Taiwan

Five Takes

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I just happened to stumble across 5 Takes this evening on TV.It’s a program I’ve never watched before, but was fascinated by the concept: 5 people are given a bit of money, a laptop and a camera (crew, perhaps) and sent on trips.

Dr. Milker

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This was just too priceless not to take a picture of. Incidentally, despite the awful name, Dr. Milker is the most normal tasting milk I found in Taiwan. I’m not an expert on pasteurization, but I couldn’t help noticing that the description of the process on Taiwanese milk usually involved phrases like, “Ultra high temperature … Read more

Leftovers

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We’ve been awfully busy/sick lately and just haven’t had much time to post… besides, when you’re sick/busy, there’s nothing much really to tell. I offloaded my cellphone photos tonight and discovered I had a few leftovers from Taiwan. This was one of my favorites. As we were waiting in the airport terminal, in the food … Read more

Flickr Done!

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I finished upoading the last of my photos from Taiwan. Gridman’s Photos Technorati Tags: Blog, Taiwan, Travel

November Flickr Cram

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It’s the end of the month and that means my flickr upload allotment will roll over on the first of December, so I’m cramming as many of the 300+ remaining photos from my Taiwan trip onto Flickr as I can tonight. With the new camera I’m generally getting about 5 photos per 1% allotment of … Read more

Jet Lag

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I really don’t understand jet lag. Oh, I understand the principle behind it, just not “logic” of how it works. For example, since our return, I wake up at 3 to 4 in the morning, that’s 6 -7 PM in Taipei. Not me usual “wake-up’ time. Come around 1PM, I’m suddenly falling asleep again (that’s … Read more

Blogging in the Air

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Our departure from Taipei was not without incident. My father-in-law’s car is not particularly large, and most cars struggle with two carseats, not to mention five large pieces of luggage and 6 people. When we arrived, we’d managed to cram it all in the car, but Irene’s mother didn’t meet us at the airport. For … Read more

Good Morning Starshine

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As a recap, my day of travel went like this: Action Taipei Time Phoenix Time Get Up Monday 7:00 AM Sunday 4:00PM Catch Flight Monday 10:55 PM Monday 7:55 AM Arrive Phoenix Tuesday 1:41 PM Monday 10:41 PM Arrive at Home Tuesday 4:10 PM Tuesday 1:10 AM That’s over 30 hours without benefit of more … Read more