bikejournoSunday, April 5: just felt a very mellow jolt of an #earthquake in #Taichung, #Taiwan at about 1:16am. Did only last for a second or two and can't have been more than a 3.5 on the Richter scale. Luckily my hotel room is only on th 6th floor. Awaiting confirmation.
Woke up to heavy rain in #Taichung on Saturday morning. Had a blast of a Friday night: first went for an excellent dinner at Holi Indian with a friend from the bike industry, then met with a bunch of buddies (three South Africans, two Frenchies and a Canadian) at iBrew Beer bar for some tasty craft #beer. Good times for sure! #Taiwan #travel #FarEast
Went to #Taichung's famous Miyahara store to buy a box of pineapple cakes, then stopped for a short lunch break at a very traditional stall at 2nd market: dry noodles and wontons in spicy oil for NTD 110.- in total, with half a pineapple, chopped up for NTD 50.-. #food #Taiwan #travel #FarEast
Contrasts throughout a day in #Taiwan regarding #food: started with a very typical TW-style breakfast in #Kaohsiung (that food is for three persons), had Ramen as a late lunch upon arriving at #Taichung's Highspeed Railway station and went to an excellent Japanese restaurant for sashimi and a seafood miso for dinner. Life is too short to eat crap. #travel #FarEast
While #KMT chairwoman #ChengLiwun can't wait to kowtow to #XiJinping in #Beijing, proving her deeper than deep-blue standing, #Taichung's mayor #LuShiowyen positions herself as a voice of moderation and sense.
This is quite a cunning way to ram a dagger into Cheng's back and leapfrog that crazy lady in the race for the next presidential candidacy of the KMT. If #Taiwan elects another female president, it certainly will be Lu and NOT Cheng. #politics https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2026/03/30/2003854694
This is quite a cunning way to ram a dagger into Cheng's back and leapfrog that crazy lady in the race for the next presidential candidacy of the KMT. If #Taiwan elects another female president, it certainly will be Lu and NOT Cheng. #politics https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2026/03/30/2003854694
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Places of worshipศาลเจ้านาคราช in #Ban Lai Ngao, #Thailand -🇹🇭 is around 2,260 km or 1,413 miles from our previous place of worship Taichung in #Taichung, #Taiwan - 🇹🇼 - https://mastodon.social/@pilgrimsonline/116222231745139562
