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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.

Posted May 18, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

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    

Posted May 1, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Taiwan Museums, Uncategorized

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)

Posted March 12, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

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 [...]

Posted February 2, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

MEMORIAL HALL   Leave a comment

View that is difficult to see today as it has been roped off.  The next best view is OK

Posted February 2, 2012 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

BOEING ON FIRE 2007   Leave a comment

CHINA AIR DISASTER, NAHA, OKINAWA 2007  <CLICK TO PLAY

Posted December 3, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

GAME – TAIWAN EDITION

JFK, LBJ Vietnam “Fog of War” <CLICK TO PLAY AND WATCH  

Posted November 28, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

SONG – WITH ENGLISH WORDS   Leave a comment

Baby I Love Your Way   < CLICK HERE

Posted November 19, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

MEMORIAL HALL in 2007   Leave a comment

Posted November 4, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized

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 [...]

Posted November 1, 2011 by fathomTaiwan in Uncategorized