Best posts on TheNHBushman.com from Feb 2009

Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen  This article contains FOOD PHOTOSA new movie premiered in northern Taiwan this weekend.  Also, a new band premiered as well.  This is part one of the story and there is a lot to tell – so let’s get started!Shot entirely in Taiwan, Detours to Paradise is a brand new movie with premiers in Taoyuan, Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen – Attention: FOOD PHOTOSContinuing with our series on the premier of the new movie Detours to Paradise, we will bring you….Taipei PremierOn Sunday we headed up to Taipei Main Station to perform the second premier show.Our day began at the Blue Sky restaurant, where we spent a few hours rehearsing some new songs for the show later in the day.

Photos by MJ KleinOne of the great things about Dutch oven cooking is the fact that anywhere you can build a fire is anywhere you can cook a delicious meal.  I carried my 12″ Dutch oven down to Kaoshiung over the holiday because I knew there would be an afternoon where I would want to relax and cook.  This is the story about what I cooked.

Photos by MJ KleinThis is the time of the year when different cities around Taiwan celebrate the Lantern Festival.  We happened to be in Kaohsiung during the start of this year’s celebration.Throngs of people were down at the Love River for the opening of the Lantern Festival.This is the scene to the right of the above photo.Walking along the bridge over the Love River we can see the site of the lantern displays.

Photos by MJ Klein Hui-chen, her 2 sisters and I decided to finally walk over to the new Dream Mall in Kaohsiung and ride the ferris wheel on top of the building.  This article contains quite a few photos but there are even more on my Flickr photostream.  Clicking on any photo will take you to the Flickr photo page. A closeup of the ferris wheel, taken from street level with the zoom lens.

Photos by MJ KleinLast Tuesday was a very nice day, sunny, bright and with an almost warm wind.  So I decided to take the trike out for a spin and to a park for some new photos.I’m going to give you a really good look at it, and explain the details.  The model is called the Artifice and is made in Taiwan by TW-Bents.

Photos by MJ KleinHui-chen and I had a few opportunities to check out the new KRT while we were in Kaohsiung.  We also took a look at the “Dome Of Light” in Formosa Boulevard station.Approaching the station, we saw these bikes in the rack:There are plenty of bike racks to lock up your fixie along the road on the way to the KRT station.

Photos by Hui-chen and MJ KleinThe other day I was sitting at Shao-hui’s place when Shao-hui herself came over to me and mentioned that it had been some time since we had a grill party in front of her place, and that she would like to have another one that week.  Well, I don’t need a personal invitation like that, but it sure was nice hearing Shao-hui say it.