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Single Shot: Sea of Flags
This shot was taken while visiting a main temple in Jhubei City a few weeks ago near the end of Ghost Month. These flags were set up with incense and a few small food items for the ghosts. After these … Continue reading
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Jhubei Tibet Festival: Golden Dancers
These dancers, which took some stylistic inspiration from the Buddhist “1,000 Hands Dance” – a mostly Chinese phenomenon - recently performed at a Tibetan Culture Festival here in Jhubei. While this dance is not Tibetan, it was the first time I saw … Continue reading
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More from Hong Kong, Summer 2010
As Yuling and I gear up to head to Cambodia and Thailand, I’ve decided to organize a section of images on this site that take place outside of Taiwan. The “Josh in Hong Kong” section above will soon be changing … Continue reading
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Double Ninth 2010
Double Ninth, as I have mentioned before, is a Chinese religious festival interested in warding off evil spirits. The event falls on the “double-ninth” date of the lunar calendar, which, because of the numerology, is considered to have too much … Continue reading
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Monk in Jhubei
This monk was on a street corner in Jhubei last night begging for alms during that beautiful hour of sunset, making for a nice chance to get a good image. I was really struck by the amount of people passing … Continue reading
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Confucius Temple, Hsinchu
Temples dedicated to Confucius are common in most major Taiwanese cities and have a much more calm demeanor than the standard Taoist/Chinese temples. Continue reading
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Playing With Food
I saw this egret yesterday in the canal in Hsinchu. While they usually come pretty close, I was astonished at how close this one came up to me, especially as it was in the middle of lunch. On top of … Continue reading
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Dragon Boat Weekend! – 龍船節
Since I usually post on Monday morning Taiwan time for my first of the week, I’ll go ahead and make a quick one. We’ve had a busy/very fun weekend as it’s the Dragon Boat Festival, which takes place the first … Continue reading
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Durians Everywhere
Maybe not everywhere, but you get the idea. These have an ubiquitous smell in Taiwan (or any other south Asian country) – much like stinky tofu somehow. Their pungent fruity smell (hard to explain how that connects) is hard to … Continue reading
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Accidental Poses
I was going through some of my older photos last night and came across these street shots taken in Ximending, Taipei. I came across these shots that I forgot about due to a lot of activity around the time they … Continue reading
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