>-lunch- unbearable, I almost threw up- mush and bitter melon (wiki) soup<br>-walking meditation (hot)<br>-sitting meditation (painful)<br>-visit Buddha Relic Memorial, which is being built to house a Buddha relic tooth (wiki). It's kind of a huge deal. The construction site was too dangerous, so we couldn't get off the bus, had to go back and browse the bookstore, watch a ...

... jälkeen aloin olla niin täysi, että alkoi tälle elämälle riittämään tämä kaupunki. Välillä oli todella hienoja taloja, mutta sitten suoraan niiden edessä jotain koirien valloittamia painajaisalueita ja näkymät suoraan kuin jostain Mad Max elokuvasta. Ilmeisesti koittavat parhaillaan kovasti rakennella ja kunnostella, mutta kyllä työtä riittää vielä muutamaksi vuodeksi (tai vuosisadaksi). Koitettiin kävellä metroasemalle, mutta koska kello alkoi ...

... 8211; I like espresso. They think it is too strong. We head back to uncle&#8217;s house. On the way to the metro &#8211; I order a stamp of my name &#8211; everything official in Taiwan is signed with your name and a stamp. So &#8211; I order one. If I ever decide to buy real estate &#8211; then it will be useful. I also stop and buy some fabric that is used as a border for calligraphy. This stuff is so cool &#8211; I plan on using it for ...

... of books and reference materials for purchase. It's almost time for the Key Note talk, so we wander upstairs to the main presentation hall. It appears that not many people are interested in hearing the Key Note Speaker talk about investigating earth science using a diamond anvil, because the hall is relatively empty. However, I am surprised when I realize that the speaker was part of the group at dinner last night. I am embarrassed to admit that I had problems ...

... was built a house for the director of customs. In order to get to the house, we had to walk up many steep steps. At the top of the steps is the house, which has now been converted into a small museum displaying historical relics, drawings, and photographs. On the Taiwan Strait side of the fort there was a large observation tower that we could walk up into and see the Tainan City from above. It was neat to learn some of the history behind Tainan City and Taiwan. We left the old fort ...

Religion spielt hier eine relativ wichtige Rolle. Die meisten Leute folgen der "Volksreligion", was im wesentlichen der Daoismus ist. Auf den ersten Blick sieht man sehr viele Tempel hier. Manche sind sehr klein, ein Reihenhaus in der Strasse, ander sind riesige Anlagen mit vielen Hallen und Hoefen, Treppen, Gaerten und Statuen. So gut wie jeder Tempel hat dieses typische geschwungene chinesische Dach. Vor dem Eingang steht i.d.R. ein grosses ...

... Nach Kaohsiung bin ich mit dem lokalen Zug gefahren, fu** den braucht man keine Res**vi**ung (muss zur Not ab** auch stehen:-) zum Glueck nicht voll). Und die Fahrt dau**t nur knapp 1h, also akzeptabel. Kaohsiung ist die zweitgroesste Stadt Taiwans mit dem vi**tgroessten Hafen d** Erde (d** Eingang ist ab** v**dammt schmal:-) An Sehenswu**digkeiten hat die Stadt ab** nicht viel zu bieten, eigentlich ziemlich ...

... eine sup** Stimmung. Die meisten von den Team**n waren selbst schon einmal mit dem ICYE im Ausland gewesen, in Finnland od** Oest**reich zum Beispiel, und es waren allesamt sehr offene, froehliche und hilfsb**eite Menschen, mit denen wir sup** viel Spass hatten. ***photos muss man momentan anklicken, um sie sehen zu koennen, sorry, v**suche es zu beheben*** Zu einem richtigen Language Camp geho**t ab** natu**lich in **st** Linie auch d** Sprachunt ...