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For context, This guy #mcmoneagle was the first "remote viewer" for the government, and he is only remote viewer as psychics are called to actually get an award for his service! Hitler used psychics to find out that there was an underground base in the Antarctic; and he also use psychics to find out that the #Tibetan monks were also in contact with subterranean reptilian groups. So when #Operationpaperclip brought to the US about 2,000 Nazi scientists - save them from getting Justice at #nurenberg and installed them in positions of prominence including head of the CIA and NASA! So the US government in its wisdom hired psychics to help them with their spy work. I'm working on manifesting the return of all my animals INCLUDING MY TAIWAN SERVICE DOG DR BAKER! and dropping of these bogus charges against me / us! OUTRAGEOUS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE! gofund.me/10543a02 Great show! #Popok says #DIAPERDON can be prosecuted for treason for his comments urging #Russia to do "whatever the hell it wants to do" to our #NATO allies! Stop threatening us with a good time!!!! Michael Cohen asked if diaper Donald's is going to go bankrupt again! Papa says diaper Donald is spending about 10 million a month on lawyers! And there are at least two cases where he could be remanded into custody when not if he is convicted! Popoc thinks he would probably get like 6 months home confinement #MichaelCohen thinks #DIAPERDON will get a year and a day BEFORE Nov. 5! So that is good news

I'm working on manifesting the return of all my animals INCLUDING MY TAIWAN SERVICE DOG DR BAKER! and dropping of these bogus charges against me / us! OUTRAGEOUS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE! gofund.me/10543a02 Great show! #Popok says #DIAPERDON can be prosecuted for treason for his comments urging #Russia to do "whatever the hell it wants to do" to our #NATO allies! Stop threatening us with a good time!!!! Michael Cohen asked if diaper Donald's is going to go bankrupt again! Papa says diaper Donald is spending about 10 million a month on lawyers! And there are at least two cases where he could be remanded into custody when not if he is convicted! Popoc thinks he would probably get like 6 months home confinement #MichaelCohen thinks #DIAPERDON will get a year and a day BEFORE Nov. 5! So that is good news

One thing is clear: our government has gone rogue, for many years, decades if not a century! They have absolutely no accountability to the American public, they contract out work to corporation which do not have to provide any accountability for what they do. Moreover, no bid contracts are given to corporate cronies, and the purposes to basically money launder all that money! They don't actually make anything that is of value to the country it's just a way to siphon trillions to line people's pockets. When I'm president we are going to shut this s*** down and it will save ourselves a hell of a lot of money! We won't get involved in any more wars of aggression, which are illegal, and we will hold accountable people like George W bush and his family's cabal for their treachery! GET ME ON THE BALLOT

& he wasn't even masturbating, detective said he was jacking off with his left hand they had a masters & Johnson expert ready to testify that is impossible to be masturbating with your non-dominant hand! #Paulstubens should have thought the charges turned it into a circus like #DIAPERDON does! Brought to light how ridiculous it is for cops to be raiding a p**** theater?! It's because cops would rather ruin people's lives than do their damn job! The popos don't want to go after the real crime in society, they ruin people's lives!!! Mine too! 50 pics raided my home, sent me to jail in 9 minutes flat! Then lied about everything in their reports just to bury me, so I would rot in prison! How f***** up is that?! Dan slave patrol! TUCSON ELECT ME YOUR SHERIFF AND THIS ISH WILL STOP

Full of wonderful information! This Legend of the academic world is a hero to all who seek truth about the origins of man. Did you know Zachariah sitchin was born in Russia but raised in palestine? He first studied the Old testament in its original Hebrew version! Contrary to what many people believe, he didn't actually translate the Sumerian tablets but he helped to demythologize mythology", making it clear that these were real beings, 'gods" with a small g! He points out the part of the Bible that says let us make him in our image, all plural because there were many of these so-called fallen angels as they're called in the Bible; the nephilim are the anunnaki! I'm going to do a bingefest on the life and work of zechariah sitchins, best-selling author of the 12th planet and lost book of enki ON MY PODCAST #POLITICSAF THANKS FOR 345K EVEN IF IT'S JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Great show! #Popok says #DIAPERDON can be prosecuted for treason for his comments urging #Russia to do "whatever the hell it wants to do" to our #NATO allies! Stop threatening us with a good time!!!! Michael Cohen asked if diaper Donald's is going to go bankrupt again! Papa says diaper Donald is spending about 10 million a month on lawyers! And there are at least two cases where he could be remanded into custody when not if he is convicted! Popoc thinks he would probably get like 6 months home confinement #MichaelCohen thinks #DIAPERDON will get a year and a day BEFORE Nov. 5! So that is good news

