June In Taiwan (2007) page 2

Some Pictures from Summer 2007 in Taiwan (part 2)

This is the second page of photographs from our summer in Taiwan. The first page features photographs from early June. Like that page, this one features tiny images that are linked to much larger ones. Clicking on images will open a new window (unless your browser blocks new windows) displaying the original image. You can also continue on to the third page, which has photographs of people. More Asian photographs are here.


	A white flower.	Pink Orchids.	The roofs of Chiayi.	A park bench converted into a Buddhist altar.	View of temples from Chung Shan Road


	Terry Alred	Ewan Davis.	Children at the sale day at Min-Zhu Elementary School in Chiayi.	Here is Eliza, a remarkable staff person at Cold Stone Creamery.	A close view of some typical architectural detail in Chiayi City.


	A view of the Taipei 101 Building around 7:00 in the evening.	Some colorful light rectangles crowd the sidewalk near Taipei 101.	A view down one of the small alleys in the older part of Chiayi City.	A view west down Min-Zhu Road from the South Gate traffic intersection.	Some of Chiayi's very tasty noodles available on Chi-Ming Road.


	Here is a temple near the old city market in Chiayi (east of WenChang Park)	Chiayi (Shooting the Sun) Tower rises over the stadium in the distance.	A path in the Chiayi Botanical Garden	Chun-Chih chats with the back wall neighbor.	Here is a look at the front door of the back wall neighbor's home.


	Looking northeast from the Chiayi tower over the agriculural research station toward the mountains.	A specimen of pottery from Chiayi in the window of Chiayi Tower.	Looking southeast from the Chiayi Tower at sunset.	Looking west toward the setting sun from Chiayi Tower.	The lights of Min-Zu Road in Chiayi stretch off toward the west from Chiayi Tower.


	Here I am with Sebastian looking out the window (photo by Arthur)	Here is Arthur in the Chiayi tower.	The old Japanese Shinto shrine is now a museum of Chiayi history.	Sebastian standing along the path leading up to the Chiayi Tower.	The second full moon in June 2007 is obscured by clouds.


	Light of the setting sun makes Arthur look a bit orange in Chiayi Tower.	The E & L Cafe where I work. Note the sign offering free wireless.	Here is the temple across from Chung-Zhen Park in Chiayi.	Here is a view of what you can see inside a Taiwanese Temple.	Usually the door guardians are painted, but these are sculpted.


	Here is the ice cream man with his pushcart making the rounds in Beigang.	Two old houses in Beigang on a small alley.	An old house in Chiayi.	A painting of the main circle in Chiayi as it appeared in 1933.	The main circle in Chiayi as it appears today (looking east).


	Sebastian on his bike.	Chun-Chih on her bike.	An old lane in Chiayi.	An old church in Beigang.	Roof decorations on the old Matzu temple in Beigang.

The white and pink flowers were growing outside some homes we walked past as we strolled through Chiayi. Many homes in Chiayi have lovely flowers growing just outside the front doors.

The photographs of roofs in Chiayi shows the roof of the Three Saints (or "Three Gods") Temple in the distance with an older roof and some more modern roofs closer by. This is a view from He-Ping (Peace) Road near the East Gate intersection.

The outdoor Buddhist shrine is made out of a park bench in Chiayi City Park. This was set up during Dragon Boat Festival by some Buddhists who were having a fair in the park.

The view of the tower of Di-Zhang's temple (dedicated to Pluto or Hades, named "Di-Zhang" by the Chinese) has a view of a courthouse in the middle and the Red-Swastika Association in the foreground on the right.

Terry Alred is an old friend of mine I met back in late 1990. He runs a language school in Chiayi now. We were English teachers together in Chiayi back when we met.

Ewan Davis was my boss (and before that, my wife's boss) at the language school where I taught during my first year in Taiwan. Lately he has been working in Shanghai for the British Council.

My wife attended Min-Zhu Elementary School when she was a girl. We went there to observe the sale day and purchase some used toys from some of the current students. Some of the girls were quite aggressive in trying to get us to purchase cute little stuffed animals.

Eliza allowed me to photograph her as she prepared my order at the Stone Cold Creamery near Taipei 101. Her English was quite good.

The view of the wooden house and roof supports with the metal building details in the background made for an interesting contrast, I thought. Every time I return to Chiayi I see fewer and fewer of the old wooden buildings.

There are two photographs from the evening Terry, Jane, Ewan, and I spent near Taipei 101. As we were leaving I thought some of the night lighting on the buildings was fantastic. It's a pity the decorative rectangles of lighted bricks are somewhat obscured by poles and trees and wires. They would look more impressive standing on their own. But when the trees are well grown I suppose the effect will be better.

I like the contrast between the view down Min-Zhu Road and the scene looking town a tiny alley. In either case there is a great deal of visual complexity in the scene.

The noodles are offered by the stall adjacent (sharing the same roof, in fact) to the house where my wife grew up, on Chi-Ming Road across from Chiayi City Park. For less than a dollar you get the noodles and a bowl of soup.

We had a good view of this temple from the playground in WenChang Park (near the main old market of the city). I love Chinese temples, and Chiayi has a great abundance of them.

I was impressed by the view of the new Chiayi Tower off to the east.

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