A Delicious Introduction to Taipei
San Francisco International Airport (Saturday, June 19, 2010) The international terminal was quiet at midnight; too quiet. It was impossible to buy a bottle of water and there were no diversions from...
View ArticleFrom the Famous to the Obscure
Taipei (Monday, June 21, 2010) After dinner, we had visited a large local fruit and vegetable store. Huge displays of ripe mangoes and other tropical fruit drew us in. We came away with a bag of very...
View ArticleA Day of Meetings
Taipei (Tuesday, June 22, 2010) The Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting was being held on the East side of Taipei, at the convention center close to the insanely tall Taipei 101 building. After another...
View ArticleQuest for Trees, Part I
Taipei (Wednesday, June 23, 2010) After a lazy breakfast and extended packing, Chang rushed us down to the curb to take a taxi to the Taipei main train station. Incredibly, this one station connects...
View ArticleQuest for Trees, Part II
Sitou (Thursday, June 24, 2010) I awoke early for a change and thought I might catch a sunrise. Being surrounded by trees was quite disorienting; which direction was East? After roaming the grounds for...
View ArticleSome Serious Eating
Taipei (Friday, June 25, 2010) Friday morning we awoke to a severe fruit shortage. We wandered down to the fruit store and noticed a lively street market nearby. Bypassing the vegetables, meat, and...
View ArticleLast Day in Taipei
Taipei (Saturday, June 26, 2010) It was very tempting to just rest, but it was our last day in Taipei and we had much left to see. Our host Chang was leaving for the U.S., so we made last minute...
View ArticleWelcome to Tainan
Taipei (Sunday, June 27, 2010) I had run out of cash, and through extensive web searching discovered that my credit union network had a member nearby. With all the lights, however, it took quite a...
View ArticleTainan Hospitality
Tainan (Monday, June 28, 2010) We started our morning with a breakfast buffet in the exclusive 24th floor lounge. In addition to eggs, potatoes , and yogurt, there were a wide variety of Chinese and...
View ArticleA Final Day of Touring
Tainan (Tuesday, June 29, 2010) We decided not to attend the second day of the conference, and instead took our time at the breakfast buffet. Although the regular buffet was less exclusive, it was...
View ArticleCarbo-loading in Hong Kong
This post consists of five email dispatches sent from my mobile phone, with barely edited photos. I had been in Hong Kong since Friday, May 9th, for the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark...
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