Black budget spending by our government is out of control!!! And has been out of control for many many years. Even Eisenhower said to beware of the military industrial complex; and everybody knows that #jfk was assassinated in a coup, because he was going to break up all the secret societies that have been going rogue for decades! For context, This guy #mcmoneagle was the first "remote viewer" for the government, and he is only remote viewer as psychics are called to actually get an award for his service! Hitler used psychics to find out that there was an underground base in the Antarctic; and he also use psychics to find out that the #Tibetan monks were also in contact with subterranean reptilian groups. So when #Operationpaperclip brought to the US about 2,000 Nazi scientists - save them from getting Justice at #nurenberg and installed them in positions of prominence including head of the CIA and NASA! So the US government in its wisdom hired psychics to help them with their spy work. I'm working on manifesting the return of all my animals INCLUDING MY TAIWAN SERVICE DOG DR BAKER! and dropping of these bogus charges against me / us! OUTRAGEOUS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE! gofund.me/10543a02 Great show! #Popok says #DIAPERDON can be prosecuted for treason for his comments urging #Russia to do "whatever the hell it wants to do" to our #NATO allies! Stop threatening us with a good time!!!! Michael Cohen asked if diaper Donald's is going to go bankrupt again! Papa says diaper Donald is spending about 10 million a month on lawyers! And there are at least two cases where he could be remanded into custody when not if he is convicted! Popoc thinks he would probably get like 6 months home confinement #MichaelCohen thinks #DIAPERDON will get a year and a day BEFORE Nov. 5! So that is good news

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Get ready for a wild ride! We are going down the rabbithole tonight :-) #Tucson please get me on the ballot for sheriff: go.azsos.gov/xww9 thank you and have a blessed day! please share this link and video if you want a sheriff who will respect your #civilrights and never ever allow your house and family to be raided like mine was! there will be no more jail deaths #samaritans #parati @youngdemocrats @Pima County Democratic Party first thing I do when I'm Sheriff, is higher the hashtag ACLU to come rewrite all our policies regarding contact with the public. no more lying, no more entrapment, no more corruption no more #policebrutality se habla Espanol when you get me on the ballot and I win as sheriff in #tucson #arizona, first thing we will do is higher # ACLU and get rid of the bad apples immediately which will make Tucson kindler gentler place to live, as it should be! about me: retired award-winning educator and journalist, musician, poet and comedian artist cartoonist stand-up comic #ally All excellent, #classic #movies! #Gaia movie experts Jay #Weidner analyze provide excellent analysis of these, some of the highest grossing movies of all time! The #matrix #plot is analogous to #Plato's cave conundrum; what we are seeing is nothing but the shadows on the cave wall when we need to go outside! and philosopher Jean-Paul #Baudrillard's concepts of #similacra and that modern Life is nothing but a #simulation, #synthetic! PS I met baudrillard at EGS the year before he died; there is a picture of us together somewhere on the internet #JamesCameron's movies ask the question, are we at the end of an age? Yes these experts agree, we have entered the #Kaliyuga age of reckoning and destruction of the old ways. Rampant robber baron industrialism has hollowed out our civilization, traditional knowledge & esoterica have been intentionally demolished to feed the self-induced suicide of greed and materialism of America's military industrial complex. Thanks for reading Trista's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. PS there are 500 "known" military bases around the world! Jay Weidner makes the salient point: "the #Pentagon is working for the corporations"! Hey America, if you want to shut down the pentagon? And shut down all the Black ops that take up more than half of our national budget every year? If you want to elect a leader who will shut all that s*** down, and stop the government from wasting our money on useless s***; and Foster reconnection and communion with nature, GET ME ON THE BALLOT

