Stargate Log 4.07.09

I arrived in Taiwan on January 26th and now is it May 7th so it's far past due that I post pictures of Taiwan. With the upgrade of my Linux OS things are working much better and unlike previously when trying to do anything on the computer it would look-up every few mins. Thus far it's working well and hopefully will continue to work so I can keep this pictures coming.

This is looking up a dirt road on the east side of my apartment look back at my apartment complex.

This is a confucius temple on the north side the dirt road in the picture above. They frequently have parades and make lots of noise early in the morning. Banging big drums and shotting fireworks. Its like the 4th of July here all the time. People are always shotting off fireworks. It drives me crazy. One night last week it was 12:30 pm and right out back of my apartment you could see a huge firework display and it was so loud. I was slightly infuriated to say the least.


This is a closer shot of my apartment. Its on the left hand side of the picture 7th floor very top.

I was going to add the picture I took of the parade outside my apartment but I couldn't find it amongst my numerous pictures.

Here are just a few pictures from the evening market. Many people stop by after work to pick up stuff for dinner. Yummy!