Useful tip: Booking office for Taiwan High speed Rail is located on the North-East corner of this building.
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TAIPEI MAIN STATION – Interior picture Leave a comment
TAROKO GORGE TOUR – REMEMBERED Leave a comment
Rainbow marble vases were stunning. Prices not remembered, probably US $3000 – (part of the day trip to Taroko Gorge involved a stop at a shop while on the return part of the trip). The picturesque small temple via the running stream is often featured on advertising for tourism in Taiwan.
GREEN ISLAND – TAITUNG AREA Leave a comment
CZECH POLITICAN SPEAKS IN TAIPEI (2007) Leave a comment
Czech speaker YouTube video <CLICK Some Taiwan visits ago I took my then new video camera to a short speech on democracy by a visiting and very famous Czech politician. Petr Pithart’s entourage were interesting looking guys. We spoke briefly afterwards. A very tall and slim gentleman had been a diplomat stationed in Australia – [...]
REMEMBERING FIRST TWO VISITS Leave a comment
VIDEO – Memorial Hall <CLICK 1. Rainbow marble vases or jars are not cheap. I priced one in a shop near Hyatt Fortune Hotel recently at NT$100 thousand. 2. It took me a couple of years to figure out the poster message. A phone within a camera. Unknown back in Australia in 2003. 3. The [...]
WW2 ENDS – UNIQUE DOCUMENT (1945) Leave a comment
Click to enlarge this copy of a rare document. Main picture, Shigemitsu signs the above document., IN CHINA NEWS FOOTAGE FROM THE FOLLOWING DAYS: You Tube clip <Click here
REAL TOFU Leave a comment
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LATEST VIDEO Leave a comment
ORANGE JUICE MACHINE You Tube video – click here
JAPANESE-TAIWANESE STYLE FOOD Leave a comment
http://www.facebook.com/v/10150665207440060 CLICK ABOVE FOR 3 MINUTE VIDEO New eatery in ChangAn Road West is open 16 hours a day. Near Hyatt Fortune Hotel.
EYEGLASSES – NEAR SHIPAI MRT Leave a comment
We old folk get a free eye test every two years in Australia. It’s common to get your prescription details then go to a cheaper store- or go overseas for the glasses. The first store knows this. The prescription I was given was not worth a pinch of sh*t. Wrong wrong wrong. Therefore I have [...]
