September 2007
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By Carrie on September 29, 2007
Multi-hued starfish. No journey to Kenting is complete without making a stop at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA) at 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung in Taiwan. This museum is top notch and well worth the$450NT (approx $14 US) admission price to get in. The museum exhibits the diverse natural water habitats [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Animals, Exhibitions, Museums, Photo Essay, Taiwan |
By Carrie on September 26, 2007
We’re back from a lovely long weekend in Kenting. This was our first journey to Kenting National Park in Southern Taiwan. We met up with some friends from work on Saturday afternoon at the High Speed Rail Station in Banciao. Our tickets cost us $1460 NT each. We traveled just over 300 km in 90 [...]
Posted in Taiwan, Travel | Tagged Beaches, Friends, Kenting National Park, Photo Essay, Taiwan, Travel |
By Carrie on September 25, 2007
John and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Kenting National Park over the long weekend. We were on the go 24/7 and we’re absolutely bushed. I couldn’t resist posting these beach pictures though. Our day at the beach wasn’t all sunshine and blistering hot sun. It was interspersed with brief spurts of [...]
Posted in Photography, Taiwan | Tagged Beaches, Kenting National Park, Photo Essay |
By Carrie on September 21, 2007
Artist: Mandy Wong on GFX Artists It’s an exciting time of year in Taiwan and the rest of Asia as everyone is gearing up for Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as The Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival. Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated every year when the moon is at its brightest, on the 15th day of the [...]
Posted in China, Culture, Taiwan | Tagged Culture, Festivals, Holidays |
By Carrie on September 20, 2007
There are several ways to see Angkor Wat. Some people start small and work their way up to the colossal grand-daddy of them all, the megalithic structures of enigmatic Angkor Wat. Others start big and work their way down through the smaller and no less beautiful and mysterious smaller temples in the giant park. We [...]
Posted in Cambodia, Travel | Tagged Angkor Wat, Photo Essay, Reflections |
By Carrie on September 17, 2007
With my three day pass to Angkor Wat. It’s almost impossible to post pictures of Angkor Wat. There are millions of images of Angkor available on the web and none of them really do it any justice. Angkor is indescribable…but I’m going to give it a try. The best part of the day to [...]
Posted in Cambodia, Travel | Tagged Angkor Wat, Architecture, Cambodia, Culture, Nature, Parks, People, Reflections, Ruins, Temples, Travel, Travel Journal |
By Carrie on September 17, 2007
Thoth Harris, author of The Montreal Writer’s Storm Sewer wrote an interesting article in response to my first post on Expats Behaving Badly. It’s a great read and well worth checking out. He makes some excellent points on this issue. I’ve enjoyed reading Thoth’s blog for some time now. He’s an excellent writer. This morning, [...]
Posted in Travel | Tagged Expats |
By Carrie on September 16, 2007
Lily and I on stage at Citizen Cain after the show. Last night was a successful night at Citizen Cain. John, Scott and I arrived at 9pm and the place was packed. We found a tiny table off stage and hunkered down to wait for the show to begin. Lily kicked the party off at [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Music, Singing |
By Carrie on September 16, 2007
Meet Mike. He’s the reason I decided to write about expats behaving badly. But first things first. These posts are not meant to throw light onto normal everyday reactions and actions of expats living abroad. We all have our moments of anger, confusion and stress and at times, it’s hard not to react to a [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Expats |
By Carrie on September 14, 2007
This week has been an insanely busy one. Our friend, Scott, arrived from England earlier this week and has been staying with us. We’ve spent a few nights with him catching up on the last six months. We went to Citizen Cain last night so I could meet the guitarists for Acoustic Night on Saturday. [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Music |
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