View! Wish I coulda seen this in clear weather
Bit of a different newsletter this month since I’ve been on the road. It picks up from my last one talking about “making” and building skills. Here’s a missive from an old gold-mining town in northern Taiwan: buttondown.email/chadkoh/a…
Pano of Jiufen for you
Day 30: 📷 hometown (@mattypenny) #mbApr
I am literally 9,788 kilometers from my hometown, but this community clinging to the side of the mountain at the northern tip of Taiwan is home to many, and a sight to behold! 😍
Absolutely poured on us after our arrival to the old gold mining village of Jiufen. We walked the covered old street, had tea, watch clouds go UP over the mountain ridge. Then for a few glorious moments took in the view before being soaked and running home. See the Spirited Away tea house? #Taiwan
Lovely day in Taipei at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial and amazing Lungshan Temple. It was a hot one! We ate bao at this great soy milk place for breakfast, got to see the changing of the guard at the memorial, and later got a family foot massage. Informative and relaxing day. #Taiwan
Day 29: 📷 drift (@SimonWoods) #mbApr
After days of rain and cloud on this #Taiwan trip, we got a perfectly clear 34ºC day with just this little wisp of cloud drifting above the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
Scrambled onto a packed high-speed train 🚄 from Tainan to Taipei. Had to stand the whole 1.5hr journey, but we made it 😮💨 Immediately went for fish tacos 🌮 and tea 🍵 (a very Taiwan combination) 😋
They served craft beer, cocktails, and tea out of a long bank of draft taps!
Day 28: 📷 community (@stupendousman) #mbApr
Depiction of community festival at the Taiwan National History Museum. #Taiwan
Catching up on some journaling on the balcony with a nice view before we leave.
#Taiwan
Lovely day at the Grand Kaohsiung Hotel. Next we drive up to Tainan to visit the National History Museum. In the evening we will catch the High Speed Rail to Taipei.
Tonight we are staying in the Grand Kaohsiung Hotel, a grand place indeed which has hosted many dignitaries over the years including Chiang Kai Shek, Chadian president Idriss Déby, and Reza Pahlavi Shah. They have a giant duck and a nice pool! #Taiwan
Day 27: 📷 surprise (@Sdevore) #mbApr
One of the suprising things visiting the holy site of the Buddha tooth relic (see previous post) was finding… a DINOSAUR display!? Unexpected… but at least its a herbivore! 🌱🦕
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum houses one of the 3 tooth 🦷 relics of the Buddha ☸️ It is a massive facility. No photos inside unfortunately. We saw the reliquary, got small bottles of holy water, and ate a fantastic vegetarian meal. But, there was a surprise (see my next post) #Taiwan #Buddhism
We showed up just as they were getting the night market set up. It was absolutely pouring when the plane landed. But not too bad the rest of the day. We had “Buddha Head” fruit for the first time. Ate some great noodles at a vegetarian 卍 stand. So full of street food right now! 😋
Day 26: 📷 critter (@7robots) #mbApr
Some delicious critters at the night market from our first day in Taiwan.
On the train to get on the plane to fly to Taiwan!🇹🇼 Getting a jumpstart on Golden Week. All my photos for the rest of the Micro.Blog April photo challenge #mBApr will now switch from Sakura 🌸 to Taiwan themed. 🧋🥭🍍
Hard wind out there today 🌬🪨
Day 25: 📷 spine (@thedimpause) #mbApr
To the east of Osaka, floating above the tops of the buildings in the distance, is the Ikoma mountain range, the spine that runs up the middle of Kansai separating the Osaka Plain from the Nara Basin. This is my morning coffee view from the balcony. ☀️☕⛰️⛰️⛰️
Day 24: 📷 light (@eumrz) #mbApr
The cherry blossoms are long gone, so I have not held myself to that rule for the last couple of weeks, but I am glad to get you some cherry blossoms for tonight’s photo 💡🌸
