I awoke this morning by stepping in a cold puddle of water in our bathroom. No surprise that the toilet wasn’t really “fixed”. Breakfast was provided as part of our room, a Chinese and western breakfast buffet. “Western” in this case apparently means they have toast and lettuce salad. A note on toast. It’s a … Read more
Breakfast at Full House is an artist’s breakfast: One designed to keep you starving. It consists of one wafer-thin, sandwich sized slice of ham, an egg and half a banana. We didn’t get going very early in the morning, so we checked out and headed for a ’round the lake drive. Recently, back in Phoenix … Read more
As mentioned previously, I slept badly during the night. The room was very nice, but without heating or cooling, apart from nature. The temperature would not have been too bad, a little cold, but the only bed covers were something between a duvet and an antarctic survival blanket. Underneath it you sweated like a pig, … Read more
During the night, I had an epiphany. It came with the sound of something not unlike a piece of hard plastic, like a bead, being ricocheted off the wall and then bouncing across a wooden floor. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard that noise tonight either. It was the noise of the cough drop … Read more
Last night when we left Danshui, we split up when we got back to the subway station near the house. I went to the drug store to pick up more Panadol, which doesn’t work well, but it is all they’ve got and Irene took James home by bus. I went overboard and bought a couple … Read more
I don’t know what the heck it is about this place, but I just get the darndest colds here and can’t shake them. Today I woke up and felt like I’d been setback to my worst day of the cold last week. I can only imagine this isn’t so much a cold as a nasty … Read more
Not much of a day to write about. In the morning, we went to the photographer to have an album made for Michelle and James. This is the same studio that did the album for Michelle when she was 6 months old, too. We liked their work then and they gave us a good deal … Read more
I’ve been generally disappointed with the Sony Cybershot lately. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good point and shoot digital camera and has served me well, but, I want to have more control of the picture process and this trip to Alishan has really driven it home for me. Today I went and bought a … Read more
We slept in this morning, but since had to check out by 11:00 AM we still got up early enough to do something. While Irene and James packed, I took Michelle out for another hike. I like Alishan a lot, but quickly realized that there are only a few trails you can go on and … Read more
Today was a long day! It started at 4:20 AM when we got our wake up call from the hotel. At precisely 4:50 the hotel bus leaves for the train station taking most of the guests up to a vantage point on Chushan where you can witness the spectacular sunrises. I’ve mentioned this before, this … Read more