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• A Ride On The Black Dragon River
  Posted on Monday, March 30th, 2009 in China – Comments: (6)
  Photos by MJ Klein & HuichenHui-chen and I are going back to China next week on business.  We’ll be blogging on our experiences there of course.  But thinking about going back has prompted me to take a look at the photos we took back in August of 2005.  We thought you might like to take a trip we took on the Black Dragon River.
• Bicycle Riding and Stray Dogs
  Posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 in Lifestyle – Comments: (39)
  Photos by MJ KleinBy now, everyone knows that I have a new recumbent trike.  But I’m no stranger to bicycle riding.  I’ve had a Giant brand MTB for five years and I’ve enjoyed bicycle riding since I was a kid.  But in Taiwan, there is a huge problem with stray dogs and the fact that you cannot go anywhere on the island and escape from them.
• Blue Sky Show Update
  Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2009 in Blue Sky Band – Comments: (16)
  Blue Sky is playing at the Bitan Music Fest this weekend on March 15.  According to the schedule, the time is somewhere between 15:00 and 17:00.  I’m not sure exactly when the band is going to play as there is a Thai cooking demonstration that is going to take place live on stage.We were scheduled to play March 21 in Taichung for the premier of the new movie Detours to Paradise but the venue is being renovated.
• Caption This Photo! #12
  Posted on Saturday, March 14th, 2009 in Humor – Comments: (6)
  Photo by MJ KleinHui-chen and I attended a party at the legendary Shao-hui’s. We haven’t had one of these for awhile, so you know what to do!  Feel free to leave any kind of comment, not just a funny caption.
• Recumbent Trike Equipment Update
  Posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 in Lifestyle – Comments: (24)
  Photos by MJ KleinI updated some of the equipment on the trike in the last few days, so I wanted to do an article about the updates. I installed a Air Zound air horn on the right accessories bar.  I needed a really loud horn for 2 reasons: 1: I’m low to the ground and in some traffic situations I need to make my presence known in an authoritative manner.
• The Bitan Music Fest
  Posted on Monday, March 16th, 2009 in Blue Sky Band – Comments: (20)
  Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen (with FOOD PHOTOS)The Blue Sky band was invited to play at the Bitan Music Fest on Sunday, March 15, 2009.  But, the story of the weekend begins with our friend Andres….The next section is probably NSFW, so be sure you can view discreetly before continuing onto the rest of the article.We went up to Taipei Saturday evening and met up with Andres, Olivia and Karen (right to left) for some “hot pot” fare, since the temperature dropped considerably that evening.
• The Giant Tree
  Posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 in Park – Comments: (15)
  Photos by MJ KleinHui-chen and I were out the other day, with one of our longtime suppliers and friends.  We came upon this very old tree in the Taichung area: This incredible giant camphor tree was made into a park to appreciate it. Upon closer examination, we find that there isn’t just a single tree, but rather four species all growing together!
• The Taipei Bike Show
  Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2009 in Taiwan – Comments: (21)
  Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chenOn Wednesday of this week, Hui-chen and I went up to Taipei for the bicycle show.  Our company produces (among other things) bike parts and we like to see new things at this yearly trade show.Before I get to the bike show itself, I wanted to show you one of the new glass shelters on the THSR platform.
• This Week In Food 0312
  Posted on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 in Food – Comments: (20)
  Food (and other) Photos by MJ KleinWe’ve had some remarkable meals recently that I want to bring to you.  So, without any further delay, we’ll get right into it!Hui-chen and I attended the Taipei Bike Show, where we met up with our friend David Reid.  David suggested that we eat at the famous hamburger restaurant called Forkers.  We were not disappointed!

• Detours to Paradise, Part I
  Posted on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 in Blue Sky Band – Comments: (9)
  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.
• Detours to Paradise, Part II
  Posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 in Blue Sky Band – Comments: (13)
  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.
• Dutch Oven in Kaohsiung
  Posted on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 in cooking – Comments: (24)
  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.
• Kaohisung Lantern Festival
  Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 in customs – Comments: (10)
  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.
• Kaohsiung’s Dream Mall
  Posted on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 in family – Comments: (21)
  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.
• Recumbent Trike Photos
• Posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 in Lifestyle – Comments: (6)
  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.
• The Dome Of Light
  Posted on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 in leisure – Comments: (19)
  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.
• Thursday Grill Party
  Posted on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 in cooking – Comments: (18)
  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.

