By Carrie on August 11, 2010
Cheap, fast Thai food in Banciao at Xinpu Station Exit 3. Andy Thai is one of our favorite restaurants in the Taipei area.
Posted in Features, Wanderfood | Tagged Asia, Banciao, Banciao restaurants, Culture, Food and Drink, Taipei, Taipei Restaurants, Taiwan, Wanderfood, Wanderfood Wednesdays |
By Carrie on October 6, 2008
Creative juices are flowing this month. I’m snapping photos like crazy and have spent the last two weekends wandering through textile markets and bead stores. I’m revisiting my old design days in anticipation of having some truly knock-out jewelery for the wedding. I’m tackling my own veil as well, which should prove to have [...]
Posted in Photography | Tagged Art, Banciao, Photo Moment, Photography |
By Carrie on September 21, 2008
Banciao on a sunny day in Taiwan is beautiful. This is what we normally see outside our windows every day. I snapped this first photo to give you an idea of the amount of water we had dumped on us last weekend. It’s been a week since the fury of Typhoon Sinlaku swept through Taiwan, causing millions of dollars in damage and putting thousands of people in harm’s way.
Posted in Culture, Taiwan | Tagged Banciao, Taiwan, Typhoon |
By Carrie on July 29, 2008
We were sitting in a travel agency in Taipei on Sunday night when my boss called to tell me I had Monday off. Typhoon Fung-Wong was heading our way with a force to be reckoned with and was due to hit central Taiwan sometime that night. By 1:00am we were experiencing heavy rain and wind, [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Banciao, Home, News, Penghu, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel, Typhoon |
By Carrie on July 3, 2008
A few months ago, John decided to buy a second-hand car. He found one on Taiwan Yahoo auctions after several weeks of searching and contacted the owner in Taoyuan to go and have a look at it. The owner had an English-speaking friend who was kind enough to translate for John. When John arrived, he [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Banciao, Culture, Rant, Taiwan |
By Carrie on March 9, 2008
This one is my personal favorite from last night. John and I are rarely home on weekends for very long. This one was an exception. I was hoping to go to Hukou to see my friend, The New Hampshire Bushman, but I’m still feeling weak from my ordeal. I thought it was going to be [...]
Posted in Photography, Taiwan | Tagged Banciao, Canon 400D |
By Carrie on January 21, 2008
I can’t think straight. Oh how I wish, I wish, I wish I could read the newspaper! Yesterday I came out of my building to a mob of reporters at the front entrance. I wandered around the the side of the building and came across another group of them. I thought there might be someone [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Banciao |
By Carrie on August 12, 2007
Recent weather activity in Taipei and Banciao have produced some unexpectedly clear and dazzling blue skies over the last few days. You can feel the change in the air when a typhoon is approaching. The winds gather up and blow the pollution out and away. The air is super-charged. It smells fresh and clean. I [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Banciao |
By Carrie on August 6, 2007
The distinctive five towers and colored domes of the Taipei City Sky Dome (????????) have become a landmark in Banciao. Generally, the air is too smoggy to see much of interest by day, but the wind from an approaching storm blew the thick layer of pollution away to reveal a surprisingly clear skyline today. We [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Banciao |
By Carrie on August 5, 2007
A glimpse of the new Taipei Sky Dome amongst the fast-moving world of the Xinpu nightmarket in Banciao. The Taipei Sky Dome in Banciao is our new home. Our 29 ping apartment is on the 24th floor with a magnificent view of the city of Taipei. On clear nights, you can see Taipei 101. Our [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Banciao |
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