Experiences

We had seafood in one of the restaurants in Chi Jing Peninsula which is a sandy islet located west of Kaohsiung port. the restaurant various types of seafood - for steamboat but we didn't have steamboat instead we had rice with the following dishes.. fresh squids - a little raw salmon - nice prawns - great fish stomach - didn't like it crispy stuff - yummy - looks good vegetables - simple fish - almost raw

We were taken to this gorgeous restaurant for our lunch. It was so impressive! outside view creative interior simply adorable awesome dining tables the menu - (to be continued)

When we reached Tonpo Tilun Hotel, we were immediately treated with a sumptuous dinner. mixed vegetables omelet steamed fish black sauce mushrooms meat rolls crispy prawns fried meat sweet sour meat fried cabbage these grapes were specially presented by our Taiwanese tour guide After dinner, we rushed to the lobby... (to be continued)

The National Palace Museum is an art museum in Taipei. It is the national museum of the Republic of China and has a permanent collection of over 677,687 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest in the world. Our tour guide led us to the museum and showed us some of the things in display. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures. Anyway, I found these two pictures from wikipedia. The "Jadeite Cabbage" is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a cabbage head, and with a close look at the naked eye, a large and a small grasshopper will appear camouflaged in the leaves. The ruffled semi-translucent leaves attached is due to the masterful combination of various natural colour of the jade to recreate the colour variations of a real cabbage. The "Meat-shaped Stone", a piece of jasper, a form of agate, the strata of which are cleverly used to create a likeness of a piece of pork cooked in soy sauce.The dyed and textured...

Can you spot the "dragon and tiger pagodas"? This temple faces directly opposite the dragon and tiger pagodas. view of the pagodas from afar front view of the pagodas the entrance at the dragon's mouth the exit at the tiger's mouth Our tour guide told us to enter the dragon's mouth and come out from the tiger's mouth. Instead, we entered the dragon's mouth and climbed up its pagoda. Initially, I just climbed up the first floor but I couldn't get a good view from there. So, I climbed further up and I was glad that I did it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have witnessed such beautiful view from atop. view fr the top front of the dragon's pagoda view from the top right side of the dragon's pagoda Finally, we hurriedly ran down the steps of the pagoda. When we exited from the tiger's mouth, our tour guide was already waiting and asked jokingly, "Did I ask you to climb up?"

Isn't it amazing to see a colorful statue of Hsuan Tien Shangti? the steps towards it.. the spacious pathway.. so gigantic.. looking away from Hsuan Tien Shangti.. Actually we just walked past it. We wanted to see the dragon and tiger pagodas which were just a short distance away.

How I wish I could see these flowers everyday! lovely pink blended in red soft texture of the petals yellow with some shade of orange