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Favorite thing: On a clear day you can see forever in Chiayi...(If you have ever visited here you would find this statement amusing...)
Chiayi is actually one of the more smog choked places on the planet. I lived here for about 2 years, very close to these mountains shown in this picture, and pretty much never saw them...
The picture here is of a 99 percentile 3 sigma event (A large storm had just blown thru which dispersed the smog long enough to snap a picture or two...)
I guess this is what the Portuguese were talking about when they named Taiwan Isla Formosa (The Beautiful Island...)
Written Jul 1, 2003
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Favorite thing: Some local marketing genius, trying to emulate the success of the 7-11 Empire came up with his own brain child: The 5-9 store.
Note the similar coloring patterns and the close proximity to their chief rival...
I'm sure somewhere, somehow others are dreaming of a 8-12 or 6-9 store that they can call their very own...
Updated May 11, 2003
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Favorite thing: Heed caution on homework day... Large packs of diligent and determined young Taiwanese English students roam the streets of Chiayi looking for unsuspecting foreigners to help them with their English Homework assignments...
Written Apr 3, 2003
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Mind you, Chiayi is not your typical tourist stop. Although this is a gateway up into some of the mountain resorts, I will try to concentrate more on the downtown type stuff like dinosaurs, liberty......
Chia-Yi County (chinese: ¹Å¸q¿¤¥«)
Chia-yi County has been known for its beautiful landscape. There are three groups of mountains in this area: Main Yu Mountains-the main peak Yu Mountain at the elevation of 3997 meters, the highest...
I arrived in Chiayi early in July of 1990. I worked as an English Teacher there at the Oxford Language school, then located at the traffic circle at Chun-Shan Road and Wen-Hwah Road, above the New...
I have known this place for a long time just like the rest of people in this island do; however, I have only been here once or twice in the past. Thanks to my camp mate Chen, I finally had a chance to...
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