Archive for May 2010

PRETTY BIRDS SCREEN SAVER   Leave a comment

Posted May 28, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in My Australia pictures, Nature

CONTRASTING LIFESTYLES. TAIWAN – AUSTRALIA   Leave a comment

Unknown couple in a coal mining town, Cessnock New South Wales. Friday night at the local licensed club. Beer is cheap.  Raw chickens (chooks) and trays of raw meat are ‘raffled’ in a type of lottery.  It’s a ritual that happens everywhere on Friday after work while the patrons consume vast quantities of tap beer. [...]

COLORFUL AUSTRALIAN BIRDS   Leave a comment

It’s easy to make friends with these birds.  They love bread and  honey. One bird has a split lower beak which makes for easy identification.  Commonly seen in many tree’s in suburban Sydney.

Posted May 23, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in My Australia pictures

REAL POLYNESIANS – EAST TAIWAN COUSINS   Leave a comment

These pictures were taken more than 40 years ago during a brief visit to a very remote Pacific atoll.

Posted May 23, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Polynesia - Taiwan cousins

PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS   Leave a comment

Zhongxiao E Road Sec 4, (pictured), Minquan E Road and Renai Road are among the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in Taipei City, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City councilor said yesterday, urging the city government to take more measures to ensure the city’s road safety. A total of 4,387 accidents involving pedestrians and [...]

Posted May 14, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in My First Taipei Views

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SHARKS ARE WORTH MUCH MORE ALIVE   Leave a comment

Grey nurse sharks are good for dive tourism in Australia.  I don’t believe this species is found in Taiwan, but if so, they would be a mini goldmine.  The sharks don’t seek humans as food.  Their needle teeth are for catching fast moving fish and holding onto them.  The shark is a nocturnal feeder – by daylight [...]

SANCHONG – STONE CARVINGS   Leave a comment

The raw stone comes from Grass Mountain (Yangmingshan).  A good project for the Hard Rock Cafe would be music legends carved in stone by this artist.  It wouldn’t be prohibitively expensive but they might give this guy more work than he could ever handle.  Surfing legends might be another outlet, or movie stars. The factory [...]

Posted May 12, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in Fun Things, My First Taipei Views

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TAIPEI TEA MUSEUM – SHOP   Leave a comment

Located near the Taipei River in the old end of the city.  I’d be very lucky to find it again.  It’s very popular with visitors.  Tiny tea samples are offered to visitors.  The baskets show a past era of exports to the world.  Very enjoyable although I did not understand a word of what was [...]

DRAGON   Leave a comment

Nobody has ever seen a dragon – so this one has the body of a horse according to the artist.

Posted May 12, 2010 by fathomTaiwan in My First Taipei Views, Taiwan Culture

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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL OF HOUSE   Leave a comment

The beauty of time, bricks outlast the human occupants.

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