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Archive for May 2010
PAWN SHOP NEON SIGN Leave a comment
THE GREENHOUSE GAS DEBATE Leave a comment
A view from MRT platform at Xin Bietou station. Australians have been warned the price of electricity is set to skyrocket – in stages, during the next three years. The government has given thousands of homes free ceiling insulation and this is working fantastically as the winter approaches. Australia often talks of going down the [...]
SEA LIFE PARK – HUALIEN Leave a comment
An excellent oceanarium worth visiting.
FIRST VISITS Leave a comment
The first visit to Taipei was in late April 2002 – my aircraft being one of the first in the Royal Brunei fleet to touch down as the SARS problem was clearing. My friend and guide (pictured) had been in a mild panic a few weeks before when surgical mask supplies were very low in [...]
FIRST TAIPEI OBSERVATIONS – THE MRT Leave a comment
It will be another ten years before Sydney, Australia has anything like Taipei’s MRT
AUSTRALIAN WINE Leave a comment
Taipei friends like to talk about wine and the culture of enjoying it. There are rules concerning temperature and which wine is best with what foods. Australia has a serious glut of wine. Millions of gallons remain unsold. Being so cheap has increased the problems associated with alcohol. Having said that, quality wine remains expensive. [...]
Happy Face Leave a comment
UNDERWATER WONDER – DOWN UNDER
North of Port Douglas (Queensland, Australia) is a popular dive site “The Temple of Doom” where this ‘pair’ got created. This pair? It’s two pictures stitched together – one picture has been reversed. It’s a trick picture. Water depth about 20 meters. The location may have changed. Small boat anchors easily break coral formations. A [...]
TAIWAN MAGAZINES PACKAGED IN PLASTIC BAGS
No free browsing in Taiwan – not so in Australia where magazine and newspaper sales are falling fast.
CKS MEMORIAL MUSEUM – Before the crowds
A couple of people on the steps and a similar number inside. The was before the mainland tourists began arriving. Soon to reach one million visitors per year. Today it’s a much different picture.
