12 March 2010

My Door on arrival home yesterday from Taiwan and China

View from veranda today and video of the welcoming party

10 March 2010

The last day In Taipei I did fill the time in walking around the area I was staying at

Fruit and vegetable area

Butchers

Ladies making Dumplings

09 march 2010

Day before leaving had lunch with Long Time friend Dawson

This person saw me looking with camera, and she came closer for me and the one below was told to do same by a man

08 March 2010

Friend Eric nonplussed as to why I should take a picture of him whilst we waited for a shop to open so I could get my watch fixed at Ximen

My Favorite dumpling restaurant

Some flowers in the park

06 March 2010

Some shy person says hi from his roof top

Chiang Kai-Shek home and gardens plus his chapel in the gardens he was a devout Christian as you will see in the notice board pictured herewith

Collecting monies for a Temple

04 March 2010

Today was our second day in Hualien when we had the experience of a 6.6 Earthquake we were on the ninth floor of the hotel The whole building shook and one did not know when it would end and the outcome, the picture above was taken about 5 minutes after the quake looking from veranda where Eric is giving the thumbs up to there being no damage locally as far as we could see,

Pictures taken at front of Hotel

Went on scooter to Liyulan (Carp) Lake got a sun burnt nose face and arms 33c, plus bitten by so many mosquito's

03 March 2010

Today Eric and I went to Toroko National Park (Gorge) It was a 50 minute trip there on the back of a hired scooter, at $300 T.W.D = to $9 AU my longest trip ever on a scooter for me as a passenger, but was a nice day we spent some hours traveling through the park here are some pictures from that trip

The Entrance to the Toroko National Park

The road through the Park was hand built in 1948 with the loss of many lives

Temple on mountain side

The stones on Hualien Beach

The only time I was at the helm was when we returned to Hualien (Stationary)

01 March 2010

View from bus on way home

Views on my walk today