Month: juni 2009

June 19. Dummkopf!
The Jiufen mines and gold museum are really interesting. We take a local bus there, and pay a little entrance fee. The area is very clean and I like it. You should not forget to read about it in your guidebook though, because there you will read things I cannot even imagine. For me, it's ...
June 17. Another day in Taipei.
Another day in Taipei. We see a real buddhist temple and people praying and worshipping. I watch their movements without being interested in the web of meaning that causes their piety. They are just chanting, waving incense sticks and bowing for their goddess. The temple seems peaceful to me. What else? It's just another busy ...
June 16. Taipei.
Eight hours of time difference demand their toll - I'm tired. I'll keep it short today, I've got other things to do. We walk around downtown Taipei, trying to understand this booming big city, eating lots of streetfood because that's what Taipei is famous for. What else? Chinese neonlights are overwhelming. I would be lost ...
June 15. In the air.

Most of this day I spend in the air. Free airport transportation and checkin were all comfortable, boarding on another large Airbus A330 and installing myself in my seat with at least some legspace (for an average basketball team it would be a good idea to charter a machine with more space between the ...
June 14. Swinging it at Venice Beach and the Griffith Observatory.
The duodenum secretes a protective mucus to prevent it from digesting itself.
Los Angeles is huge but you already know that. What's on the travel menu today? It's all very neat. Venice beach is great fun. I see a couple of weirdos and the place where Arnold Schwarzenegger used to lift weights when he came ...
June 12. Meet Sergio, the guard.
The morning and me, we have a very short meeting. She decides to leave after half an hour. It's almost noon. Let's have breakfast! And then off to the historical center to walk around and take photographs. That center is not big and quite orderly structured; it's a good idea to explore it on foot. ...
June 11. Wasn’t there this swine-flu thing?
A scary but improbable continuation of this blog:
Walking through the ancient Aztec town of Teotihuacan, he feels a light pain in his forehead and a nasty caugh deep down his throat. Yes, he has read the newspaper and he knows that the WHO has just increased the pandemia level to six, and that's as ...