It’s just before midnight and the wind is howling like a pack of vicious, evil wolves. Typhoon Sepat is bearing down hard over the eastern coast of Taiwan, and here on Penghu we’re being battered by ever-shifting gusts as the center of the storm pushes slowly towards us. There is no rain[...]
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August 10th, 2007 - 1:05 am § in Uncategorized
Taiwan’s Linguistic Inscrutability Complex
Yes dear readers, as promised a Cambodia essay is already written. But before posting it here I’m trying to see if I can shake a few shekels out of it. Money doesn’t grow on trees here in Penghu (damned few trees, really) and my swiftly-approaching tomcat-hood kitten isn’t going to[...]
August 6th, 2007 - 5:46 am § in Uncategorized
I am a star, home from honeymoon, recycling time…
Back from Cambodian honeymoon, stories to tell and photos to upload, but first, Very Cool mention from the good folks at jaunted.com (and how could I not love any travel-blog site named after Gully Foyle’s preferred mode of travel – if you don’t get the reference, best get yourself[...]
July 26th, 2007 - 3:19 am § in Uncategorized
Honeymoon in Cambodia
Coming soon! We’re on our way out the door… In the meantime, if you want to watch Laurie and I getting married accompanied by the dulcet sounds of the Taiwanese dialect, click on the link above (this one). Its a film the local TV station made of the event. We were the first western coupl[...]
July 9th, 2007 - 5:51 am § in Uncategorized
Changing of the Guard at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
In an ever-changing world, keeping information up-to-date is among the most challenging parts of writing a guide book. Little things change: The restaurant I raved about in May for a book being published in October might well close in August; most readers will forgive this. But what’s the i[...]
