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  • I ate a bee! We stayed in Kaohsiong Friday night and on Saturday morning attended my uncle's company banquet. I am finding that some of the most interesting foods are appetizers. At this banquet, fried bees and cashews were served. A Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 20, 2008
  • Eastern coastline and Southern Taiwan On Thursday we continued to drive south along the east coast of the island, which provided more great scenic pictures: [img=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2300/2204193292_e82dfdc5af.jpg Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 20, 2008
  • Taroko Gorge On Wednesday, we headed south from Taipei along the north east coast of Taiwan. Most of the east coast of Taiwan rises up sharply from the Pacific to high mountain ranges. The drive was mostly on curvy, cliff-side Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 19, 2008
  • Psst! That the recent election for Taiwan representatives was rigged! Actually, this isn't surprising gossip. Both my grandma and my aunt told me that in the past they've had campaigners come to their houses the night before the voting Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 19, 2008
  • Tea, Caviar and Oyster Noodles On Tuesday, we set off on our road trip around Taiwan. The first day involved mostly catching up with extended family; great-uncles slightly south of Taipei and an aunt and uncle in Taipei. At our first stop, we Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 19, 2008
  • A Tank On the freeway, we trailed a flatbed carrying a military tank. My brother was impressed and insisted that I take a picture -- so here it is: a tank on the Taiwan freeway. Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 17, 2008
  • Another Day, Different Mountain Monday was a day trip up to a national park in central Taiwan called Ba Shen San , which means The Eight Immortals Mountain. (Why it's called that I'm not sure.) It was a rainy, foggy day, but Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 16, 2008
  • McDonald's in Taiwan If you don't already know, McDonald's has menus in different countries that try to adjust to local tastebuds. They have beer in Germany, shawarmas in Saudi, rice bowls in Japan... So as we took a rest stop near Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 14, 2008
  • Goin' with the flow Plan have changed, so I have the chance to blog a bit and give a short update. We decided to do a day trip yesterday instead of leave on the road trip. Today we'll head north to Taipei and then Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 14, 2008
  • Taking to the road now Tomorrow I leave on our family road trip around the island and don't know when I'll next have internet connection. We plan to head south along the western shore until we reach the southern most point of the island, Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 13, 2008
  • National Forest, Fish Balls and Sticky Food On Saturday, we drove up a a different part of the mountains east of my gramma's house to do a bit of sightseeing. As we gained elevation, we passed large tea fields. First, neatly trimmed rows of tea Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 13, 2008
  • Mountain food On Friday, we drove up into the mountains to Puli to pick up a car from a friend to use on our tour around the island. The friend of my parents' took us out to lunch at a favorite Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 13, 2008
  • Election Day When I arrived in Taiwan it was about a week before election day for the Taiwanese version of Congress. Once the airport shuttle started driving into cities and towns, it was quite obvious. Banners lined all the streets Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 13, 2008
  • Words of Wisdom You can eat package ramen every day, for every meal, for one month if you want. But all your hair will fall out. (She was totally serious too.) (She still has all her hair.) Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 12, 2008
  • Day trip! Took a day trip to Sun Moon Lake in the mountains of central Taiwan with my Dad yesterday. It took about 1 1/2 hours on the scooter; my dad drove and i rode on the back. It was Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 9, 2008
  • Making turnip cake Turnip cake or lo bo gao is a Taiwanese side dish made from the daikon root. It's not really a cake, but a steamed mixture of shredded daikon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon), rice flour and water. It's difficult to compare it to Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 9, 2008
  • Breakfast time! Talking about food in Taiwan wouldn't be complete without talking about rice. Here in Taiwan there's rice for breakfast, but prepared a bit differently. The rice from the day before is cooked with more water to make a water Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 9, 2008
  • Shaved ice It's been pretty warm lately, so dad and I decided to go have tswa bing which is the Taiwanese shaved ice snack. There's a ton of toppings (or rather bottoms) that go first in the bowl, such as sweet Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 7, 2008
  • My new office This is where a lot of morning tea drinking, email checking, travel destination researching and blogging happens. Nice, huh? I figure once I'm out of Taiwan I won't have much down ti Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 7, 2008
  • Random Things I've always found racial color perceptions in different countries very interesting. In the US, there's a veritable rainbow of racial colors and I get pinned with being yellow. Last summer in Angola, I was dubbed white (basically for Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 6, 2008
  • Wedding Crashers So my gramma gets an invitation to a nearby wedding and my dad and I decide to go check it out. I've never been to one in Taiwan and for him it's been a long time. They've been Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 6, 2008
  • One of my favorite things: local open markets! View all the pics on [url=http://www.flick Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 6, 2008
  • Flowers all over the back of the house The back of the house is where all the work is/used to be done. The bathroom is separate from the house and adja Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 6, 2008
  • The island, the garden More pics on Flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/thehsustyle/sets/72157603649389443/). Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 6, 2008
  • Return to the Motherland Left LA around 1130pm, arrived Taipei at 630am. Malaysia Air, about 13 hr flight. I haven't taken a flight that long in quite a while, but it wasn't too bad. I came prepared with earplugs and an Posted by hsustyle in Round the World in 48 Days | Jan 5, 2008
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