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I went to The Hangout bar in Tainan with some friends to start the night off. It was festive inside, and Sally the owner was on the bar with a bottle of Tequila. Here are a few pics from there, and here is the The Real Taiwan Halloween Photo Gallery

Then, it was off to [...]

The Lin family in Taiwan were televised for having a bizarre quality… magnetism (not of the animal variety). The first portion of the video shows little Lin applying some silverware to his body and his father sticking a 6 pound iron to his chest. It looks very convincing.
In the second part [...]

I was reading the news and the Taipei Times and China Post had articles about the Taiwanese military’s hug-hug policy. All Taiwanese males must at some point serve in the military. Sure, there are loopholes but most males end up doing their time.

What is the hug-hug policy? Any program [...]

Tainan is the temple capital of Taiwan. They all have their own schedules for making a racket and having some serious “bai bai” times. Of course there are events that overlap between temples but my point is that on any given day you may see or be stuck in the path of [...]

Matsu, the goddess of the sea, is a revered goddess in Taiwan. She became 1,047 years old on the the 23rd day of the third moon (on the lunar calendar) this year. Considering Taiwan is an island and its people have been fishing these seas for hundreds of years, it is no wonder [...]

I went to Salt Mountain, Tainan County a while back with my friend Fili. Salt mountain is an interesting place, basically a huge pile of salt

that you can climb up and get a view of the Cigu area from.

They have a museum in the shape of a pyramid nearby as well, and you can [...]

Here are some photos I took on September 28th, 2007 at the KMT village on Bei Men Road Section 2 in Tainan City compared with some I took on October 13th, 2007. You can see these areas are being razed quickly, so if you are interested in snooping around and getting some photographs you [...]

Here is a post with pictures of construction helmets being used as scooter helmets in Taiwan. Too funny… The amazing thing is I managed to snap so many of these pictures in the few times I was prepared to do so. It wasn’t luck, it is normal to see this down in [...]

Here are some pics I found while reorganizing the Taiwan photo gallery of this site. Notice the lack of helmets on the kids and the dangerous position they are in while sleeping on scooters. This is a tough situation in Taiwan. Taiwan doesn’t need any more cars, and many people can’t afford a [...]

Double Ten Day is Here! It should be a national holiday in Taiwan. Most people have the day off, but some school owners think today is a good day to reschedule the missed class from the typhoon day on Saturday so you may not get the day off. Here is some info [...]

We’ve spent a lot of time recently revamping our photo section. Now we’ve got one of the most extensive photo archives about Taiwan online. Have a look. We’ll be adding more soon.

I went on a trip to Nan Kun Shan temple, Bei Men, Ma Sha Gou Beach, and the Spoon Bill reserve in Tainan County with fellow bloggers Fili and Micheal Turton this week and it was a blast.

I had always been afraid of meeting people online but I am warming up to the idea [...]

Typhoon Krosa is coming. It looks like we are going to get nailed with this one. If you work on Saturday, make sure to verify that they are open.

Last year I went to the Confucious Temple on Nan Men road in Tainan to celebrate teachers day, but unfortunately I missed the celebration. My friend Fili did happen to catch it so you should check out his story about teachers day.
This year was different. I ended up at a free barbecue (did [...]

Here is an early message to get you thinking about what you will wear for Halloween this year from our friends at La Sight in Tainan. This should be a great party and you can make some money if you have a great costume!

The yearly Halloween is coming!!! It’s time to shake your body [...]