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Taiwan Zai Jian! … and ManMan

Zài jiàn in Chinese means “good bye” or at some extend “see you later”. It is time for us to leave Taiwan and we have everything arranged to leave next October 5th 2011. More details on all that later on, so keep reading :)

Time flies and it is amazing to look back at the end of 2009 when we left Barcelona. It will have been 664 days for Albert and 644 days for Anna… 1 year and almost 10 months in Taiwan.

In this blog (this is post #99) we’ve tried to portrait our experience of living in Taiwan, with text and also with lots of pictures. Here below you’ve a selection of the best from Taiwan and you can always visit the photos page to see all of them

Sembla un dels fantasmes del Pac-Man (@Taichung)

Sembla un dels fantasmes del Pac-Man (@Taichung)20-Dec-2009 14:40, HTC HTC Hero

C.K.S. Memorial

C.K.S. Memorial26-Dec-2009 12:21, HTC HTC Hero

01-Jan-2010 01:55, HTC HTC Hero

05-Feb-2010 21:33, HTC HTC Hero

14-Mar-2010 14:31, HTC HTC Hero

Personal care = beer ... això ho tenen clar

Personal care = beer … això ho tenen clar20-Apr-2010 13:09, HTC HTC Hero

08-Jan-2010 03:28, CASIO COMPUTER CO.,L EX-Z60 , 4.4, 6.3mm, 0.003 sec

26-Jan-2009 00:47, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 800

 
Pukii! (la mascota del meu banc)

Pukii! (la mascota del meu banc)01-Jan-2009 07:06, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

01-Jan-2009 06:35, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

01-Jan-2009 04:43, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

01-Jan-2009 03:33, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

01-Jan-2009 03:29, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

01-Jan-2009 03:24, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

Cap on? :)

Cap on? :)01-Jan-2009 02:48, PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2, 3.0, ISO 100

Dragon Boat 2010

Dragon Boat 201013-Jun-2010 13:19, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 5.6, 55.0mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 400

 

13-Jun-2010 13:45, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 8.0, 55.0mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 200

No té els ulls gaire axinats aquest

No té els ulls gaire axinats aquest25-Jul-2010 18:03, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 500

 

If we had to explain now our experience in Taiwan that would take too long, so probably we could define it in short by saying:

“Hao re, hao chi, hao ke ai!”… or “So hot, so tasty and so cute”. These are the three expressions we have heard the most from Taiwanese. Actually that allows to define this country in three words.
– It can be extremely hot in summer and it gets worst with the high humidity. No way to escape other than to go to places with air conditioning.
– One can have the impression that Taiwanese are eating all the time (indeed it’s true ;)). It is understandable with all variety of restaurants and night markets all around the country, with so many choices and tastes for everybody… what can we say about the famous stinky tofu!!
– And finally, even if it is not a place you think about going on holidays, Taiwan has many wonderful places to discover with beautiful landscapes.

Besides all this, of course, the thing we like the most is the people we met during this period. Taiwanese, foreigners and half Taiwanese half foreigners… That would not have been the same without you all. And of course, you, all who have followed us through this blog, shared our experience and left comments :) xiè xie nimen!

We are already in countdown mode, apart from all the paperwork and logistics to ship stuff back to Barcelona, we are meeting friends in Taipei to say “see you later” (and to eat of course!) and we will host a farewell party on October 1st (so we will add more pictures to the album below after the party! :))

Our lasts days in Taipei…

Taipei des de Maokong

Taipei des de Maokong11-Sep-2011 18:04, Canon Canon PowerShot G12, 4.5, 30.5mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 400

17-Sep-2011 14:14, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 800

17-Sep-2011 17:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 1.8, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

15-Sep-2011 19:43, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 1, 2.8, 5.0mm, 0.067 sec, ISO 800

Spanish dinner @ caseta

Spanish dinner @ caseta15-Sep-2011 19:54, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 1, 2.8, 5.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 320

Amb bici amb l'Antoine

Amb bici amb l'Antoine17-Sep-2011 16:49, Canon Canon PowerShot G12, 4.0, 6.1mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 80

Nick and Joe

Nick and Joe17-Sep-2011 21:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

La Nina amb tota la família!

La Nina amb tota la família!18-Sep-2011 17:14, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 1, 2.8, 5.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100

 
Yummy!

Yummy!18-Sep-2011 15:46, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 1, 2.8, 5.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 80

Toshiba

Toshiba18-Sep-2011 19:10, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 1.8, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1600

Antoine i Luis

Antoine i Luis27-Jan-2008 14:52, PENTAX Corporation PENTAX Optio E50, 2.8, 6.2mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800

Fent de modelos per unes olles :) ... coses que passen a Taipei

Fent de modelos per unes olles :) … coses que passen a Taipei23-Sep-2011 21:22, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 900

Bus a la nit

Bus a la nit17-Sep-2011 23:14, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 1100

Gerardo and "little jamón"

Gerardo and "little jamón"25-Sep-2011 13:52, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.2, 35.0mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800

The whole family! :)

The whole family! :)25-Sep-2011 13:57, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 5.0, 35.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400

Delvi

Delvi25-Sep-2011 17:03, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 560

 
Antoine + Delvi + nosaltres + Nina

Antoine + Delvi + nosaltres + Nina25-Sep-2011 18:13, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 800

Ricard i Asako via Skype

Ricard i Asako via Skype

 

So… what’s next then? We are going back to Barcelona, but we are going back slowly…. in Chinese “man man”. Want to know more?? You must visit our new blog! :) http://nomadscatalans.net/manman

Anna&Albert

3 Comments

    Bon resum literari i fotogràfic. Després del comiat que aneu fent, esperem que “xino xano” us aneu acostant a Barcelona, per poder fer la foto que completi la que recorda la sortida, es a dir, la foto de l’arribada.

  • Una historia fantàstica i amb el millor final possible!
    Us esperem a Barcelona! :)

  • Bona llarg tornada cap a casa!! tots els papes estem esperant per fer-nos la foto de tornada al aeroport on farem una altra cara molt millor que la de la partida.