#Tucson please get me on the ballot for sheriff: go.azsos.gov/xww9 thank you and have a blessed day! please share this link and video if you want a sheriff who will respect your #civilrights and never ever allow your house and family to be raided like mine was! there will be no more jail deaths #samaritans #parati @youngdemocrats @Pima County Democratic Party first thing I do when I'm Sheriff, is higher the hashtag ACLU to come rewrite all our policies regarding contact with the public. no more lying, no more entrapment, no more corruption no more #policebrutality se habla Espanol when you get me on the ballot and I win as sheriff in #tucson #arizona, first thing we will do is higher # ACLU and get rid of the bad apples immediately which will make Tucson kindler gentler place to live, as it should be! about me: retired award-winning educator and journalist, musician, poet and comedian artist cartoonist stand-up comic #ally All excellent, #classic #movies! #Gaia movie experts Jay #Weidner analyze provide excellent analysis of these, some of the highest grossing movies of all time! The #matrix #plot is analogous to #Plato's cave conundrum; what we are seeing is nothing but the shadows on the cave wall when we need to go outside! and philosopher Jean-Paul #Baudrillard's concepts of #similacra and that modern Life is nothing but a #simulation, #synthetic! PS I met baudrillard at EGS the year before he died; there is a picture of us together somewhere on the internet #JamesCameron's movies ask the question, are we at the end of an age? Yes these experts agree, we have entered the #Kaliyuga age of reckoning and destruction of the old ways. Rampant robber baron industrialism has hollowed out our civilization, traditional knowledge & esoterica have been intentionally demolished to feed the self-induced suicide of greed and materialism of America's military industrial complex. Thanks for reading Trista's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. PS there are 500 "known" military bases around the world! Jay W Weidner makes the salient point: "the #Pentagon is working for the corporations"! Hey America, if you want to shut down the pentagon? And shut down all the Black ops that take up more than half of our national budget every year? If you want to elect a leader who will shut all that s*** down, and stop the government from wasting our money on useless s***; and Foster reconnection and communion with nature, GET ME ON THE BALLOT

Gearing up for a #JordanMaxwell bingefest! #Tucson please get me on the ballot for sheriff: go.azsos.gov/xww9 thank you and have a blessed day! please share this link and video if you want a sheriff who will respect your #civilrights and never ever allow your house and family to be raided like mine was! there will be no more jail deaths #samaritans #parati @youngdems @Pima County Democratic Party first thing I do when I'm Sheriff, is higher the hashtag ACLU to come rewrite all our policies regarding contact with the public. no more lying, no more entrapment, no more corruption no more #policebrutality se habla Espanol when you get me on the ballot and I win as sheriff in #tucson #arizona, first thing we will do is higher # ACLU and get rid of the bad apples immediately which will make Tucson kindler gentler place to live, as it should be! about me: retired award-winning educator and journalist, musician, poet and comedian artist cartoonist stand-up comic #ally All excellent, #classic #movies! #Gaia movie experts Jay #Weidner analyze provide excellent analysis of these, some of the highest grossing movies of all time! The #matrix #plot is analogous to #Plato's cave conundrum; what we are seeing is nothing but the shadows on the cave wall when we need to go outside! and philosopher Jean-Paul #Baudrillard's concepts of #similacra and that modern Life is nothing but a #simulation, #synthetic! PS I met baudrillard at EGS the year before he died; there is a picture of us together somewhere on the internet #JamesCameron's movies ask the question, are we at the end of an age? Yes these experts agree, we have entered the #Kaliyuga age of reckoning and destruction of the old ways. Rampant robber baron industrialism has hollowed out our civilization, traditional knowledge & esoterica have been intentionally demolished to feed the self-induced suicide of greed and materialism of America's military industrial complex. Thanks for reading Trista's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. PS there are 500 "known" military bases around the world! Jay Weidner makes the salient point: "the #Pentagon is working for the corporations"! Hey America, if you want to shut down the pentagon? And shut down all the Black ops that take up more than half of our national budget every year? If you want to elect a leader who will shut all that s*** down, and stop the government from wasting our money on useless s***; and Foster reconnection and communion with nature, GET ME ON THE BALLOT

I reminisce about and play my first #debut #solo #album, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! I made this album on New Year's Eve 2016, after months of rehearsing songs, and my solo show at Chez Maurice in Northern Taiwan. Enjoy it! If you do, give me a five-star review! Thank you :-) and THANK YOU

