Tayih Landis Tainan

... ja etsittiin jotain "betonipunkkeria jonka ulkopuolella ei ole kuulemma mitaan kyltteja mutta oven edessa ehka jotain porukkaa". Bunkkeri loytyi ja samalla todettin etta alakulttuurit elavat Taiwanissakin mutta mistaan kukoistuskaudesta ei voida nyt puhua.. Paikalla oli kolme bandia (Knife Hand, Double Strike & Adam's Apple) jotka soittivat punkkia ja grungea. Yleisoa oli alle 20 (me mukaan luettuna) ja tahan on laskettu mukaan bandien jasenet ...

... to be a Japanese Outpost during colonial era or something like that. It was rather hot and so I'm not too sure anymore as most of it was pretty fuzzy. After that, we cut through some old houses and arrived at Fort Zeelandia, what used to be a Dutch Fort. Most of the original structure had fallen and only one part of the southern wall remained. They've rebuilt it and added a few statues of Koxinga (Zheng Cheng Gong), the guy from the Ming ...

We headed to the waterfront to see a statue of the goddess of the water. Apparently she looks over the sailors. We were impressed by the kites being flown. In the video, the one kite is like a spine, the other is a long string of kites. After the video the string of kites reached 130.  Then we headed ...

... a pretty magnetic bracelet/necklace. The lighthouse is actually still in use today. The gift shop was also nice, in retrospect I wish I had spent more time there. We then saw some of the island more famous rock formations, like the one that is famous because it closely resembles our former President Ric**********.. and it really does look like him. After lunch we headed to the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium.It is divided into three theme areas: Water of Taiwan ...

... as hot. Biking during the day is simply too exhausting, I just opt for walking or a cab if I have to be somewhere in the middle of the day. Cab are not expensive here at all, like $3 for most place that I want to go. Tipping or not tipping is another thing I had to get used to here. It is not custom here to tip at restaurants, etc, people don't do it nor do they expect it. Unlike in the U. S the waiters here make more money in their salary which is why I guess tipping isn't ...

... and to be sure to get it. Alan and David went to pick up the boxes while Patrick, Melinda, and I went to secure a spot at the picnic tables near the old banyan tree park we took photos of when we toured the NCKU campus last week. David and Alan returned with a large bag and cold drinks (YEAH!) in no time. So it turns out the special lunch was much larger than the one yesterday. It contained, well, I'm not quite sure what. Something with taro root, and ...

... mittlw**eile in den USA, ab** ** wird hi** v**ehrt wie ein Halbgott und jed** kennt ihn. Chinesisch (Mandarin, Hochchinesisch) ist hi** Amtssprache und so gut wie jed** spricht es, wenngleich mit ein** etwas and**en Aussprache als auf dem Festland. Auss**dem w**den hi** nachwievor die traditionellen Langzeichen benutzt, wohingegen auf dem Festland die Kurzzeichen geschrieben w**den, die sein**zeit durch eine Schrift-Reform von Mao Zedong eingefuehrt ...

... her, Alan, and Patrick we generally are able to figure out what will be arriving. Melinda and I got cashew chicken, and yes, it tasted exactly like it does in Raleigh. It was accompanied by soup, some sort of bitter green leafy vegetable, and a cold dessert soup that was made of green beans and barley. Not bad, but definitely not my first choice for dessert. Ted, the vegetarian of the group, ordered fish of unknown origin. He asked Shuying, Alan, and Patrick what ...

... Cent. "Wie schmeckt dir denn das Essen hi**?" war eine d** all****sten Fragen, wenn ich jemanden kennen gel**nt habe und nicht selten kam hint**h**: "Das taiwanesische Essen ist schon bess** und vielfaeltig** als bei euch, od**?" fu** meine Ohren etwas eingebildet, ab** wie sollen sie auch das europaeische Essen wirklich kennen. In Deutschland gibt es fu** sie haupsaechlich hartes Brot, Schweinebraten und Wurst, ab** das wars dann auch schon... Da ich jetzt Chinesisch ...

... auf dem Hof noch ein bisschen Basketball und Federball gespielt. So viel Family hatte ich ja schon ewig nicht mehr! Der Vater ist Photograph und Graphikdesigner, hat ein chaotisches Atelier und super gute Kameras. Hat mir gleich alles gezeigt und als ich mit dem Kostuem fuer eine Weihnachts-Uniformparty nach Hause kam, hat er mich gleich abgelichtet, mit Papierschirm, mega Flash und allem drum und dran. Er ist etwas ...