Category: Asia


Taiwan – Double 10 Fireworks

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I was in Hong Kong for the National Day of the People’s Republic of China a bit over a week ago on Oct 1st and now I’m in Taiwan for Double Ten Day which is the National Day of the Republic of China.

Double Ten Day Fireworks


Taiwan – Taipei 101

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The view of the Taipei 101 from my one of the hotels I stayed in.

Taipei 101

Taipei 101


Taiwan – Food

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One of the great things about Taiwan is the food. No, I didn’t eat the stinky tofu and no, I didn’t eat chicken feet, but pretty much everything else is pretty amazing.

Taiwanese Food

Taiwanese Food


Taiwan – Ice-cream

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A interesting Taiwanese snack that I had never seen before was this ice-cream burrito…actually since this is Asia, I guess maybe it’s more of an ice-cream egg-role.

Taiwanese Ice-Cream Burrito

Taiwanese Ice-Cream Burrito

The ice-cream burrito/egg-role thing was being sold at a little roadside food stand and was made from peanuts that were shaved off of a huge brick of peanut brittle using a woodworking plane. The peanuts and a couple of scoops of ice-cream were then wrapped in a thin papery skin.

Taiwanese Ice-Cream Burrito

Taiwanese Ice-Cream Burrito

Yummy!

You could also have cilantro added to the burrito/egg-role thing, but that just seemed a bit too weird for me and I stuck to one without the salad.

Taiwanese Ice-Cream Burrito

I'm not so sure about cilantro and ice-cream together


Taiwan – Stinky Tofu

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How can something that smells so bad taste good?

Taiwanese Sticky Tofu

Taiwanese Sticky Tofu


Taiwan – I’m in Taipei

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Forrest Brown at the Taipei airport

Welcome sign at the Taipei airport


Hong Kong – Photos

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I shot a lot of time-lapse videos while in Hong Kong and so didn’t shoot as many photos. Here’s a few of my favorite photos from the six days I was in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Trolleys.

Trolleys


Hong Kong – Hotels

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I stayed at several hotels while in Hong Kong.

My room in the Metropark Hotel Wanchai had a really cool and hip look, and the staff was friendly, but the hotel was damp and had the worse mildew smell of any hotel I’ve ever stayed in. To make it even worse, the hotel staff was trying to cover the mildew smell with heavy use of air fresheners that just made things worse.

Just to show how damp and humid my hotel room was, I took a shower in the afternoon after checking in, the next morning there was still water drops covering the floor of the shower.

I checked out after one night with clogged sinuses and a headache.

Metropark Hotel Wanchai

Metropark Hotel Wanchai

I had a suite at the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View with nice views of Victoria Harbor. Fairly traditional room, nice with not a lot of flare. Starting to show a bit of wear.

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View

The hotel seems pretty sure there's going to be a fire. Maybe I should have been worried.

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View

The Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View had an amazing buffet breakfast with an incredible amount of choices. This is just the toppings for the freshly made waffles and pancakes.

The W Hong Kong was nice, but the use of the W Signature Scent in my room seemed a bit heavy. I also stayed at a W Hotel in Taipei on this trip and didn’t notice such a heavy use of the W Signature Scent. It seemed like the staff at the W Hong Kong were trying to cover up a mild mildew smell problem.

W Hong Kong

W Hong Kong


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