I meant to post these earlier this week, but I have had some Reality things that have kept me busy until now. While the other photos were taken the first day of typhoon Saola as the tropical storm was heading in, these were taken on day 2 when the bad weather was on its way out. Because the typhoon had crossed the protective mountain buffer, the rain was a bit more steady. Fortunately Saola had lost much of its power by then, so going out was just a matter of having an umbrella handy.
This is the final set of photos of typhoon Saola (2012) from the perspective of Taipei.
Taiwan is the constant target of typhoons, especially from mid-July through mid-September (a.k.a. Typhoon Season). Thankfully, the city of Taipei is protected on the weather-ward side by a mountain chain that transects the island north-to-south like a scoliotic spine. It takes quite a powerful storm to cause Taipei any significant property damage. Typhoon Saola didnt pass muster.
An article about LEGO sculpture artist Nathan Sawayas the Art of the Brick exhibition, currently being shown at the Songshan Cultural Park in Taipei, Taiwan.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Apparently, this is a thing. You put your feet in a pool of fish, commonly known as doctor fish, and let them munch away the dead skin cells. Not only is this a thing, but it seems to be a popular thing with many countries having their own foot-feeding-fish spas. While in some places it's cleanliness has been challenged (it has been banned in some states in the US as well as some Canadian provinces) it's popularity seems to be growing and in recent years Cyprinion macrostomum fish (the most common type of doctor fish) features have been popping up all over Taiwan.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
Here are this weeks street pictures of Taipei.
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