Tea Farm and Hotel
This is a shot of our hotel taken from a nearby parking lot. The furrowed green areas you can see between the camera and the hotel are...
Top of the World Fast Food!
I just had to get this shot before we left, the world’s highest Starbucks and the world’s highest 7-11 side by side. Capitalism knows no limits! Actually...
A parting shot…
With this picture we left Dream Forest Villa and Ching Jing farm Monday morning, made our way down the mountains and went to PuLi. PuLi was actually...
Sunday Sunday
So, a few weeks ago Connie and I decided to spend a Sunday afternoon wandering around Taipei’s famous XiMen-Ding shopping area. Ximen-Ding is near Taipei Main Station,...
Those who hunt Elves
You can’t see it here, but as we walked into the maze that is XiMen-Ding we found a long lineup of mostly teenage girls clinging desperately to...
Elves!
When we got closer, we saw the reason for all the ears. A local pop-boy band who apparently have an elf-motif going on. I’d call them Vulcans,...
The Crowds
XiMen-Ding on a Sunday afternoon from the window of Starbucks at it’s center. Connie and I spent a few hours here reading and watching the crowds. It...
A Taste of Russia in Taipei
Since coming to Taiwan I have definitely picked up the Taiwanese love of good food. Part of that has been making a point of trying new restaurants...
Dessert!
For dessert, Connie and I decided to order one of the house specialities. Shortly after that a chef pushed a cart up to our table with a...
Chocolate Flambe!
The chef pours alcohol (Vodka, I believe) onto the chocolate bubble and lights it on fire!