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   On March 9th Taiwan Post will be issuing a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Canadian missionary George Leslie Mackay in Northern Taiwan. Mackay was unlike most 19th century missionaries. He has been referred to as the “son-in-law of Taiwan,” and was a forward thinker. He was one of the first to oppose the Head Tax imposed on Chinese in Canada.   To help understand who George Leslie Mackay was and the significance of his contributions, I'll be speaking with Reverend Michael Stainton, the founder of the Canadian Mackay Committee. Reverend Stainton has worked for the last 25 years to promote the recognition of Mackay in Canada and on several campaigns for Canada Post to issue a stamp to commemorate George Leslie Mackay.   Those interested in contacting the Canadian Mackay Committee can email Canadianmackay@gmail.com   This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by the Taiwan Elite Alliance 優社 and the Taiwanese United Fund.   The Taiwan Elite Alliance 優社 was established in 2000 to promote Taiwanese and Taiwanese American arts and literature, and to protect and enhance the human rights, freedom and democracy of the people in Taiwan.   The Taiwanese United Fund is an arts and culture foundation that celebrates the cultural heritages of Taiwanese Americans. Established in 1986, the foundation's mission is to facilitate cultural exchange between the Taiwanese American community and other American cultural communities, hoping to enrich and expand our cultural experiences. To learn more about TUF visit their website  http://www.tufusa.org/    Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   How and when Reverent Stainton first learned about Dr. George Leslie Mackay How Reverend Stainton was a student radical at York University and was involved in the anti-Vietnam War movement and interested in China How Reverend Stainton became disillusioned with the friendship work with China that he was doing How Reverend Stainton was initially reluctant to go to Taiwan to work with the Presbyterian Church in 1979 How the Kuomintang had cancelled elections in response to U.S. President Jimmy Carter's switch in recognition from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China (in 1978) The Tangwai movement in 1979 How Reverend Kao Chun-ming, who was the guarantor on Reverend Stainton's visa to Taiwan (in 1979) had gotten arrested for helping to hide Shih Ming-teh How things in Taiwan were in chaos when Reverend Stainton arrived there in 1980 Upon arriving in Taiwan Reverend Stainton was assigned to the Aboriginal Student Center At the time the Kuomintang believed the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan was a cat's paw of the Chinese Communist Party Reverend Stainton was warned that he would be watched and under surveillance with his phone calls tapped and letters opened How Reverend Stainton was asked to play the part of Dr. George Leslie Mackay in a play was put on for the 100th anniversary of the Mackay Memorial Hospital in 1981 In 1992 after Reverent Stainton had returned to Canada, he saw the importance of promoting the recognition of Dr. George Leslie Mackay in Canada How Dr. George Leslie Mackay breaks the stereotypes of 19th century missionaries How Joseph Steere a professor of Zoology at the University of Michigan who met Mackay in Taiwan in 1873 wrote that he observed that Mackay treated the Chinese as equals rather than an inferior race How Mackay learned Taiwanese culture and language from his students How Mackay accepted his students' suggestion and arrangement for him to marry a Taiwanese woman, Tiuⁿ Chhang-miâ (aka Minnie) How Mackay was criticized about his marriage and why he got married at the British Consulate How Mackay told the Foreign Mission Board of his marriage only after he had already gotten married Why Mackay is so beloved in Taiwan and is called the “son-in-law of Taiwan” How Mackay's upbringing influenced his values Mackay was the youngest son of a Scottish Evangelical Presbyterian family Mackay and his family had gone to Canada as refugees from the Sutherland Highland Clearances in northern Scotland because aristocratic landlords had pushed peasants off their land due to the English Industrial Revolution Mackay along with other refugees had been sent to Oxford county which is present-day South Central Ontario in Canada How highlanders (people from northern Scotland) were also looked down upon in Canada because they weren't civilized Scots from the south How the early injustice Mackay and his family experienced shaped him How he learned frontier medicine and developed strong resilience from growing up in the frontier The Zorra pioneers and how Zorra refers to part of the province of Ontario How Mackay became known for pulling teeth and was able to gain the trust of local people in Taiwan but he was not a dentist or doctor Mackay was given an honorary doctorate degree in 1881 Misconceptions about Mackay How Mackay discouraged foreign women missionaries from coming to teach (sewing and English) in favor of having local Taiwanese women converts teach in his school The great numbers of the Kavalan indigenous people who converted and joined Mackay's mission The ethnic revitalization among the Kavalan How the Kavalan used a patronymic name system, rather than surnames, but under Chinese rule they were assigned Chinese names and surnames, so some Kavalan adopted Mackay's Taiwanese surname “Kai” (偕) as their own What has changed in terms of what is known about Mackay Up until the 1990s much of what had been written about Mackay was hagiography The first international academic conference on Dr. George Leslie Mackay that Reverend Stainton organized in 1997 and how it boosted the study of Mackay How Mackay ended up in Taiwan and settling near Tamsui How the Taiwanese called foreigners like Mackay and indigenous people “barbarians,” and this created camaraderie between Mackay and the Kavalan people Reverend Stainton's efforts to try to get Canada Post to issue a stamp commemorating George Leslie Mackay which have included two previous campaigns in 2001 and 2022 Comparisons between getting a stamp approved by Canada Post vs. Taiwan Post In 2001 a stamp commemorating Mackay was issued in Taiwan Why Canada Post didn't approve a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of George Leslie Mackay's arrival in Taiwan The issues that Reverend Stainton has with the stamp that Taiwan Post is issuing on March 9 Why Mackay's wife was given the English name Minnie Mackay's lasting contributions in Taiwan Mackay's title of doctor was due to an honorary doctor of divinity Mackay's opposition of the Head Tax Mackay's lasting contributions in/to Canada Woodstock, Ontario's sister city relationship with Tamsui, Taiwan Mackay's intellectual curiosity and love of nature, astronomy, and botany Mackay's use of traditional Chinese medicine in his medical work The complete Kavalan people's bridal outfit on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, which was among the 16 crates of artifacts that Mackay brought back from Taiwan to Canada in 1893 Many of the items that Mackay collected are among the oldest collection of indigenous artifacts from Taiwan in the world   Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/george-leslie-mackay-canadian-missionary-iconoclast-and-his-contributions-to-taiwan-with-rev-michael-stainton-ep-173/

