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my hotel - Les Suites Taipei - before I left this morning |
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on the road with my low-rider comfy bike |
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more options - fried little eggs. |
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sweet sugar dipped tomotoes, strawberries, etc. |
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back on the path going north on the river |
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three pigs - one of them is a baby. Pigs are kept quite clean in taiwan. more like doggies. |
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Bali in taiwan... really. |
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miltitary installation in the foreground - only picture I could get. Lots of barbed wire... |
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foggy and warm all day - like 90-100F. warm. |
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everyone hangs out under the trees to stay cool |
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a traditional boat race I happened upon - just starting |
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and they are getting going. |
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down south of gaundu now in the bird sanctuary. |
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still in the bird sanctuary - it's a national park |
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with a farm on the other side of the bird area |
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and horses in the distance - nice light too - it's late afternoon by now |
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more of the bird sanctuary |
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Guandu temple - back entrance |
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Guandu Temple - long windswept corridor |
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Guandu Temple - cool ceiling |
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Guandu Temple - holy area |
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Guandu Temple - courtyard |
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Guandu Temple - entering incense area |
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Guandu Temple - praying area |
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Guandu Temple - more praying |
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Guandu Temple - more courtyard |
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Guandu Temple - more courtyard |
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Guandu Temple - roof detail |
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Guandu Temple - great multi-arm buddha |
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Guandu Temple - multi-armed buddha from front |
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