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It’s been a busy month, and I’ve got photos from the Taiwan Lantern Festival - 台灣燈會 2008 in Tainan County （It was held at a place called Solar City in the Southern Taiwan Science Park). I have to say, it was a really cool event. There were so many lanterns and things to [...]

Here is a video I shot on Fili’s camera while at the Lu Er Men Matsu temple. It is of him eating his first (and last) betelnut. I thought since I took a similar video of my other friends you could check out both videos and get a feel for how people react [...]

The Dai Tian temple in Madou (麻豆代天府) is a very cool temple. What separates it from the many other temples in Taiwan are two things:
First, there is a large dome in the parking lot that houses a magnificent giant Buddha statue.

The other is the heaven and hell indoor walking tour that is [...]

The Fireworks festival in Yan Shui (鹽水蜂炮)was a blast! We had a lot of fun jumping around and trying not to get hit too hard by the thousands of rockets that screamed at us. What is the Yan Shui Fireworks Festival you may ask. Here is some information about it:
It is said [...]

Here is a short video clip of my friends eating betelnuts while taking a break from the Yan Shui fireworks festival. Too bad there weren’t any betelnut girls there. The owner did show us a picture of the event from years past that had an apparition of a god show up within the [...]

Last night was another great fireworks event in Tainan County, Taiwan. I will post more pics and videos as soon as I get everything sorted. This event was at the huge Lu Er Men temple and there were thousands of people there. They would roll out a huge cart of fireworks, most [...]

The Yan Shui feng pao (pao pao) 2008 Fireworks Festival began last night. In what could be deemed as a ‘locals ceremony’, we followed the gods through the streets of Yan Shui. Tonight is the night where droves of tourists will converge on Yan Shui and experience the full beehive fireworks experience. [...]

All of my hard work and perseverance has paid off and I finally have a new digital camera. I got a good deal from the Sunrise camera shop in Tainan (more info about them to come later). I ended up with a Canon Powershot S5 IS. Here are a bunch of [...]

I went for a scooter ride the other day and got some interesting photos around town. The first is of a hair salon called Fuck. The second was a man on a scooter and his shirt also had the word Fuck in it. The last was an advertisement with a large photo [...]

I started a new website called The Real Passport and hope you guys will give it a try. Basically you submit an article or Youtube video to it and then others can rate it up or down if they like it or not. There are plenty of categories to choose from. If [...]

The Spring Scream music festival in Kenting registration page is up, so if you are in a band or have some friends that play music in Taiwan, get a few demos together soon and submit them. Check out the main Spring Scream website periodically for updates regarding advanced ticket purchases and other events.

Happy New Year everyone! I thought I’d usher in the year of the rat with the top 10 reasons Taiwan is independent from China.
Taiwan’s independence from China is an extremely puzzling issue to many people I know. The China - Taiwan conflict as it were, seems to be mostly about bullying from China [...]

I just couldn’t help myself tonight. If you have the time, check out these videos about two of Taiwan’s most bizarre treats… Betelnuts and betelnut girls! Yeah, it never gets old for me. Keep the videos coming!
This video is actually a Karaoke song that you can sing in Chinese. The words are there if you [...]

台灣檳榔西施
Here is another interesting video those of you that are interested in betelnut girls from Taiwan. Make sure to keep watching until the very end when the camel toes come out. Oh yeah, if you don’t like to see sexy Asian girls or camel toes then don’t watch the movie.

There are several photos of betelnut girl dolls that were (are?) available for sale in Taiwan on the Internet. I found a decent video with photos of them in it and a song in Chinese about one person’s discovery of betelnut stands. If anyone has any idea where you can buy [...]