Lees Boutique Hotel Kaohsiung

... elaa vasta hamaran saavuttua. Ihmiset ovat ystavallisia ja uteliaita mutta nyt ollaan jo sen verran periferiassa etta kun kotimaata kysyttaessa ollaan vastattu "Finland" niin aika monelle on tullut tenkkapoo. Kylla se sitten jossain vaiheessa on sinne Eurooppaankin osattu mieltaa muutaman muun arvauksen jalkeen..<br><br>Aikamme Taiwanissa on lahestymassa paatostaan mutta nyt onkin ilmaantunut toisenlaisia huolenaiheita horisonttiin. Ei siina ...

... and drove it a bit on her own. I was pretty impressed and happy that she wanted to try it out. As most of you know we just had a couple more days in Chiayi before going home. Mom went swimming quite a bit at the apartment and took walks down to the park. We went out to eat and saw some of my friends and packed up stuff in the apt. Then on Thursday [the 23rd] we made our way back up to the airport and arrived in Canada on Friday July 24th at around 6:30am.

-hard to wake up<br>-good meditation this AM, counted up to maybe 40 breaths<br>-prizes awarded at breakfast for cleanest rooms- not ours, but I'm sure we were up there..<br><br>class: Yifa taught the Diamond Sutra. Not much to say.<br><br>Note: I've found that Chinese and Taiwanese people are far more comfortable with bodily functions than americans are. Diarrhea and constipation are frequently referrenced, and at meals people belch even though the dining halls are silent ...

... back, stopped at animal shelter with exotic birds, piglets, dogs, tomatoes hanging from sky arch. could stand in bird cage and let them land on you.<br> -shower! vespers (reciting the heart sutra and various other chants, making prostrations)<br><br><br>[terrible entry! but read on, it gets better!]

... enough for a picture. We take the picture with them and then leave and head back to the ferry. Next we go to Lotus Lake to see the bridge of 9 turns and the dragon and the tiger pagodas. Its supposed to be a shore 10 minute walk from the metro station. Hah - it took forever. It was no 10 minutes. We see the Confucius temple, the Spring &amp; Autumn Pavilions. We see the Old City gate of Tsoying. It is all pretty ...

... for returning Ted and Shuying to the airport in the morning, while Melinda and I discussed plans for the next day at the conference. Ted, Shuying, and I decided to walk down the street to the local massage parlor to get a neck and foot massage. Unfortunately, the only options available were 60 mins for feet only or 60 mins for whole body not including feet. Neither of which were appealing to me. so I returned to the hotel. I'm tired anyway, and it's time for bed

... your clothes will glow, a condition he says is not cool. Shuying decided that she needed a nap, while Ted took hung out with Alan and Patrick. We agreed to meet up in the hotel lobby at 6:30p to go get dinner then visit the night market. With clockwork precision, Alan, Patrick, and Ted returned to pick us up at the hotel. Patrick suggested that we go get spaghetti at an Italian restaurant, which we were all to happy to eat. Dinner looked very promising from the outside. There ...

... sind und entsprechend kein Fleisch essen und in buddhistische Tempel gehen, um zu beten, aber ansonsten bekomme ich im taeglichen Leben wenig von aktiven Buddhisten mit. Der Konfuzianismus ist zwar mehr Staatsphilosphie als Religion, nichtsdestotrotz gibt es aber in jeder groesseren Stadt einen grossen Konfuzius Tempel, der als besondere Sehenswuerdigkeit ausgepriesen ist. Diese Tempel sind i.d.R. auch gross angelegt, aber innen drin relative schlicht ...

... new year, also 19.02, aber die Festivals beginnen dann und dauern 2 Wochen). Tainan hat das groesste Taiwans und ist tatsaechlich ein Laternenfestival:-) Dachte es waere mehr Kirmes, aber keine Achterbahn, Karussels oder Geisterbahnen. Aber Live Performances von Aborigines, die Taiwanesen promoten inzwischen auch die urpspruenglichen Staemme von Taiwan, vermutlich um sich von China abzugrenzen:-) Gruss Ralf

... und int**essant fand und mich angequatscht hat - gewonnen hat natu**lich **, ab** nur beim **sten Mal :) Ansonsten haben wir mal einen bunten, lauten, riesiegen Nachtmarkt besucht, haben chinesische Spiele, wie Kreisel und Fuss-Fed**ball ausprobi**t od** ein bisschen TaiChi gemacht und einfach die Stadt durchwand**t um dies und jenes zu besorgen od** um von A nach B zu kommen. Ein ganz eigenes Kapitel nimmt hi** in Taiwan das Essen ein. Es ist ...