• Chinese New Year in Kaohsiung
  Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 in Blog – Comments: (10)
  Photo by MJ KleinWe’re in Kaohsiung, and without an internet connection (believe it or not!).  We’ve been taking plenty of photos for you so just as soon as we can upload them, you’ll be seeing them.  In the meantime, enjoy your time off (if you have it).
• How To Improve Your Photography In 5 Minutes
  Posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Photography – Comments: (19)
  Photos by MJ KleinOriginally published on My Several Worlds as a guest article.Readers of our blog sometimes complain to us privately that when they travel, they are disappointed with their photographs. Then, they usually ask me for some advice on which camera they should buy so they can take better photographs. I tell them that they can take better photographs right now, with what they are currently using.
• Hukou Old Street, Revisited
  Posted on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 in leisure – Comments: (16)
  Photos by MJ KleinBlogger Andres and his lovely wife Karen visited us recently, bringing along superbaby Olivia of course.  Since they had never been to the Hukou Old Street area before, we decided to show them around.This is the main drag, and believe it or not, this crowd is light compared to most weekends.We’re walking past a temple at the far end of the Old Street.
• Interview with MJ Klein
  Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in Blog – Comments: (3)
  David Reid interviewed me as the Year 2008 Taiwan Blog Awards Winner.  It’s being offered as a podcast on Taiwanwanderful.Here is the link to the interview.If you’ve always wondered what I sound like, here’s your chance!
• Stories From My Past: The Studio Session
  Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 in Humor – Comments: (2)
  Many of my friends know that I’ve spent years in the recording studio as an engineer, producer, recording artist and backup musician.  I was often called in to do some support work, such as background vocals, handclaps and so forth, on visiting artist’s recordings.  This story is about one of those times….At Crosstown Recording Studio in Boston, a prominent recording artist wanted to do some personal recording for the purpose of presenting songs to the publisher for a new album.
• This Week In Food, Part Four
  Posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in family – Comments: (3)
  Food and other photos by MJ KleinAfter the wedding, we went down to Kaohsiung to visit the family.  Ping-chen suggested that we check out a Korean style restaurant for lunch.  It was a great suggestion!The sisters check out the menuThis is a shot of the grilling device, my plate and 3 very interesting sauces.  I’ve never experienced those particular sauces before and I found one of them to be very good on the grilled food.
• This Week in Food, Part Three
  Posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 in Food – Comments: (6)
  Food and other photos by MJ KleinThe Daily Bubble Tea – For Two!We had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Cathy and Todd, of The Daily Bubble Tea fame, on Saturday, in quaint Nantou.  It was like a blogger meetup!  I didn’t take so many photos of the events as I chose to sit back and enjoy them.
• This Week in Food, Part Two
  Posted on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 in family – Comments: (3)
  Food and other photos by MJ KleinWe’ve been experiencing connectivity problems with our blog server, so please forgive the posting infrequency of late.We decided to head over to Hsinchu City to a place we’d heard about in the Sogo Department Store. It turned out to be a good decision. First course out of the kitchen was these bao-zhe.  A bit different and very tasty.
• Voucher Fever
  Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 in Humor – Comments: (10)
  Photo by MJ KleinRecently, the Taiwanese government gave NT$3,600 worth of shopping vouchers to citizens and qualified residents. While my own personal experience with receiving the vouchers was rather unremarkable (with only 2 people saying anything to me while I was in line, and both times in “English”), there have been several noteworthy events in the news concerning the vouchers. Here is a list of them: Women fainted after receiving their vouchers.
• Weather Has Finally Broken A Bit….
  Posted on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (2)
  Hui-chen and I have been under the weather lately but now that it’s considerably warmer, we’re going to try to get out and do some interesting things for you to read about!

Hui-chen and I have been under the weather lately but now that it’s considerably warmer, we’re going to try to get out and do some interesting things for you to read about!

We’re taking a few days off here, what with the holidays around the world and all. We know that you’re probably too busy eating and drinking (too much, I’m sure!) to be reading our blog. But there are a couple of things that I do want to share with you.

I purchased the new Garmin Colorado GPS. It’s quite a piece of work and is a GPS receiver that we could only have dreamed about a few years ago. I want to do a full review of it later, but for now I’m very impressed with it, even though it does leave out a few of what I consider to be critical features. Still it does everything I need it to do, plus a whole lot more. I’ll have more info for you in a review later on.