本集跟大家介紹台灣各地的知名衝浪景點及地形，包含北海岸、宜蘭、西岸、墾丁、台東及花蓮的知名浪點。記得幫我們寫Review或語音留言給我們哦。 ❤️ In this episode, we introduce Taiwan's well known surf spots and it's geography, including Northern Taiwan, Yilan, West Coast, Kenting, Taitung, and Hualien. Lastly, Daisy and Cindy would love to see your review or hear your voice message about their podcast. ❤️ IG 追蹤衝浪雙椒/ Follow Surfing Sisterhood Taiwan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/surfingsisterhoodtaiwan 「浪人誌 Life Surfer Issue」”台灣衝浪地圖毛巾浪” check out cute towel made by Taiwan Surf Spot Map —> https://lifesurferissue.com/6299/shop-taiwan-surfing-map #衝浪雙椒 #SurfingSisterhoodTaiwan #DaisyandCindy #浪人誌 #浪點 #lifesurferissue #surfspot ———————————————————————————————————— Daisy和Cindy是兩位充滿熱情的浪人。相似的童年背景及個性，讓她們2017年第一次相遇就成為超要好的姊妹。加入Daisy和Cindy了解她們的衝浪故事、知識、衝浪術語及更多有趣的內容！ Daisy在美國加州和台灣長大，目前從事公關和活動相關工作。Cindy在以色列、加拿大和台灣長大，是個斜槓freelancer及英文老師。她們於2017年開始固定衝浪。 Daisy and Cindy are passionate surfers from Taiwan. With similar background and personality, they became close friends in 2017. Join them to learn about their surf stories, knowledge, surf terms and more! Daisy grew up in the US and Taiwan and is now working in PR & event. Cindy grew up in Israel, Canada, and Taiwan and is now working as freelancer and English teacher. They started surfing regularly since 2017. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/surfing-sisterhood-taiwan/message

https://www.patreon.com/FarEastAdventureTravel If you enjoy my podcasts, videos, and take part in livestreams becoming a patron supports future projects and continued travel inspiration from Asia. Visit my Patreon page to see all of the offers.YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/c/JohnSaboefareastadventuretravelCrowdfunder-$500 Total needed for Gimbal, and various small accessories that will help produce better video and open up phone/skype access for podcast listeners and livestream followers $10, $25, $50 or more would be awesome! http://paypal.me/JohnASaboeContinuing my food series from Taiwan with a walk through the Huangshi Traditional Morning Market near Banqiao in New Taipei City. Picturing Taipei City and New Taipei City as a giant doughnut can help picture the area geographically. New Taipei is the doughnut, Taipei the doughnut hole. New Taipei is really the largest city in Taiwan with a population over 4.5 million making it one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Getting a little ways away from Taipei proper and into these corners of Northern Taiwan definitely can give you a more rounded perspective of the people, food, and culture of the region. *Buddhists* and Garlic, Onions etc. First off to answer someone's question as to why some Buddhists refrain from eating garlic and onions, actually there are a total of 5 pungent roots that some Buddhists do not eat, garlic, onion, chives, green onions, and leeks. It's believed that uncooked they cause distemper, cooked they act as an aphrodisiac.  

