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Travel.: Ad hoc Bowling
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Tuesday, November 20, 2012. I went bowling the other day. There is a massive sign stating "no shoes" hanging at the front of the bowling alley. So people walk around barefeet (no one wears close-toed shoes here anyway). The lanes are slanted towards the end, so you have to be really good at throwing curve balls. The lanes have talcum powder thrown on them to further facilitate bowling balls rolling down the lane.
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Travel.: November 2013
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Sunday, November 03, 2013. Some really really old trees. There are several hiking trails around Alishan. I had enough daylight left after checking in to fit in a 2-hour hike before sunset. Saw some trees. Some really old trees. There are two gigantic tree canopy walkways, suspended a few meters over the forest floors so continued trampling would not erode the soil. Tree #28 is on my map. I could not find Tree #28.
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Travel.: February 2013
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Tuesday, February 12, 2013. This breaks my Heart. My dive computer flooded. This breaks my Heart. Thorn Tree Photo Competition. Yans of the Skies. View my complete profile.
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Travel.: October 2013
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Thursday, October 31, 2013. What is that annoying jangle? It was an electronic version of Fur Elise, repeating itself over and over again. I heard it first at the Lukang Folk Arts Museum. I initially thought it was a merry-go-round, or an ice cream truck. Music did not go away. It followed me to Moru Xiang 摸乳巷. I eventually found the source. Yup, people in Taiwan bring their own rubbish to the truck. Turns out today was rub...
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Travel.: Doors of Lukang
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. There is a street in Lukang that is closed off to cars. Called Old Market Street 鹿港老街 , some of the houses date back to the Ching dynasty. There were very few visitors when I visited - I had the place to myself, and it's easy to imagine myself being transported back to another era, when faced with these facades . What is that annoying jangle? I only got lost five times - Changhua 彰化 edition.
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Travel.: August 2012
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Wednesday, August 22, 2012. How about Vibram Five Fingers? These two got together and created a fugly. Not only do these shoes have the anatomically incorrect number of toe spaces, these toes have nails. Nails! Monday, August 20, 2012. Location: Sadao, border town between Thailand and Malaysia. I handed my passport to the immigration officer (IO), and the following conversation ensues. Swan: "Kenapa satu ringgit? Which made...
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Travel.: 阿里山 sunrise fail
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Saturday, November 02, 2013. It is de rigeur. To go up take the train out to Zhushan 祝山to witness the sunrise at Alishan. This was what greeted me when I exited the station. Then the clouds rolled in. Some really really old trees. Thorn Tree Photo Competition. Yans of the Skies. View my complete profile.
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Travel.: Thai food 0, Swan 2
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Friday, September 28, 2012. Thai food 0, Swan 2. This is the amount of chili they put on my noodles when I asked for "extra spicy". My ears are still ringing. Thai food 0, Swan 2. Food and sharks and sharks and food and sharks. Traffic jam at Sailrock. Fish of the day: frogfish. Thorn Tree Photo Competition. Yans of the Skies. View my complete profile.
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Travel.: November 2012
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Adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. Tuesday, November 20, 2012. I went bowling the other day. There is a massive sign stating "no shoes" hanging at the front of the bowling alley. So people walk around barefeet (no one wears close-toed shoes here anyway). The lanes are slanted towards the end, so you have to be really good at throwing curve balls. The lanes have talcum powder thrown on them to further facilitate bowling balls rolling down the lane.
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