The Perry: January 2014

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - Los Angeles Lakers versus Indiana Pacers

Seats: Section 106, Row 2, Seat 11 and 12

Jack Nicholson.

Reggie Miller.

Saturday, January 25, 2014 - Chinese New Year Dinner

Chinese New Year dinner with the family. Actual Chinese New Year is on January 31, 2014. Year of the horse.

Saturday-Monday, January 11-13, 2014 - Hong Kong

Arrived back in Hong Kong late Saturday night, January 11th, from Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Spent the last of the free time in the city, Stanley Market area, and visiting my grandma who was in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Left Hong Kong on the 23:55 flight back to LA on Monday night, January 13th.

In the alleyways of Hong Kong.

Bakery.

Bakery - 蛋挞 (Egg tart)

Stanley Market

Stanley Market - 大牌檔 (Dai Pai Dong)

Stanley - Cargo ship and Windsurfer.

Stanley.

Stanley Market.

Stanley Market - A man giving a demonstration on how to train your dog.

Stanley Market.

Stanley - Fixing fishing nets.

Taiwan - Day 6 (Saturday, January 11, 2014)

Hengchun, Pingtung County - Eluanbi Lighthouse.
Dong Gang Seafood Market in Greater Kaohsiung - Lunch.
Kaohsiung - The Dome of Light.
Kaohsiung - Shoushan Lover's Observatory for a view of the city.
Kaohsiung - Pier-2 Art Center.
Kaohsiung Street Night Market.
Kaohsiung International Airport for the flight back to Hong Kong.

Eluanbi Lighthouse - Located on the southernmost point of Taiwan on Cape Eluanbi.

View of the ocean near the Eluanbi Lighthouse.

Dong Gang Seafood Market in Greater Kaohsiung - Buying food for lunch.

Dong Gang Seafood Market in Greater Kaohsiung - After buying the fresh seafood, you have them cook it for you and serve it.

The Dome of Light

Located in Formosa Boulevard MRT Station, created by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata, made of stained glass.

View of the city from Shoushan Lover's Observatory.

Pier-2 Art Center.

Sunset in Kaohsiung.

Kaohsiung Night Market.

Kaohsiung Night Market - Hand-made dumpling cart.

Taiwan - Day 5 (Friday, January 10, 2014)

Hengchun Township, Pingtung County - Chuohuo (Eternal flame), residential area for beef noodle soup
Kenting National Park, Pingtung County - Maobitou, Baisha Bay (White Sand Bay)
Hengchun Old Town and Kenting Street Night Market
Stayed the night at a B&B in Kenting.

Fruit stands: "Sugar apples" - Annona squamosa and "Wax apples" - Syzygium samarangense were in season.

Chuhuo - Cracks in the mudstone in which natural gases are released and ignited.

A man was roasting corn here and selling it to tourist that came by.

This beef noodle shop is hidden in a residential area and is actually the bottom garage converted into a noodle restaurant.

The inside. Once the noodles run out, the restaurant is closed.

Some cold cut.

Beef noodle soup. Some delicious stuff.

Just to the east of Kenting National Park, Maibitou, is an area where the water has different shades of blues. The water coming out is heated from a near-by power plant and it clashes with the darker blue of the ocean.