News: Netanyahu says he hopes to announce hostage release in the 'coming days' - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqv4lz0geo#0 #news

Playing with fire in Taiwan https://www.viaggiareleggeri.com/blog/4284/artisti-del-fuoco-al-mausoleo-di-chiang-kai-shek (Italian)

Classy scooter seen in Taoyuan
#Taiwan

In Taiwan, LED lights are used for everything. And we mean everything!

Fruit stall in a food market in Taoyuan, Taiwan

A little show in front of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial near Daxi, #Taiwan

A very cute electric moped seen in Taoyuan, #Taiwan

A coral and seashell temple in Taiwan . Shanhu Beike Temple, #Taiwan

Buildings near Toucheng, in Taiwan. One has to assume these are temples, but considering how extravagant Taiwanese architecture is, all bets are off.

Taiwan’s rose-tinted nostalgia for the Japanese years - I have a friend who worked for several years in Taiwan in the early 90s. I asked him the following:
http://claudio.piombetti.com/blog/4280/Taiwan’s+rose-tinted+nostalgia+for+the+Japanese+years
#Taiwan

Dragon fruit egg omelette for breakfast.
#taiwan

Surf culture and relaxed approach to life in Southern Taiwan is well illustrated, I believe, by this picture taken in Benfu village, Liuqiu Island.
#hangten #surf #taiwan

Cardboard sofa at Zela Design Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
#design

If you’re British, you might know that your jokes won’t work well with a German audience.
But, as far as these two cultures might seem, they’re quite close, in the grand scheme of things. I am on holiday in #Taiwan, where the humour is entirely different… so I just refrain from making jokes

Tea time in Taiwan

#Taiwan worked very hard at building their own unique identity, which also integrates aboriginal cultures (16 tribes, AFAIK) while not ignoring the structural and cultural effects of the 50 years of Japanese colonisation.
Pic: administrative building, Ali Shan area

Japanese-style pedestrian crossing in Taipei, Taiwan

Client: go crazy
Architect: yes sir!

Seen in Taoyuan, #Taiwan

Le tre stazioni termali migliori del 2022
https://www.viaggiareleggeri.com/blog/4117/le-tre-stazioni-termali-migliori-del-2022 #terme #spa #piscine #italia #taiwan #vacanze

Strange thing seen in Taiwan

Guess what this fruit is.
#Taiwan

Dear McDonald’s Taiwan, the Taoyuan airport is full of English-speaking tourists, it would be great if we could see beverage names in English, not just in Chinese.
@McDonaldsTaiwan #languages

If you suffer from RBF (Resting Bitch Face, ie looking angry even when you’re not), Covid masks, still mandatory in Taiwan, are a godsend

Tipico panorama taiwanese

Tiny Temples of Taiwan.
This one is somewhere near Daxi, I guess

Tiny Temples of Taiwan.
Somewhere near Daxi, I guess

Uncovered Taiwan’s Secret Space Program near Daxi

Carrying soup in a bag is against the natural order of things and could awake Cthulhu. Or the Pacific Rim monsters.
Agree or disagree?
#Taiwan

Sono stato in ristorante a Taipei con amici e ora sto tornando a casa a Taoyuan. In questa borsa c’è qualcosa di innaturale, per qualsiasi italiano, credo.
Cosa c’è nella borsa?
#cosetaiwanesi

Per lunedì, giornata di riposo prima del ritorno in UK, sono in programma: visita agli uffici comunali di Taoyuan; altra città, visita nuova casa di un nipote; gita in un parco; shopping in un nuovo centro; probabilmente visita a terme.
#Taiwan