Wine And Gourmet Taipei was one of the most challenging wine shows I’ve ever been invited to in the world. With a tasting selection ranging from Shochu, a Japanese distilled beverage, vodka like, to Australian Shiraz. Typically I would start at a traditional wine tasting with sparkling wine, moving on to light then more full bodied whites like Chardonnay, then the reds from Pinot Noir to Cabs then maybe if I’ve got anything left in me, ports and sherries. But there’s no way I could handle a diverse range of Japanese sake, shochu, craft beers, many fruit flavored ones, then an assortment of wines. The palate just can’t absorb all those flavors and intensities over a 3-4 hour period. So being in Asia I decided to focus on Asian alcohol and craft beers, including the emerging craft beer segment in Taiwan. Managing to finally pull myself away from the dazzling selection of Japanese Shochu and sake I made my way to the many Belgian beers that are available around Taiwan and the island’s homegrown craft beers including Bazu and Taiwan Head Brewers. I am really impressed with the range of beers, the quality and taste, and the actual infusions and flavors from Litchi, very refreshing and thirst quenching, to sour beers, tea infused beers, chocolate and more from the homegrown market. Craft brews are still relatively new compared with the North American market but interest, particularly with the younger generation is growing in Taiwan. Some purists might be put off by some of the fruit beers but I personally think they suite not only local food, but the climate, especially in Northern Taiwan with it’s extremely hot and humid summers. Nothing like quenching your thirst with a refreshing light litchi beer with maybe a plate of spicy squid on the side. Get exclusive travel content! Visit Patreon and become a sponsor of Far East Adventure Travel: http://www.purple-planet.com

Taipei, Taiwan has one of the most efficient and reliable MRT or public rapid transit systems in the world. Locals are used to the convenience but if you are visiting either for a short or extended time to Taipei you are in store for a comfortable, safe, and easy way to get around the city. There are 5 main lines of the Taipei Metro which consists of a mix of underground and above ground infrastructure with a total of 108 stations. This does not include the airport service as this is a separate entity called Taoyuan MRT. I highly recommend downloading either the IOS or android Taipei MRT app available in The App Store and Google Play. This will help you plan your day while you’re having a coffee in your hotel room or at breakfast. All of the stations are also searchable online with full descriptions including in most cases major sites that are close by. You can purchase single journey tokens but you’ll save alot of time, especially if you’re traveling during rush hour, to pick up either a TaipeiPass card or an Easycard. You can purchase TaipeiPass cards at any MRT station and at most convenient stores including 7-Eleven. They are available in 1,2,3, and 5 day unlimited use cards. There is also an additional 1 day + card that can be used on the Maokong Gondola next to the Taipei Zoo. These passes are for unlimited use on the Taipei Metro, not including bus routes with four digit buses for their time frame so there’s no lead to load or reload them. TaipeiPass Cards: If you’re planning on taking some bus trips or train rides to Northern Taiwan besides using the MRT then you may want to purchase an Easycard instead for NT$100. You’ll have to load money onto it but the EasyCard is more flexible than the TaipeiPass. EasyCards can be purchased at all MRT stations. Using the Easycard gives you a 20% discount on single journey fares on the MRT and 10% on local trains to Keelung and Ruifang. Keelung has one of the most famous night markets on the island, Keelung Miaokou Night Market. Ruifang is your connection to Pingxi, home of the world-famous Sky Lantern Festival. The Taipei MRT system operates between 6am-12am but service ends earlier at some stations. Here is a link that gives the last train time for each station:http://english.metro.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=1056375&CtNode=70242&mp=122036 Music courtesy of:http://www.purple-planet.com Become a sponsor of Far East Adventure Travel! Visit my Patreon page now!: Help others discover Far East Adventure Travel! Write a Review:

