<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Bob in Taiwan</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link ="191970"> </head> <body style="background-color: black;"> <hr> <center> <h3><font color="WHITE" face="VERDANA, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">My Days in Taiwan</font></h3> </center> <hr><font color="WHITE" face="VERDANA, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br> </font> <style> A{text-decoration:none} </style> <p><font color="WHITE" face="VERDANA" size="3"><b><b><a href="LANT/LANTERN.HTML" target="mainwindow">Lantern Festival</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="YANGMING/INDEX.HTML" target="mainwindow">Yangmingshan Flower Season</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="CHILAI/INDEX.HTML" target="mainwindow">Hiking Chilai Mountain</a></b></b></font><br> </p> <font color="WHITE" face="VERDANA, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br> Hualian Trip ±‚î„ <br> <font size="-3">Again, my camera wasn't working, so these photos are courtesy of Shu, and Janet.</font> </font> <font color="WHITE" face="VERDANA, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br> </font> <table cols="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="hua1.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE">Dinner at Niushan [[rq\]. Good Grub.<font size="-4"> <br> [Alex, Freya, Me, XiaoMao, Peter, Shu, Janet, and Simon taking the pic]</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="hua2.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> The Hualian coast at Niushan.<font size="-4"> <br> [Niushan is a "minshe" [l ‚] lodging place opened by an aboriginal (sorry, forgot his tribe). The food was fantastic. Great host.]</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="hua3.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> With the beach. Sand was quite hot at midday.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="hua4.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> Crazy clouds.<font size="-4"> <br> [Xiao Mao's "rectangle"]</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="hua5.jpg" align="middle">"&gt;</td> <td><font color="WHITE"> I like fire. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="hua6.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> Swimming in Taroko gorge. The water was crystal blue and refreshingly icy.<font size="-4"> <br> [with Xiao Mao.]</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="hua7.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> Ritual before river rafting.<font size="-4"> <br> [with Peter]</font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <font color="WHITE" face="VERDANA, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br> <br> Jiufen Trip ]NR <br> <font size="-3">Karim and I took a train up to Jiufen to check out its famous teahouses. Unfortunately, it rained the whole day, so we took shelter in a teahouse. <br> The name "Jiufen" means Nine Parts since the town was once owned by nine families.</font> <br> <br> <br> <br> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="jiufen1.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> Teapots brewing at a teahouse. <font size="-4"> <br> [Note the ash-filled trench]</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="jiufen2.jpg" align="middle"><img src="jiufen3.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> Pretending to know how to play chess. Let's "strategerize." <font size="-4"> <br> [with Karim at a teahouse on a rainy day playing chess, drinking tea and spouting Haikus. Ok, I'm kidding about the haikus.]</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="tw1.jpg" align="middle"></td> <td><font color="WHITE"> Testing out my remote control at Japanese hotpot with Karim.</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </font> </body> </html>