roms in Formose

The blog for my Canadian trip have an address...

2006-11-16T09:26:00.000+01:00

Dear friends,

Here will be added some pictures and information about my Canadian trip:

http://rommtl.blogspot.com/

Stay tuned,

--
Romain

Green Island

2006-11-16T09:07:00.000+01:00

Here is a picture I took the day I ride the Green Island by bicycle.

Jioufen - Window

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Jioufen - The old theater

2006-10-18T05:26:00.000+02:00

Jioufen - Front House

2006-10-18T05:23:00.000+02:00

Fresh news...

2006-10-18T05:11:00.000+02:00

Hi all,

well I have been out of this blog for a while. First of all I am now in Montreal Canada. I am having a lot of work in order to accomplish my double degree, from my engineering school in Grenoble and Polytechnique Montreal.
I will open a new blog about Montreal and Canada.
I will also post all the pictures from Taiwan that I like, and that have been waiting to be online for too long now, so expect some new "old" pictures from Taiwan soon...

Romain

Hong-Kong Shop Ad in some Macau Street

2006-06-16T06:31:00.000+02:00

Hong-Kong Shop Ad in some Macau Street.

Lonely Street.... Macau

2006-06-16T06:26:00.000+02:00

Some lost street in old Macau center.

Fort Door - Macau

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Fort Door - Macau

A view of Macau Old Center

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A view of Macau Old Center

Caminho dos Artilheiros

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Wall - Macau Portuguese Fort

House in Macau

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A house around old Macau center

Tourism Center - Macau

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Macau

MTR...

2006-06-16T05:35:00.000+02:00

A point of view from the Admirality MTR station.

Star Avenue II

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Bruce Lee's statue in Star Avenue.

Star Avenue I

2006-06-16T05:32:00.000+02:00

A statue in Star Avenue with Hong-Kong island skyline in the background.

Art Museum

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Some pedestrians near Hong-Kong Art museum.

Hong-Kong Island

2006-06-16T05:29:00.000+02:00

A view of the Hong-Kong island Buildings Skyline.

Central II

2006-06-16T05:27:00.000+02:00

Others buildings in Central, Hong-Kong, including Bank of China Tower(bottom right).

Central I

2006-06-16T05:26:00.000+02:00

A builing in Central - Hong-Kong

Flying....

2006-06-16T05:24:00.000+02:00

Well, here we have a picture taken from the plane while flying from Tapei to Hong-Kong.

Hong-Kong - Macau

2006-06-16T05:23:00.000+02:00

Hello,
well I've been in Hong-Kong for 5 days last week and I also went to Macau by ferry, so here are some pictures related to that journey.

Romain

Rice dumplings vs Hallacas

2006-05-24T06:15:00.000+02:00

Two days ago, I ate a local dish called Rice Dumpling in english or Tsung Tzu in chinese.
It tastes very good. This dish is traditional during the Dragon Boat festival.
Here is a picture I found on the internet :

But what was funny is that it was like if I had already tasted it, because it tasted just like a typical dish from Venezuela called Hallaca.
Down here a picture (also from internet):

So it came to my mind that the origin of the Hallaca is maybe from mainland China.
I make a research and the Hallaca seems to come from Mexico, from a traditional dish called Tamal, wich was typic from the Aztec civilisation. So maybe there is a link between the Tamal and rice dumpling. Who knows maybe they bring it over the Bering straight thaousand of years ago.
I don't have any rational explanation, but anyway you can see by yourselves that the two dishes look just the same.
The only difference is the leaf, the Hallaca uses the banana leaf ans is based on corn mixture while the rice dumplig uses the bamboo leaf and the mixture is based on rice.

Fishers in Danshue

2006-05-24T06:10:00.000+02:00

Fishers in Danshue. Danshue is half an hour from Taipei by MRT, and it is a cool place to be. It features good food and a famous sunshine. This place is crowded on Week Ends.

Local house by night

2006-05-24T06:06:00.000+02:00

A local house around Jinshan.

Caught eating...

2006-05-24T06:03:00.000+02:00

Another picture featuring locals near Green Bay.

Locals near Yehliu

2006-05-24T05:54:00.000+02:00

Locals near Yehliu park. Colors and local people offer photogenic scenes waiting to be shot. So here is one of those shots.

Taking the bus...

2006-05-24T05:50:00.000+02:00

Well, after visiting temples in keelung I took a local bus direction Yehliu park.

Bouddha statue

2006-05-24T05:44:00.000+02:00

A Bouddha statue in Keelung.

Other view from Keelung

2006-05-24T05:40:00.000+02:00

The kind of architecture we can find in Taiwan, with alot of red.

Temple

2006-05-24T05:36:00.000+02:00

This is an inside view of Temple at Keelung

Keelung hill

2006-05-24T05:29:00.000+02:00

This is a shot of Keelung's hill...and no, this is not Mount Lee

Be good, Do Good !!!

2006-05-24T05:24:00.000+02:00

This is a sign at Keelung's Train Station.
This is the kind of message we can see around here in Taiwan.

Guards inside CKS memorial

2006-05-24T05:16:00.000+02:00

Changing of guards inside the CKS memorial.

CKS Memorial

2006-05-24T05:11:00.000+02:00

Here we can see a shot of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.

Lets add some content

2006-05-24T04:53:00.000+02:00

Hello, this morning I will start adding some content to the blog. This will feature some quick shots I made last Week End.

Romain

Blog will open soon!!!

2006-05-22T08:55:00.000+02:00

Hey people!!!

Well, this is the URL for my new blog. Here will be posted some pictures, informations, stories... while I'll be in "Formose" aka Taiwan.

See you soon buddies,

roms