Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Kaoshiung, Taiwan - Cijin Island

I'm back from Indonesia, the land of hidden treasures (and batik and Bali), with many things to be thankful for including the company, the local people, the food, the sights, and the sounds. I am Grateful that all went well, despite Indon folks not being particularly tourist-savvy (which is charming), food being predominantly AYAM, and Indo pop being surprisingly good. Did I mention that I'm definitely more tolerant to spicy food now? It seems that I'm also meant to lead a hard life because if the room is too good (aka Bali Villa, my best Groupon yet), I never want to step out nor take pictures. I mean it. And I'm so proud we did not book advanced accomodation at times, which led to more adventures (instead of disasters), which is a step forward for me.

P.S. I've thought of a new way to blog - copy and paste desired photos to new folder, upload photos to flickr and copy and paste html code to blog post. It's very much faster and guess what? It's linked to my flickr account! So now you have access to my boring flickr too (Note: fifty over thousand OTHER photos are private). I would definitely recommend flickr(pro) as a platform to store and view your photos securely instead of facebook (it's powered by Yahoo!).

Meanwhile back to Cijin off Kaoshiung, well, it kind of reminds me of Bali, unexpectedly BIG, tried to walk (correction: I INSISTED on walking) which almost killed me to get to the other end (the less touristy ferry terminal back to Kaoshiung (the part that I wanted to go to anyway) which I just found out about whilst on the island.

Please look after stray dogs well!

On the way to the ferry terminal from the hostel
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because a garage is a house for your car (the beauty of Chinese characters)
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The avant garde Ferry Terminal
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Land Ahoy! (much like Coronado Island, off San Diego)
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Snoop Dog
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Alternative Transportation
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Most accessible attraction, so near the Terminal, you can't miss it!
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Stop following me!
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Big Man, Small Dog
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So I'd never get lost
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Spying
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Good life - BINGO!
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Yin-yang face kept barking at me
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How old is this?
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Thanks for the clarification
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At the end of the tunnel
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Secret entrance up to the Cihou Fort
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How I know I'm at the right place
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Faces
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Uni Hostels?
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Then I saw the spiders in the sky
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Hi, people I'd never meet
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Straight to the sea
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And you're reminded why the Fort was built at this exact place
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They couldn't really figured how what the name was
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Let sleeping dogs
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Lie
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Never thought that pink, yellow and green would go well together, but Mother Nature can't be wrong!
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The truth behind the picture
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Two persistent models
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Best Things come in Twos
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This truck that followed me everywhere
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Got Water?
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Started off growling-smiling
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Nonchalance
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Who? What? Police!
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Finally! But it was so disappointing
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'Best' Shot
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And I thought I was at Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco)
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Mostly unoperational
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And a rare kitty
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Alternative ferry terminal
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Limited timings
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My last night in Kaoshiung and My plan
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Off to Dream Mall for the Ferris Wheel (from Ferry to Ferris)
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Ronald and his best friends. How could anyone eat their best friends!
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This ain't Ion, this is their fancy Metro Station
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You. Must. See. It. For. Yourself.
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Rueifang Night Market deserves a post of its own with its rustic carnival games~ next up!

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