Yehliu Geo Park is one of Northern Taiwan’s top tourist sites attracting on average over 3 million visitors yearly. It’s a fun place and interesting spot with numerous natural rock formations including their most famous, “Queen’s head”, named so for it’s resemblance to the profile of Queen Elizabeth I, some even comparing it to Nefertiti. It’s a Disneyland for rock lovers and as you can imagine it’s usually crowded almost anytime during the day. Sitting right next to the park is the fishing village of Yehliu, which is usually quiet except for meal times when some of the tourists stray away from the geo park and food stalls and souvenir stands that surround it and head to one of the many seafood restaurants that serve the amazing bounty of the North China sea. Other than the density of seafood restaurants, that perhaps could not sustain themselves without the massive tourist attraction next door it’s a pretty typical Northern Taiwanese fishing village, with lots of men fishing off of the docks, boats in the harbour equipped with watermelon sized lanterns, numerous temples and shrines, and beautiful views towards the park and sea. I know that many will miss the charm of places like this especially if they are ferried in by tourist buses with guides that are in a hurry to meet the promises of a day spent seeing all of the sites of Northern Taiwan. Most are simply looking to rack up tourist spots visited with selfies to share back home, the traveller that judges a good trip based on the volume of places they've seen. There's nothing wrong with that if in the end you're satisfied with your vacation. However if you want to experience the real Taiwan perhaps even engaging a little with locals, like the man who showed me the squid eggs in one of his tanks, then spend more time exploring and worry less about the number of things you see. I've found lots of interesting places literally on the fringes of tourist spots. Always my biggest take aways are those moments of interaction with locals that are far more endearing than a checked off list of sites. But do see Yehliu Geo Park next door, it’s worth the visit! Become a sponsor of Far East Adventure Travel for as little as $1/month. Visit my Patreon page to find out more and see the rewards on offer: Write A Podcast Review For Far East Adventure Travel:

The Sanzhi UFO houses was a famous beach house development in New Taipei City, Taiwan featuring futuristic "space pod" living spaces that were abandoned and never completed. Eventually they were demolished in 2008. Who knows if Sanzhi, or this other "beach house" development I discovered in Northern Taiwan through research and first-hand accounts were "beach developments" or simply a cover up and ultimately destruction of evidence that extraterrestrial life at one time was present in Taiwan. One story behind this development involves a soda pop tycoon's investment in a beach house community in the 70's made up of futuro and venturo homes that failed and subsequently were also abandoned. Like the main character in the novel and movie adaptation filmed on location in Taiwan, "Life Of Pi", I ask you which story would you prefer? The failed attempts at real estate development by Taiwanese millionaires, or aliens seeking to establish beach front communities while enjoying the rich culture, amazing food, night markets, hot springs, great health care, and a "new hope" on Ila Formosa, "the beautiful island". You decide! Donate now and help support the Far East Adventure Travel Podcast. A gift of $5, $10, $20, or $30 goes along way to help with production and travel costs. Whenever possible I stay in guesthouses, employ local guides and drivers, and support local business. The money I spend goes directly back into the community and so can yours. Support Far East Adventure Travel with a donation now!Donate paypal.me/JohnASaboe Donate Write a Review:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-travel-far-east/id890305531?mt=2

On my recent swing through Southern Taiwan to take in the annual Beehive Fireworks Festival in Yanshui/Tainan I managed to visit Taiwan's second biggest city, Kaohsiung. For the first time I was able to see the city's wonderful lantern festival next to the atmospheric Love River. I'm always asked when is the best time of year to visit Taiwan. Almost anytime of the year can be interesting but one of my favorite times to recommend is during the Chinese New Year,(Lunar New Year) festivities. The first day itself is always inspiring and full of good spirit as many Taiwanese visit temples to start the year off with prayers of good fortune, luck, and health. Then of course there are the many festivals that are centered around the New Year including the Beehive Fireworks Festival, if you're daring and looking for extreme adventure. See the podcast featured on this channel. For a more serene experience the Lantern Festivals of Taiwan are wonderfully beautiful and completely safe, but you will have to endure huge crowds. Most major cities on the island host a lantern festival. Internationally the most famous one is the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival of Northern Taiwan. This festival features mass releases of sky lanterns that dance in the skies of Northern Taiwan sending out wishes of good fortune, health, luck, and even marriage! Having had the opportunity to see a few I can say that although some themes will be the same, mainly lanterns featuring the year's zodiac character, this year the rooster, there will be variations based on the location of the city. As Kaohsiung is the largest port city of Taiwan there are many marine themes. Artistically I noticed there were many interesting variations of the rooster theme compared with the Taipei Lantern Festival and the Love River setting is absolutely magical. Join me for part one of this two part series on the 2017 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival on Far East Adventure Travel. Donate now and help support the Far East Adventure Travel Podcast. A gift of $5, $10, $20, or $30 goes along way to help with production and travel costs. Whenever possible I stay in guesthouses, employ local guides and drivers, and support local business. The money I spend goes directly back into the community and so can yours. Support Far East Adventure Travel with a donation now!Donate paypal.me/JohnASaboe Donate Write a Review:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-travel-far-east/id890305531?mt=2

