Mark: Closing Taiwan thoughts

My friend from Cleveland Via Taiwan, in Taiwan.  


It was awesome catching up with an old close friend in her original country.  Love hearing her perspective after being in her country to three weeks.  


 We leave Taiwan tomorrow and head towards Japan I'll close out:


- Yes, they have a ton of food and eating healthy is not easy.

- Loved the climbing gyms, wish we had made more of them and I hadn't lost my climbing shoes.

- Very friendly and helpful people.  

- Pretty easy country to travel

- One of the hardest parts for me is reading the news back home, just makes me sick.  


Alien landscape and alien life forms.


Captain something grand, and shabbat at the gold mine.

this is self explanatory.

This was a big festival that went on for a month in various places.  Again, lots of fireworks.  The other is a Ferrari at a market, it just seemed out of place.  


This is the traditional garbage can eating etiquette.

 

Hikes:


cool shot in the clouds


This is how the Friedman's take a selfie and  cross a bridge


I got a little experimental, and off track on the pics

Another one of our hikes with endless stairs




Random shots I liked

I liked the colors.    The one on the left is the side of a mountain (rock), is the wall of this house.

Comments

  1. nalineeMay 15, 2024 at 7:05 AM

    what was the favorite food highlight for each of you? love the summaries.

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    1. markMay 15, 2024 at 7:55 AM

      mark, no one highlight, but the variety and number of food options was insane.

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  2. HopeMay 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    Everybody looks pretty happy! Thanks for the update.

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  3. SteveMay 15, 2024 at 7:19 AM

    Mark, The vacation looks great and pics are cool. Keep them coming. I'm glad you're having a good time. You're pics are the closing I'm going to get to a vacation any time soon...

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    1. markMay 15, 2024 at 8:06 AM

      Taiwan is really a good travel location, less expensive, people are great, easy to get around, etc.

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    2. markMay 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM

      if you do come here lynette has a good trip worked out. That cuts your research down

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  4. Wendy MurawskiMay 15, 2024 at 9:32 AM

    Mark- very funny comments & gorgeous pics! Well selected!

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    1. markMay 15, 2024 at 3:38 PM

      oh, lynette won't let me puti n my A material. Something about "laws" and "common decency".

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  5. DickMay 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM

    I agree with everyone above--good pictures and interesting subject matter. Glad to see everyone is having a good time and presumably all agree that Taiwan was a good place to start your travels.

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    1. markMay 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM

      Thanks, great place. I'm ready to move on.

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  6. AnonymousMay 15, 2024 at 6:12 PM

    Guys, be careful on those rope bridges. Enjoy your trip! Pat Z.

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