Photos by MJ Klein, including mobile phone photos
This is the last installment of this series. We took John on a quick trip to Taipei 101 and Yinge.
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John tells me that the state of Florida is considering a high-speed rail project, and he would like to see it happen. Naturally we had to take him for a ride on the THSR.
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The ride was smooth. John enjoyed it!
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We’ve been to Taipei 101 before [4] so we won’t bore you with too much about it here.
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This was the largest needlepoint any of us had ever seen.
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The weather cooperated for us.
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This building is very creative.
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Because you cannot have too many photos of a “tuned mass damper.”
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Of course because it was nearby, we went to the National Palace museum. And of course we were not allowed to take any photos, so all we got is the outside.
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I took this shot specifically for John. So, here you go man!
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The next day we went to the famous ceramics area and the old street.
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HC and I had never been to Yinge before and we had no idea what to expect. But it turned out to not be a very good photographic opportunity, so we only got a few photos. But the ceramics were cool.
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Yinge’s old streets are rather similar to other old street areas, as one would imagine. We went during the week to avoid the crowds.
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Later in the evening we took John to one of our favorite Thai restaurants: The Rainbow.
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The next day we took John to my friend’s factory in the mountains in Xinpu. Investment casting is pretty interesting.
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Now I know I said this would be the last installment of the series, but I am considering showing some of my favorite photos taken by my brother during his trip.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed this series. We certainly enjoyed bringing it to you.
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#1 Comment By Carolyn On June 19, 2012 @ 23:31
The streets of Yinge are interesting to me. I love things that are different and not the usual. The Thai food looks good. I have found dishes I like at two of the Thai restaurants here. I have to have them without the hot spices added; so I am tasting the natural goodness of the items in the dish.
What makes the bridge to the National Palace museum so white? Is it painted or stone?
#2 Comment By thenhbushman On June 20, 2012 @ 09:15
hi Carolyn, i’m glad you’ve found some of those Thai dishes! the National Palace museum gate looks painted to my eye but i never went up to it and inspected it closely. hope you can come visit someday. take care.
#3 Comment By Paul On June 20, 2012 @ 01:00
Hey MJ – good thing your got your brother up to Taipei 101 and the National Palace Museum – two of the must do things in Taipei. Not taking pictures in museums is pretty standard the world over. Also Yingge is pretty cool. You can actually make your own ceramics there too and there is also a pretty good ceramics museum close to the old street that details the history of ceramics in Taiwan. Yingge Old Street is pretty good too but many stores don’t let you take pictures inside. Next time you are there also take a side trip to Sanxia old street too – but best seen on a weekend as during the week many of the stores are closed.
Hope you are well. Cheers.
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#4 Comment By thenhbushman On June 20, 2012 @ 09:18
hi Paul. HC and i have friends in Sanxia and we’ve been there too. not a bad place to visit and we did buy some stuff in the shops there. John did like 101 and i also took him to the 85 building in Kaohsiung, so he’s been to the 2 tallest buildings in Taiwan. when we were in Yingge, we didn’t see the museum or places to make our own ceramics, but we didn’t have time to do those things right then anyway, but it’s good to know. thanks Paul.
#5 Comment By Buddha Boy On June 20, 2012 @ 05:05
My wife and I were considering visiting Yinge when we visit, but I don’t think it will be interesting enough for us.
After watching the episode of Weird Restaurants, Five Dime and Carton King will be on our places to visit. Have you seen the episode yet?
#6 Comment By thenhbushman On June 20, 2012 @ 09:19
hi BB. Yingge does have some stuff that we didn’t see, but if you go inside each shop you’ll find that there are some unique items to each place – one just has to look closely. was that episode of Weird Restaurants the one with Hui-chen and I at the Five Dime? we haven’t seen it yet. thanks.
#7 Comment By Buddha Boy On June 22, 2012 @ 14:07
Hi MJ,
Yes, the episode we saw was the one about Five Dime. My mother-in-law lives in Neihu, only about a 5 minute drive from the place. We’ve always driven by the place, but after the episode, we’re keen to give it a try.
#8 Comment By thenhbushman On June 22, 2012 @ 23:05
BB, great! that was us in that episode at the Five Dime. it’s a great place and i’m sure you’ll love it!
#9 Comment By Stefan On June 27, 2012 @ 21:07
It’s great that you took a shot of the betel nut girl for John – that was quite a sacrifice, I imagine. 😉
Looking forward to seeing your brother’s pictures too – that could make a nice comparison – different views of the same trip.
#10 Comment By thenhbushman On June 27, 2012 @ 23:25
hi Stefan. very perceptive of you to realize the sacrifice i made to get that betel nut girl shot, hehe. yes, my brother did take significantly different shots from what i took. of course he found Taiwan very different from the US and was keen on photographing all the foreign signs he saw (for one thing). i have to go through all the photos and choose some good ones. thanks Stefan and take care.