The Taiwan Photographer

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Istanda Family Trip 2010

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I posted them on my wordpress blog because it is easier with a lot of pictures.

Taidung

Our room. Vaji jumping.

One of ebu's paintings. See the exhibit here.
Ebu and Alec
Alas and Dakanow
Kaka guitarist
Kaka Bunun singer
Dakanow
Mom
Vaji with Kaka in the background
Vilian, Vaji and Alas at the beach
Ebu and the painting mom bought
Taiwan straight on the road home.

Butterflies

Can you recommend a good book for identifying Taiwan's butterflies? I know next to nothing and want something quick and easy.

Thanks so much
Rich

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Insects

Richard, can you identify these?

Christmas and Chinese New Years

Opening presents from Grandma

Vilian with his new train

Vaji with his gift from Auntie Ada

Auntie Abas helps Vaji with his new toy

On Christmas Eve, Namasia usually has a midnight candle walk. This year was no different, but it was the first time that the whole village really got together after Typhoon Morakot.

Vilian

Alas, Vaji, Vilian and cousin Dane'efu (Dahu's)

Vilian with Cousin Dane'efu (Biung's) and friend

Vaji and Dane'efu


In the morning, the whole village has games. Vilian and Mom.

Vaji

Vilian and Cousin, Lamada's Dane'efu


Alas trying to catch a hoop without dropping a piece of bread squeezed between their faces?

Me, skipping rope with a woman shorter than myself after walking an obstacle course with those things that you see on our left. Our team won.

Most Chinese New Year's we take a trip to Alishan to visit with Alas' mother's side of the family. Her mother was from Leye and she was married off when she was fourteen. The woman in the middle wearing purple is the mother's brother's wife.

She gave us some lettuce

Biung, Maidal and great aunt

The lettuce grows really big up there

Good food and lots of rice wine boiled in bamboo

We visited the Tzu Chi permanent housing complex in Shanlin that some of Alas' family are going to live in.

Beautiful houses completely furnished.

I'm interested how the mountain people will adjust to suburbia

Then back to our land where Richard was having fun with bottle rockets

Dumb......

and dumber.

Vaji Vilian and Cousin Dane'fu (Vilian's)

Guantzuling

Dahu with his kids. His house is in the background

All you can see is the attic, the rest was buried. It was reasonably intact, but was dismantled by bulldozers.

Vaji, Vilian and cousins play with their newborn nephew.

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