Forbidden Chicken / Living the Dream

Here I am enjoying two very popular things in China: the forbidden palace and KFC.  LONG LIVE THE COLONEL! props to Richard Y

This post is also a preview of our as of yet unposted collection of Beijing hijinks.  Stay tuned for daily updates.

WOTS IN THE BASKET>>??

STICKY RICE!

A river of limestone and hot springs

Here is a bit of the old footage from the hotspring in Taroko Gorge that was carved out of marble. 

We obviously are still not over Taiwan.

The Devil's Dictionary (SE Asia Edition)

Hot Shower: A stream of water too small & too lukewarm to cause hypothermia

 

Hard Sleeper: A hard bunk for overnight passage with many smoking buddies

 

Soft Sleeper: A hard bunk for overnight passage with fewer smoking buddies than in a hard sleeper

 

Traffic Law: The widely understood principle that one should honk one's horn at the sight of an oncoming vehicle, pedestrian, or nonchristian thought

 

Dog: The most sacred of all animals  May they be as abundant as the semiedible filth allows

 

Thai Massage:  A singular testing of the hypothesis of King Thasamlapurtha that one women is not able to rip the flesh from the bones of anyone with her bare hands

 

English Menu:  A curated list of food items that do not contain chili pepper and must contain at least 75% of either pizza, pasta, or burgers

 

Price: About 1000% of what you could be paying

 

Tuk Tuk: A fine multipurpose motorvehicle designed for the conveyance of the ignorantly wealthy & large quantities of heroin

 

Monk: The most profitable & fastest growing occupation

 

Spicy: Containing at least a trace of bell peppers

 

Thai Spicy: Containing enough chilis to numb the mouth and face for the rest of the night

 

Guidebook:  An outdated tome of time-sensitive material.

TAIWAN WEST COAST

TIGER TRASHH

Last day in Taiwan - Jiufen (north of Taipei).

Neal's search for graveyards yielded beuty shots of Taipei 101.

A betel nut girl - equipped with flashing lights.

Tainan graveyard

Kaohsiumg.

Posing in front of a Chinese fighter - flown by a Chinese army pilot to Taiwan for a lifetime of income.

At the dutch Fort Zeelandia: Tainan.

Burning money.

This is a giant puppet of the god of war.

The eunuch who guards the door at the temple of the 5 concubines.

Betel nut farm.

Old tree stump @ Alishan.

Our friend the mannequin.

Overlooking one of the most productive gold mines of imperial Japan. 

The ocean in the bay is yellow not with gold, but toxic chemicals.

THIS THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUGE GOLD BAR IS A HUGE GOLD BAR

ABOUT 220kg WORTH 3 MIL AND YOU CAN TOUCH IT!

Traffic control at its finest.

For all the smegheads in the world (aka Red Dwarf fans).

Goodbye Taipei.

temples and festivals

Thai spirit house.

BKK bridge on temple.

BKK - Wat Dan

Getting ready for the festival of lights (Loy Krathong), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 Performing gender, as usual.

Gongs - music for mixing the rice milk.

Chedis.

Dog 1 and dog 2.

Chedi graveyard.

Inner temple wall.

The other longnecks of Thailand.

Ruins. Still Chiang Mai

We made wish boats to put in the river.

Parade.

Lighting....

And letting go.

Letting our worries float down the river. Or at least our boats.

Wish boats, fireworks, and sky lanterns on the Ping river.

White on white.