Tainan Hotel

... 3-4 paivaa minimi ellei lapikulkumatkalla..). Kaupungissa ei ole metroa mutta hammastyttavasti taalla kulkee muutama ilmainen dosa! Hypattiin siis sellaiseen ja saatiin seuraavien parin tunnin aikana 'Sightseeing a' la Tainan" - ilmaiseksi. Kaupungin keskusta on taynna talojen alleen hautaamia vanhoja temppeleita jotka muistuttavat vanhoista ajoista. Myos muutama minimaalinen puiston tapainen loytyy mutta muuten keskusta on melko tiivis ostoskeskuksista ...

... The 99 was suppose to take us there faster but it only came every hour. We waited about 15 minutes and when it didnt come (I have to say the punctuality isn't as good as that of Taipei), we caught the 88 instead which still took us there but it took over an hour. I fell asleep along the way so there really wasn't much to say about that. I was glad that Daniel came along as he was way more organised that I was, and to be honest it felt good to just ...

First couple pictures are of the view from the train station. Then we are heading towards a Confucius Temple. It is apparently one of the richest temples as it had many gifts from empires from the cing dynasty. We then went for a little walk down a marketplace which was still part of ...

... landscape, swept by the northeasterly winds, presents another unique attraction and, due to the lack of lighting pollution, a popular stargazing spot as well. The view of the ocean and the Taiwan coastline was truly a thing of beauty, as you can see from the pictures. I cant say enough about this tropical paradise, so excuse me if I elaborate a little much on the beauty of this island. Our next stop on the tour was Eluanbi which is a plateau at the southernmost end of the ...

... restaurant called The Corner. Of the course the massage as usual was wonderful, this time took a picture with my masseuse, Pe-Lou, who is originally from a city about 2 hours from Tainan. I also did a little shopping and bought some wonderful perfume, that smells heavenly. I really enjoyed my birthday and the only thing that could have made it better would have been to have my family and friends around, but how many people can say that celebrated their birthday in Asia! I ...

... her priority to inform us about all parts of the museum. Patrick did a wonderful job of translating her information. I was surprised to learn that the initial Deans of the college were Japanese, not Taiwanese or Chinese. It wasn't until after WWII that the college got it's first Taiwanese Dean. The museum had a section dedicated to neat little mechanical devices that were used to teach engineering students about how different motors and gears worked, and a ...

... angesagt um mit dem L**nstoff nachzukommen. Viele Kind** klemmen also den ganzen Tag hint** den Buech**n und dementsprechend viele Brillentraeg** gibt es auch hi**...auss**dem haben wir das Gefuehl, dass die soziale Entwicklung dadurch wirklich beeintraechtigt wird. Die Jugendlichen scheinen zumindest von Int**essen und V**halten ein bis zwei Jahre hint** deutschen Kids zurueck zu sein. Und selbst wenn manche Elt**n diesen L**ndrill ablehnen, muessen sie ...

... blue poster with Chinese writing and our names written near the bottom. It was an advertisement for our talks at NCKU next week! I must get a copy of it to bring home for my scrap book. Melinda, Ted, Shuying, Alan, Patrick, and I sat in the conference room in the Earth Science department and waited for the rain to stop so that we could go to the NCKU Medical College Cafeteria for lunch (evidently it has the best student food). The Americans joked that since ...

... hi** eine fundamentale Rolle im Leben. Das sieht man auf den **sten Blick wenn man raus auf die Strasse geht, wo es fast ueb**all irgendein kleines Restaurant, eine Garkueche od** V**kaufsstand in Sichtweite gibt, so dass man ausgesprochen bequem etwas Essbares **stehen kann. Gewisse Strassen bestehen dann fast aussschliesslich aus Restaurants, die sich g**adezu aneinand**reihen. Es scheint ein unglaublich gross** Teil d** Leute damit beschaeftigt zu sein, Essen ...

... Schleckereien und Kleinigkeiten zusammengestellt, die gerade frisch aus der Heimat kamen, z.B. Fruechtetee, Trockenfruechte und Mandeln; ausserdem Rittersport und Kinder-Schokolade, die es hier naemlich auch gibt. Abends haben wir alles in das Auto meiner Mummy geladen, ich bin mit dem Scooter hinterhergeduest und schon war ich umgezogen. Das neue Haus der neuen Familie liegt etwas zentraler, aber in sehr ruhig in ...