30 January 2010

Toady I flew from Taipei to Shanghai and was met by a dear friend Adam Zhang

We walked along the longest street in Shanghai Nanjing Lu Walking Street and also went to the Pearl Tower

MAGLEV Shanghai

On MAGLEV from airport to Shanghai City

MAGLEV 301klm an Hour

28 January 2010

Today being the second last day before I go to China I just went to Taipei city in the malls I saw these young lads practicing their guitars, then later a did see a lot of young ladies doing the same thing in the park with a teacher

I decided to try this guy out as an artist, your comments please

27 January 2010

A day at Yehliu Geopark will write comments later

26 January 2010

Fortune tellers In the underground mall Taipei MRT

Our friend Dawson shouted me out to dinner for bringing something he ordered in Australia

The dinner is called hot pot, where you cook the ingreidents yourself in hot soup on your table

25 January 2010

Today I met with a young lady who I had met exactly 3 years ago in Taiwan, and we have kept in contact on the net, when we first met she was attending teachers college in Taipei but now is an arts teacher on an Island between China and Taiwan called Matsu, I will never ever forget the welcome she gave me today, wonderful embrace.

Today we went to the Art show of the guy who's name is in the first picture; there were some incredible pieces we were not allowed to take photo's of, the artist created the fireworks display for the Beijing Olympics and many othe world events

Just another cracked pot added to the dispaly

22 January 2010

Today I went to Dahu Park on the New Metro extension line all automatic no drivers, was to wet so went back to town

This cute little fellow sat on my lap most of the trip looking out the front of the train, think his grandma got a bit jealous

21 January 2010

Today I di a long walk from Shilin to Taipei main Station and further, first picture is of a line of ladies having facials on the footpath they use some kind of string or cotton its hard to explain what they do

Making Dumplings

A type of bird of which I have never seen before but very noisy, the man near it said its called the five coloured bird?

The Grand Hotel once again

Traffic at the lights

A policeman watching that traffic with a camera