tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6438642825822304037..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Andrew and Michael's Excellent Adventures in MiaoliMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-17576210749539909832007-08-17T06:16:00.000+08:002007-08-17T06:16:00.000+08:00when i was a kid, like your son, i also thought ou...when i was a kid, like your son, i also thought outings were boring. then i grew up.<BR/><BR/>-amyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27929263034130338472007-08-16T16:06:00.000+08:002007-08-16T16:06:00.000+08:00Great pictures. If I have to nitpick, I'd point ou...Great pictures. If I have to nitpick, I'd point out that religious sites associated with Shintoism are called "shrines" in English (the word "temple" is reserved for Buddhism in Japan), and therefore the old house most likely belonged to the chief priest, and not an abbot. <BR/><BR/>Not only did the KMT remove all the Japanese markings, it appears they also rebuilt the main shrine building. Shinto shrine structures are usually made of wood, not brick, and the building has a KMT-like sun emblem on the roof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27297053840622806382007-08-16T11:45:00.000+08:002007-08-16T11:45:00.000+08:00Check out this 3d photo trick found on reddit yest...Check out this 3d photo trick found on reddit yesterday. It takes a few seconds for the pics to load, but the results are pretty cool. <BR/><BR/>http://portal.nifty.com/2007/08/15/c/<BR/><BR/>It's in Japanese, but you can probably figure it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-36535334774421600692007-08-16T09:03:00.000+08:002007-08-16T09:03:00.000+08:00I loved this post; no politics and lots of good pi...I loved this post; no politics and lots of good pictures. <BR/>I checked out your Sanyi visit in 2006, but would really, really like to see a bunch more photos taken at the wood carving museum with your NEW camera, since it does such a good job on bugs and landscapes. This is an entirely selfish request, of course.Joel Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285867748520347926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27828313805564894262007-08-16T05:08:00.000+08:002007-08-16T05:08:00.000+08:00I"ve been by that broken bridge in Miaoli a couple...I"ve been by that broken bridge in Miaoli a couple of times. I think I enjoyed it way more than you did, I think. And it looks like you were lucky that there weren't vast hordes of people getting in the way of your long shot view of the bridge. When I went (and for that bridge, even though your camera's images are mostly much sharper, more powerful, and more beautiful, I prefer mine, for the angle, the sky, the colours, and the general composition), there were way, way too many people.<BR/><BR/>Michael, is that white, curvy bird ("Where's Waldo?") an egret or a crane?. I always thought those birds were cranes, because they do come from that part of the world. But, maybe I'm wrong. You know more than I do about these things. I'm curious.<BR/><BR/>"...interacting with attractive and inviting salesgirls selling authentic local products made in China.":<BR/>Some interesting information on such matters, Michael. I was buying a suit in Taichung, and I was remarking to my partner, Sharon (you met her!), as I sighed, too bad this is made in Mainland China, though. Sharon responded with the explanation that it is very, very likely not, since the manufacturers and vendors there in Taiwan always put labels that say, "Made in China" on things, when they are, in fact, made in Taiwan. Why? For this simple reason that they will not have to pay as many of the taxes one has to pay when one is in the business of mass-manufacturing such goods. I wonder if those things those girls you saw selling were in fact made in China or if they were made in Taiwan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907060405795620941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15909443834571656522007-08-16T01:27:00.000+08:002007-08-16T01:27:00.000+08:00Great shots. Cheers.I thought the crumbling viaduc...Great shots. Cheers.<BR/>I thought the crumbling viaduct looked viscerally woebegone and beautiful. Or perhaps that's the beer.fbu.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00149149710618430861noreply@blogger.com