Taipei, Taiwan becomes unusually quiet for most of the Chinese New Year holiday as many who work and live in the capital visit family in their hometowns around the island. You'd never believe it though when you visit some of the city's most prominent temples. Overflowing with visitors getting in their good luck prayers to ensure a healthy and prosperous year for themselves and their family. Longshan Temple is by far the most visited with the temple so crowded it's not unusual to get a little poke from someone's incense stick as you make your way through the throngs of people. Guandu Temple near the old fishing village river port town of Danshui is another favorite with many making their yearly visit to the big complex and oldest in Northern Taiwan. Another one of my favorite's to visit, especially on a sunny day, is Zhinan Temple on Monkey Mountain near the Taipei Zoo. Accessible by stairs that start at National Chengchi University, it's an approximate 30-40 hike through the forest and jungle to the temple. If you're not up for the hike the temple can be accessed via the Maokong Gondola near the zoo. The views are wonderful and the temple complex as one visitor shared with me has perfect Feng Shui, the Chinese belief of harmony with surroundings. The main Zhinan complex faces south over a beautiful terrace with views of Taipei City and lots of sunny exposure. The back of the temple is on the mountain side, sheltering it from the inclimate weather of the rainy season and winter. Next to the main Zhinan Temple is the Daxiong Buddhist Chapel, on many days offering a free vegetarian lunch in it's bottom level-a delicious selection of tofu, vegetables, rice, and soup. After lunch I sat in the courtyard of the Daxiong Chapel, listening to the recorded traditional music playing as I gazed out at the hills checkered with small vegetable/produce farms, little tea plantations and the Maokong Gondola transporting people through the hills. Later watching groups paying respects at the temple with offerings and prayers. Feeling refreshed, alive, and full of chi,(good energy), I made my way down the stairs to complete a perfect way to spend a day in Taipei during the Lunar New Year(Chinese New Year), holiday. Getting there:Take the MRT "brown line" to Taipei Zoo. Cross the road from the MRT station and take bus 236 and get off at National Chengchi University. There are signs to the trails at the plaza entrance. Donate now and help support the Far East Adventure Travel Podcast. A gift of $5, $10, $20, or $30 goes along way to help with production and travel costs. Whenever possible I stay in guesthouses, employ local guides and drivers, and support local business. The money I spend goes directly back into the community and so can yours. Support Far East Adventure Travel with a donation now!Donate paypal.me/JohnASaboe Donate Write a Review:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-travel-far-east/id890305531?mt=2

Guandu Temple is one of the oldest temples in Northern Taiwan. Established in 1661 the temple is dedicated to Matsu, Goddess of the sea. The temple complex also contains a Buddhist shrine or chapel where Guanyin, the Goddess of compassion is also honored. It's also one of the most popular temples to visit during the Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year holidays in Northern Taiwan. This year the temple is featuring two mechanical roosters in honor of the zodiac animal. Donate now and help support the Far East Adventure Travel Podcast. A gift of $5, $10, $20, or $30 goes along way to help with production and travel costs. Whenever possible I stay in guesthouses, employ local guides and drivers, and support local business. The money I spend goes directly back into the community and so can yours. Support Far East Adventure Travel with a donation now!Donate paypal.me/JohnASaboe Donate Write a Review:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-travel-far-east/id890305531?mt=2

This week we discuss the crazy weather in Northern Taiwan, the chaos on Tuesday as KMT lawmakers pressed the Tsai administration hard on trade and fishing rights issues, a new approval poll for the country's mayors, and more.

This week we discuss the crazy weather in Northern Taiwan, the chaos on Tuesday as KMT lawmakers pressed the Tsai administration hard on trade and fishing rights issues, a new approval poll for the country's mayors, and more.

The ICRT news team discusses the week's top news stories including the military base celebrity tour scandal, and the beginning of water rationing in Northern Taiwan.

The ICRT news team discusses the week's top news stories including the military base celebrity tour scandal, and the beginning of water rationing in Northern Taiwan.