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.
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TAROKO GORGE TOUR – REMEMBERED Leave a comment
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
BEST NIGHT MARKET IS IN KAOHSIUNG Leave a comment
Yes – it’s the same night market I use as a ‘letterhead’ or ‘masthead’ for this blog, although there is a nine-year gap between when the pictures were taken! The new picture is from a different place in the long street. CLICK ME (YOU TUBE NIGHT MARKET)
WILD CATCH PRAWN TRAWLER Leave a comment
Sorting the catch. Sometimes 99% of the catch disguarded back into the sea. It says a lot for aquaculture prawn farming – but even that method is not without problems. In ‘the west’ the environment has become a semi religion with some (or many) people. Unfortunately there is much poor information not helped by ‘astro [...]
MEMORIAL HALL Leave a comment
View that is difficult to see today as it has been roped off. The next best view is OK
BOEING ON FIRE 2007 Leave a comment
CHINA AIR DISASTER, NAHA, OKINAWA 2007 <CLICK TO PLAY
GAME – TAIWAN EDITION
JFK, LBJ Vietnam “Fog of War” <CLICK TO PLAY AND WATCH
SONG – WITH ENGLISH WORDS Leave a comment
Baby I Love Your Way < CLICK HERE
MEMORIAL HALL in 2007 Leave a comment
GHOST MONTH – 7th LUNAR MONTH Leave a comment
A memoir from ghost month 2007. I did not know what was going on. This was the beginning of some very different and memorable new visual experiences. In fact, this seems to be a birthday celebration for the Di-Hwa Street deity. A friend sent this information. “It seems the parade for the birthday of main [...]
