Arriving in Naha
I arrived in Naha by overnight boat from Keelung. As I came through immigration at the port there were about[…]
Read moreMonth: April 1999
Hungarian Sailors
I was walking up to the top of a hill in Keelung, to kill some time before my boat left[…]
Read moreCard and Memorisation
I sat in a park in Taichung to have a rest. An older man came up and sat next to[…]
Read moreTwo all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – all on a sesame seed bun
In Kaohsiung, I was walking down the street. I decided to stop off for lunch in MacDonalds. I could see[…]
Read moreThe three fingers
The next day I headed out to the temple complexes and religious sites around the town where I was staying.[…]
Read moreSating a desperate need
I had been on the road on my own for nearly a week, with no-one to talk to. Snippets of[…]
Read moreTaiwan train tickets and bus stop signs
I was always taught that in Taiwan they use traditional Chinese Characters (繁體字). So it was a shock to me[…]
Read moreImport Export
I was walking down the street. A older man in a suit approached me. Walking beside me, on the left,[…]
Read moreAmbushed at Macdonalds
I was walking along a street in Kaohsiung with a British man who had been living in Hong Kong with[…]
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