In the meantime, enjoy your time off with your family!

• TW Bents in Taichung
  Posted on Monday, November 3rd, 2008 in leisure – Comments: (6)
  Photo by MJ KleinI love to ride bicycles.  The problem is that I am too big for conventional type bikes.  I own a Giant mountain bike, and while where is nothing wrong with the design of the bicycle, I am in quite a bit of pain and discomfort after about 15 minutes on it.  Therefore, I cant ride it for very long.
• Daily Travel in Thailand
  Posted on Saturday, November 8th, 2008 in Thailand – Comments: (8)
  Photos by MJ KleinOur October 2008 trip to Thailand was business motivated.  We hired a car for the day and went to see our friend Mr. Somhkit at his factory in Muang Phon.  I’ll show you what it’s like to go south on highway 2 from Khonkaen down to Muang Phon, and some of the interesting sights of daily Thai life you can expect to see along the way.
• Our 2008 US Trip, Part Six: Nancy Arrives
  Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in cooking – Comments: (8)
  Photos by MJ Klein, Hui-chen & Nancy, including FOOD PHOTOSBefore we continue with our series, I would like to talk about the series and how I’ve written it.  First of all, I updated the WordPress In-series plug-in and it blew out all the previous series data.  I am unable to re-enter that information and get the updated plug-in to work and actually display series.
• Caption This Photo! #11
  Posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 in Humor – Comments: (5)
  Photo by my sister NancyYou know what to do!
• Back To Taiwan
  Posted on Friday, November 21st, 2008 in Photography – Comments: (6)
  Photos by MJ KleinOn our last day in Thailand, we got up very early in the morning to catch the first flight out of Khonkaen to Bangkok.  We had to take a cab from the old airport, which is now the domestic airport, to the new airport – the one with the unpronouncable name.This is the departure level at Bangkok’s international airport.
• Pod Village
  Posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 in moblog – Comments: (6)
  Pod Village, originally uploaded by TheNHBushman.com.We visited the famous Pod Village and took lots of photos for you. Look for a article on this amazing site in the very near future.Originally began in 1980, the company that started the project ran into financial difficulty. Investors restarted the project in 1989 but subsequently had a disagreement and the project was abandoned in the same year.
• Bushman Gets Bent
  Posted on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 in riding – Comments: (8)
  Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chenYeah, I got bent, but not in the typical sense where I go drinking with my friends.  This time my getting “bent” refers to my purchase of a recumbent tricycle.MJ with Walter, the designer of the recumbent tricycle model shown here – The ArtificeGetting fat comes with getting older and not exercising.  I love to exercise but I dislike pain.

Hanging With Joe and Oath, originally uploaded by TheNHBushman.com.

Nice Friday afternoon hang with Thai food and beer.

Photo by Hui-chen

We’re in Thailand and we just came back to Khonkaen after spending a couple wonderful days with our friend Jason Brunt of Isaan Style blog in Ubon.

Now please bear with us, dear Readers, because our internet connections here are spotty at best, and not very fast.  We have a ton of photos to upload and stories to tell but they’re just going to have to wait until next week when we make it back to Taiwan.  In the meantime I’ll still attempt to post some of what we did, but I’m just asking for patience if it doesn’t work out until we get back to Taiwan.

I’d like to sum our our visit to Ubon with Brunty:

1. Driving under a statue of a giant, 3 headed elephant.
2. A dead abbot in a glass case.
3. An awesome outdoor grill party.
4. Ancient beads resting on pottery in an archeological dig site.
5. Great food, and the best company one could expect to have.

MJ, ticket in hand, saying goodbye to Brunty at the Ubon bus station

Our thanks to our hosts Brunty and Noot.  We had an incredible time in Ubon!  I promise there is more to come!

This is Brunty’s post on our visit.

Photo by MJ Klein

This time, our photo comes from Thailand, because by the time you read this, Hui-chen and I will be in Thailand on business.  This shot comes from Muang Phon, a small town in Khonkaen province, very near to where we are at this moment.  We’ll have lots more from this location!

TAIWAN:

Widespread flooding has been reported due to heavy rainfall from typhoon Kalmaegi (Helen).  Clip shows a daring rescue from a television report.

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