A much cheaper entry fee than at Taipei 101. Coffee shop girls on 74th floor show invitation for Halloween Party to be held in their restaurant. Phoebe and Yvonne are their names. Not quite out-of-sight. Like dirty washing on a clothes line? Mechanical parts on rooftop below.
Archive for the ‘The Taiwan Coast’ Category
SKY TOWER – KAOHSIUNG Leave a comment
TAIWAN FISHING BOATS – KAOHSIUNG HARBOR Leave a comment
HIGH SPEED RAIL – NEEDED IN AUSTRALIA Leave a comment
LED signs in Business Class periodically shows travel speed reached. 297 kph was fastest noted but it may have exceeded 300 kph. Free newspapers and snacks in this class. Softer seats too. Ordinary class was still very acceptable. Announcements in both the Taiwanese languages plus English. The Australian politicians who are presently against a high speed rail linking our [...]
KAOHSIUNG’S CIJIN ISLAND FORT Leave a comment
After renting a bike our first stop was the fortress for a view of the island. Good B&W photo opportunities all around the fort with a long tunnel (at ground level below), old door entrances in stone. With a couple of models, a tripod and a good lens, a photographer could spend hours here. The [...]
KAOHSIUNG – HOW TO GET TO CIJIN ISLAND Leave a comment
At Kaohsiung Main Station catch bus 248 Have correct change for fare NT$12. Bus is more convenient than MRT but if you must catch a train it will be to MRT station O1 (the first, or last station on the ORANGE line). Entrance to the ferry which runs every few minutes between the mainland and the [...]
SEA SHELLS FOR MILLIONAIRES Leave a comment
A pair of friendly guys from the southern city Kaohsiung are in town with their collection of marine shells. There were helmet and Triton shells that have taken a month to engrave. The giant clam with gold inlaid will set you back about AUD $2250
GREEN ISLAND – BLUE WATER FOR DIVING Leave a comment
Offshore from Taitung is Green Island an ideal scuba and snorkel diving location.
KAOHSIUNG – FIRST IMPRESSIONS Leave a comment
Departure point for cheap ferry ride over to Chi Chin Island (KaohSiung Harbour) A rare sight in Taiwan – tourist novelty ride at Chi Ching Island Tunnel at Chi Ching area university grounds (during vacation) is impressive. We presume this is a vegetable being sun-dried in the traditional manner? But on the street would not [...]
EASTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS – SHARK PHOTO
Photographing sharks is now very popular with underwater photographers. A big change from the 1970′s when diving magazines were pressured not to run shark pictures by their advertisers. Schooling hammerhead sharks have been seen at Green Island. The potential for international divers to visit Taiwan is good. The east coast especially. Blue water is essential for good photography.
WHALE SHARK TOURISM Leave a comment
People pay NT$2500 or more for the boat ride, just to snorkel swim with these giants at Exmouth, on the North West coast of Western Australia. Touching the shark is forbidden. Small aircraft are used to spot the sharks which then guide the dive boats to where one is. Could the same technique be tried [...]
