Taipei

I’ve always had trouble understanding ladies’ sizes, but Roland didn’t when he ordered this shirt.

Now my images all link to full-size versions.  Click any image in any post and enjoy.

Also, I’m amazed how few categories I’ve needed so far.

Okay, I’ll grant you that they are technically miniatures, but is it really the best souvenir for the often-visited-by-children Miniature Museum gift shop?

On reflection, yes.  Yes it is.

This should help with that.

Oh, if only there is needed.  We hotel is nice to think of the, though.

A (mostly) raw dump of photos is up at my Gallery site.

Much cleanup is needed.

This sign is located in the Miniature Museum of Taiwan.  Next to it is a ladder that leads up into the ceiling (the museum is located in the basement of an office building).  I suspect it’s there in case the miniature witches come to life.

After escaping to the ground floor, we discovered why the temples we visited earlier in the day had deep channels dug around the buildings and footpaths.

First awesome find.  The Miniatures Museum of Taiwan is an obsessive collections of dolls, action figures and scenes of all scales < life size.  I’ll upload the full set of pictures to my Gallery site (stay tuned for a link), but unfortunately with a consumer point-and-shoot, the results are less than stunning.  I might return with some other friends of ours when they arrive in Taipei.

Attention to detail and variety of the scenes is spectacular.  And what miniature tour is complete without some Godzilla-related goodness?

Don’t get the reference in the title?

Part of the Confucius Temple

1. Do not underestimate the number of undershirts one should pack. The proper word for this is undershirtstimating (thanks, Amitai). The proper number of undershirts is (number_of_days_in_taipei)^2.
2. Sightsee in shifts. You’ll thank me. People standing near you in the metro will thank you.
3. Do not believe the “feels like” temperature popular on so many weather sites. Here is what it feels like: Hell. Well, Hell if the air were also supersaturated with water. If you introduce one more molecule of moisture, you’ll be underwater.

Updated: Corrected technical term.

If you over esteem great men,

people become powerless.

If you create a nice logo,

people begin to steal.

Perhaps Confucius didn’t understand Lao Tzu’s accent.