Dramatic Trees at Tainan Park

Proceeding the walk through Tainan Park, today I leave you some examples of incredible trees that live in Tainan Park. Their shapes and size are absolutely impressive and they talk to you, listen:


growing apart towards divorce - Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


growing together towards union - Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


growing parallel - Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004

The Mystic Aura of Tainan’s Park

Tainan’s central park is alive and has a soul of its own.
Every time I enter it I get a different feeling and see different things.
It can be extremely serene beautifully decorated with natural born flowers, which Mother Nature replaces all year around but it can also be mysteriously spooky with its ancient trees competing with each other and with time to reach their dramatic shapes.
When you walk through this park, on an early foggy winter morning or late at night, you can’t avoid feeling some kind of mystic energy created by the surreal scenario, almost as if you were in some Hollywood mystery movie.
Come along to see if I can transmit you what I mean:


The (Jurassic) park gate – Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


"hollywood boulevard" – Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


"Former War Zone" – Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004


Tainan Park – 05 Dec.2004

Tripping in Tainan's Park - I

I know its very cliché to have “my best this or my best that” but I have to admit that since I am in Tainan, I do have my favorite tree and my preferred city park. They both live here in Tainan.
Sunday morning was quite sunny and things outside seemed to have recovered quite well from the last 48 hours storm. I decide to go for a walk in the park and although I’ve been there many times, I brought along my camera, just in case, as this park always amazes me for its natural beauty, and its mystic and spiritual aura. Once again, a simple walk in the park turns out to be an exciting trip in a world of beauty!
I interrupt for a while my posts about South East Asia trips to share with you the beauty seen and felt, Sunday morning in Tainan park, the day after the storm.
I have selected a few photos but they are just too many for a single post, so I grouped them into subjects and will post a subject a day.
I leave you now with a glance of each subject you will be seeing here in the next few days:


The mystic aura of Tainan’s Park - Tainan Park - 05 Dec. 2004


Dramatic Trees - Tainan Park - 05 Dec. 2004


The floating garden - Tainan Park - 05 Dec. 2004


The floating palace - Tainan Park - 05 Dec. 2004


Green is the base, the pattern's colors changes - Tainan Park - 05 Dec. 2004


The performance in the park - Tainan Park - 05 Dec. 2004

Last typhoon in December was in 1964...

Usually the typhoon season in the Asian tropics lasts the summer and ends in September, maximum October.
This year, it has been a tough one and typhoons are very frequent.
We’re already in December and here we are, being blown by cyclonic winds, under heavy rain and involved by a strange fog, as if the skies (not heaven but hell) came down on Taiwan.
Are we already at the day after tomorrow??!!

Typhoon NANMADOL, after violently brushing the Philippines and initially forecast to move northwest towards the south east China coast, it twists northeast towards south Taiwan.
What a weekend ;-(

But any how, do have a great and safe weekend!

Happy 1st Anniversary Caccaocino

Hoje e' dia de festa, as meninas celebram o 1o aniversario do simpatico blog caccaocino:


sempre bem acompanhadas por uma imensa diversidade de frutas mas mantendo-se longe de laranjas.


Happy Birthday Cacaoccino e parabens 'as operadoras do estamine, SARITA!

Tripping in Tibet

Today I bring you Tibet.
To visit such place, words are almost unnecessary.
Enjoy the ride!


Potala – Lhasa – Tibet – April 2001


Potala Building – Lhasa – Tibet – April 2001


Heaven on Earth – Tibet – April 2001


Existence - Tibet – April 2001


Co-existence - Tibet – April 2001


Learning by debate – Tibet – April 2001


On the way to Samye Monastery – Tibet – April 2001


Monks at Samye Monastery – Tibet – April 2001


Tibetan boy – Tibet – April 2001


Buddha’s eyes – Tibet – April 2001


Child’s smile – Tibet – April 2001


Guarding Lhasa – Tibet – April 2001


Guarding Tibet – April 2001

Tripping in Vietnam

As promised I’ll be sharing here some shots of recent trips in South East Asia. Besides the superb natural landscapes, I also focus on alive issues that reflect the people’s life and culture.
Today I leave you in Vietnam, back in Christmas of 2001.
Enjoy the ride!


And when you give, you receive… - Hue’, Vietnam – Dec.2001


Halong Bay, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


A bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


Vietnam Reflections – Hanoi, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


Mobile Market – Hue’ – Vietnam – Dec. 2001


Aquatic Market – Mekong river, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


Static Market – Hue’, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


"We deliver!" – Hue’, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


Policing Hanoi, Vietnam – Dec. 2001


Guarding Hanoi, Vietnam – Dec. 2001

Viajeans = On the road in jeans

I’ve been in 42 countries of planet Earth but I believe I haven't seen a tinny little part of this magnificent and diverse world!

Alphabetic order: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Morocco, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia (former Yugoslavia); Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Tunisia, USA, Vatican and Vietnam.

Life for sharing

I haven’t ever really found a place that I call home
I never stick around quite long enough to make it
I apologize that once again I’m not in love
But it’s not as if I mind that your heart ain’t exactly breaking
It’s just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent I don’t learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea
to travel the world alone and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
(…)
life to rent – Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong

Dido doesn't know what happened to her dream but I do know what happened to mine: it's here and now!
To a certain extent I relate to Dido's words, her dream is my reality.
I might never stay long enough in the same place but i do manage to call it home, before i leave it!I am enjoying the ride!
I also think that nothing I have is truly mine and to give and share is the most rewarding experience in our lives.
My life is not for rent, my life is for sharing!


Hue, Vietnam - Christmas 2001

We are reaching the end of another year, usually the time to reflect on the achievements of the past and plans for the future. The time to put order in messes and mess up orders. A time to look back, position yourself where you are and project yourself where you want to be.
For the next few days I will be sharing with you some flashes of my tripping experiences in South East Asia, since 2001, the year I went digital.

As the city awakes...

... I enjoy the view and fall asleep!

The view from my room - Hong Kong