The girls (above) were hospital nurses in the Kaohsiung district. We met at Chi Jin Island where I was in serious trouble following an accident in 2004. I still owe them heaps of thanks but have misplaced an email address.
Tag Archive: Travel and Tourism
One of the 70 million sharks killed this year. How terrible. Are the other fish black trevally (known for their stinging spine that will cause agony – I think).
“Rare fish” is really raw tuna. The very large prawns were US $15 each! Brother and sister ran the show. Almost opposite the Dianji Temple in a famous area known as Keelung Miaokou (page 126 Lonely Planet TAIWAN 8th Edition 2011).
RED FISH. Very small coral trout (or lunar-tail trout) probably from aquaculture.
The name (species) of this fish had me baffled. Look carefully – then it’s suddenly obvious.
When I was much younger, and the editor of this magazine, my first big story covered a visit to a couple of beautiful islands, actually true atolls, close to the equator in what is now called the Federated States of Micronesia. I’m now recycling the pictures on a new blog. This might be of interest for anyone with friends studying Taiwanese aboriginal cultures. There is a proven or at least illustrated DNA link between Polynesia and Taiwan which may answer the very old question of “where did the Polynesian people migrate from”?
http://realpolynesia.blogspot.com.au
‘Shawn’ suggested Fongshan was worth visiting, and he was spot-on with that tip. Several narrow lanes with old-style small shops.
The Fongshan MRT station (#11) is on the Orange line west towards Dalio.
I planned to walk back one station stop to Fongshan West, but got lost in the process. No great worry as backtracking my steps was an option.
Spotting a Carrefour store up ahead I thought an MRT might be nearby. Not quite so. The MRT was new and not among stores.
A return to the old streets of Fongshan is a plan, possibly on a weekend night. By night many shop signs add that extra color and charm.
It was once known as Kind Business Hotel, near Kaohsiung Main Station. I stayed there 2003. A room with a curtain on the wall and no window behind the curtains shocked me a little, at the time.
I was thankful the night check-in spoke English. It was a late night check-in and I was a bit scared of everything in Taiwan in those days:-)
Refresh your browser for when some new pictures are here. I’ll aim at about six pictures, eventually. There is no shortage of unusual (by western standards) hotel names. The former misleadingly named One Star Hotel near Taipei Main Station is now the See You Hotel, this part of the original name still exists.
