Blog Index

• More travel in Taiwan

  Posted Jul 15 09:59 2010 +0000
  Changed Jul 16 04:55 2010 +0000

  At the end of May me and Beatrice took a couple of weeks off to travel a bit in Taiwan. Featuring: - High Speed Rail - Kaohsiung and Pingdong - Kenting - Taitung and Jhihben National Forest Recreation Area - Lyudao - Lanyu - Luye and the East Rift Valley

• Chinese New Year

  Posted Mar 23 16:34 2010 +0000
  Changed Mar 24 11:11 2010 +0000
  • Lead up to new year
  • Department store raffles
  • Visiting
  • Guandu temple
  • A hot spring
  • Tours and more visiting
  • Taoyuan and Taipei Lantern Festivals
  • A procession in Taoyuan city

• New site

  Posted Feb 12 14:49 2010 +0000
  Changed Feb 12 15:03 2010 +0000

  New site at www.mwhitney.ca.

• Sluban pseudo-Lego

  Posted Jan 23 13:06 2010 +0000
  Changed Jan 23 13:19 2010 +0000

  Sluban pseudo-Lego is surprisingly interesting, and now I have some Three Kingdoms sets, a tank, and extra minifigures.

• Back in Taiwan, to teach Engligh

  Posted Jan 23 04:17 2010 +0000
  Changed Jan 23 04:56 2010 +0000

  I am back in Taiwan, to try teaching English. More on:

  • Teaching
  • Location
  • Work

• Saner web browsers: Uzbl and Surf

  Posted Sep 10 00:03 2009 +0000
  Changed Sep 10 00:22 2009 +0000

  Uzbl and Surf attempt to be saner than previous web browsers (for a certain sense of sane).

• Trip ending and notes

  Posted Sep 09 05:48 2009 +0000
  Changed Sep 09 06:17 2009 +0000
  • Getting home
  • Budget
  • Accommodation
  • Eating
  • Transport
  • Other expenses
  • Language
  • Taiwan youth travel program
  • Guide books
  • Route in Taiwan

• Trip day 35: Macau

  Posted Aug 31 08:54 2009 +0000
  Changed Sep 09 05:48 2009 +0000
  • Turbojet ferries
  • The Macau peninsula
  • Casinos and hotels
  • Old buildings
  • The ruins of São Paulo
  • A-Ma Temple

• Trip days 30-37: Hong Kong

  Posted Aug 31 08:54 2009 +0000
  Changed Sep 09 05:48 2009 +0000
  • Public transit
  • Crossing roads
  • Causeway Bay and Happy Valley
  • Central District
  • The Peak
  • Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, and Mong Kok
  • The Western New Territories
  • Lantau Island
  • Temples, monasteries, and a nunnery

• Trip days 26-30: Taipei again

  Posted Aug 11 16:43 2009 +0000
  Changed Aug 11 16:43 2009 +0000
  • Taipei again
  • Apartments and malls
  • Leaving Taiwan

• Trip days 20-26: eastern Taiwan

  Posted Aug 05 15:10 2009 +0000
  Changed Aug 11 16:43 2009 +0000
  • Taitung
  • Hualien
  • Taroko National Park
  • Tzu Chi Campus

• Trip days 13-20: southern Taiwan

  Posted Jul 30 15:24 2009 +0000
  Changed Jul 30 15:24 2009 +0000
  • Kaohsiung
  • Lotus Lake
  • Cijin Island
  • The British Consulate at Takao
  • Foguangshan Monastery
  • Tainan
  • Forts Provintia and Zeelandia
  • The Eternal Golden Castle

• Trip days 8-13: central Taiwan

  Posted Jul 22 12:52 2009 +0000
  Changed Jul 30 15:24 2009 +0000
  • Taichung
  • Donghai University
  • Chun Shui Tang teahouse
  • Dajia
  • Puli
  • Sun Moon Lake
  • Chung Tai Chan Monastery
  • Changhua Giant Buddha

• Trip day 8 Morning: leaving Taipei

  Posted Jul 22 12:52 2009 +0000
  Changed Jul 30 15:24 2009 +0000
  • A few more notes on Taipei
  • Leaving Taipei

• Trip days 1-7: Taipei

  Posted Jul 14 01:53 2009 +0000
  Changed Jul 22 14:36 2009 +0000
  • Arrival
  • Impressions of the city
  • Explorations in the city
  • The National Palace Museum
  • Walking on the mountain trails