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Bowling and Beats
Our last weekend in Taiwan was spent in true Western style.
We checked out the internationally popular sport of bowling on Friday night,
and attended a fundraiser on Saturday. Saturday night's fundraiser (raising
money for a couple seeking to adopt a baby from Taiwan) was great as it was a
true testament to the ...
Never let a Dutch person build you a fort
... hungry. Need food. We found a stall selling the dou hua (a tofu dessert with a honey topping), a Taiwanese speciality. One with tapioca please. We took a few bites and then ordered another with boiled peanuts. With the hunger pangs gone, we walked towards the Da Dong night market. We didn't get far before we found another open-aired store selling a lamb and vegetable dish. Sounds good (and tasted great as well)! Definitely ...
Dismantling the EZ
... freshen up before Bryan and Mr W arrived to take us to a seafood restaurant. As it was situated in a part of town we hadn’t had the opportunity to visit (the Anping District), Bryan kindly drove around the area pointing out sites of interest including the Dutch Fort Zeelandia, the 400 year old Anping Matsu Temple, the Eternal Golden Castle with its many cannon and the former Tait & Co Merchant House (British-built in 1867) and nearby Tree-House.
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From the Philippines to Taiwan ROC
... that showed a diagram of the dimensions of the EZ. Patrick was standing at the white board drawing a proposal for the frame inside the container, when suddenly one of the team rushed up to stick a photo of G-LGEZ onto the board. This was one of a series of photos that had been taken on our first long distance voyage to the Island of Malta in May 2010. We were asked to sign one copy of the print and this was quickly framed and mounted on their wall of aircraft they had worked ...
First "relaxing" weekend
... figured out where I needed to transfer and where I wanted to end up. (It just occurs to me that I haven't taken any pictures of the MRT stations here as they are similar to the ones in Bangkok. They are also similar to skytrain stations at home, very clean and modern, probably better kept than those in Canada. Several stations have art displays as part of their structure. I've been too busy to check it out, but one weekend I will do an MRT tour and ...



