Cityscape from Taipei 101
Sun Moon Lake
Trees in the mist on Mt Cising
Rock formations at Yeliou, north coastMore here if you're keen:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=76025&l=f24e2&id=604040105
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Taiwan photos
Cityscape from Taipei 101Sun Moon LakeTrees in the mist on Mt CisingRock formations at Yeliou, north coastMore here if you're keen:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=76025&l=f24e2&id=604040105
Monday, September 17, 2007
Taiwan update
Apologies for my slackness with updating this thing- I'll try and do better in future!
Anyway, here we go. Since my last post, I've had to do a fair bit of work but I've managed to get in quite a lot of exploring too. There's lots of waterfalls and forested areas right near the apartment- its surprisingly easy to get away from it all considering Taiwan packs 23 million people into an area smaller than Canterbury! One scooter trip took us through a beautiful bush-covered pass that reminded me of Motueka; to a quintessential Taiwanese village called Pingxi, which despite its tourist savvy, felt pretty authentic.
The people are extremely friendly and helpful - its not unusual to have a veritable flock of locals pooling their knowledge in an attempt to decipher our rantings when we ask one of them for help. I say we, but Jess and Des can actually communicate pretty well using basic Chinese- mine currently extends to 'thank you', 'excuse me' and a few numbers. I do intend to learn though.
We've also spent a bit of time exploring Taipei- its pretty impressive. Taipei 101- all of half a kilometre high- is still the worlds tallest completed building (the as-yet unfinished Burj Dubai has just overtaken it) and there is plenty of other architectural bling- the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is also a sight to behold.
The weather has been fairly mild so far- I am spoilt by an air-conditioned apartment- however before I came the air-conditioned temperature was hovering around 30 degrees which wouldn't have been so good!
Having said that, we are currently catching the edge of the typhoon that's threatening Shanghai- it's raining and there's strong winds- just like Wellington really. Everyone is off work though and apparently we can't go outside in case we get maimed by a falling air-conditioner!
We're heading to Cambodia (via Singapore) tomorrow for 10 days, so there's going to be another long gap between posts... but I should have plenty of interesting stories to tell by then!
Check out more photos at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=53553&l=cdd3c&id=604040105
Anyway, here we go. Since my last post, I've had to do a fair bit of work but I've managed to get in quite a lot of exploring too. There's lots of waterfalls and forested areas right near the apartment- its surprisingly easy to get away from it all considering Taiwan packs 23 million people into an area smaller than Canterbury! One scooter trip took us through a beautiful bush-covered pass that reminded me of Motueka; to a quintessential Taiwanese village called Pingxi, which despite its tourist savvy, felt pretty authentic.
The people are extremely friendly and helpful - its not unusual to have a veritable flock of locals pooling their knowledge in an attempt to decipher our rantings when we ask one of them for help. I say we, but Jess and Des can actually communicate pretty well using basic Chinese- mine currently extends to 'thank you', 'excuse me' and a few numbers. I do intend to learn though.
We've also spent a bit of time exploring Taipei- its pretty impressive. Taipei 101- all of half a kilometre high- is still the worlds tallest completed building (the as-yet unfinished Burj Dubai has just overtaken it) and there is plenty of other architectural bling- the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is also a sight to behold.
The weather has been fairly mild so far- I am spoilt by an air-conditioned apartment- however before I came the air-conditioned temperature was hovering around 30 degrees which wouldn't have been so good!
Having said that, we are currently catching the edge of the typhoon that's threatening Shanghai- it's raining and there's strong winds- just like Wellington really. Everyone is off work though and apparently we can't go outside in case we get maimed by a falling air-conditioner!
We're heading to Cambodia (via Singapore) tomorrow for 10 days, so there's going to be another long gap between posts... but I should have plenty of interesting stories to tell by then!
Check out more photos at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=53553&l=cdd3c&id=604040105
Sunday, November 19, 2006
My weekend in crusty cellphone pics
Here's a bit of a photo-log of my weekend's adventure to Kaiteriteri... pictures were all taken with a cheap Nokia cellphone, but most of them came out pretty well though I thought.
The crew by Maruia falls
Chilling by Lake Rotoiti
Some ridiculously cute ducklings
Aforementioned ducklings taking a nap
One of the above having had its nap rudely interrupted...
Mud diving (the original plan was just to play touch; however the mud proved rather too alluring for some)
Sea kayaking in the Abel Tasman national park (thanks Gloria!)
Chilling on the beach near Split Apple Rock (which our guide informed us is in fact a Taniwha egg)
The boys (we ended up rafting together and hoisting a sail to maximise the tail wind...)
The girls
The crew by Maruia falls
Chilling by Lake Rotoiti
Some ridiculously cute ducklings
Aforementioned ducklings taking a nap
One of the above having had its nap rudely interrupted...
Mud diving (the original plan was just to play touch; however the mud proved rather too alluring for some)
Sea kayaking in the Abel Tasman national park (thanks Gloria!)
Chilling on the beach near Split Apple Rock (which our guide informed us is in fact a Taniwha egg)
The boys (we ended up rafting together and hoisting a sail to maximise the tail wind...)
The girls
Thursday, March 02, 2006
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