Articles tagged with: temple
Day 9 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 9
Friday February 22, 2013
7:30 a.m. Taipei
It’s Friday today, a few days after my trip ended. I had to go back to work on Monday and a bunch of other stuff happened, so I haven’t been able to finish up my trip journal. I’ve got some time today, so here I am to put a period on that epic scooter trip.
I woke up in my …
Day 8 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 8
Sunday February 17, 2013
7:30 a.m Ling-Dung Temple near Shihtan, Taiwan
Breaking camp went relatively smoothly yesterday morning. The one big wrinkle was that I noticed that interior of my tent’s fly seems to be deteriorating. The waterproofing tape that covers the seams has completely fallen apart and is peeling off and turning into dust. The material itself also feels sticky to my fingers as if …
Day 5 & 6 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 5&6
Friday February 15, 2013
9:15 a.m. Guguan on the Central Cross-Island Highway
I woke up fairly early when I left from Taichung considering everything, and then I packed up my sleeping bag and sleeping mat and backpack. I hung out in my friend’s living room for a little bit and had a cup of coffee. Then just as I was getting ready to leave and making …
Day 4 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 4
Wednesday February 13, 2013
11:30 a.m. Taichung
As you can see from my byline above, I did make it to Taichung. I made it here and I am currently writing on the sofa in a friend’s living room. We were up until nearly five in the morning, so she is still upstairs sleeping. I have never been able to sleep in no matter how late I …
Day 3 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 3
Tuesday February 12, 2013
7:00 a.m. Cyuanhua Temple Group
The highlight of my second day on the road was, surprisingly enough, a meal. But I’ll get to that in a minute. I left for my little hike at about 9:30. The sun had not broken through as I hoped it would, but the rain had stopped and the mist and fog had thinned out considerably. Almost …
Day 2 CNY Scooter Trip 2013
Day 2
Monday February 11th, 2013
7:20 a.m.
Well, where in the world to start? I’ve only been on the road for one day and a night and it feels like I’ve been gone for weeks. It always feels that way, which is one of the reasons I enjoy travel so much – time dilates and it feels like there is so much more to life. A day …
Photo Post: Blue Sky Temple Ceiling
I was quite taken with this blue sky and cloud-filled ceiling at this temple. You see lots of bright colors at temples in Taiwan, but I don’t think I’ve seen blue very often. I’m fairly certain that is a statue of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy, in the temple. On the plate on the table are small wooden objects used in fortune telling. …
Photo Post: Censer
Just as I can’t resist taking pictures of the guardian lions at temples, I also can’t resist taking pictures of the censers. This one was taken looking through the censer in toward the temple and the ceiling. I like the large sticks of incense one often finds in the middle. I’m not sure how much more they cost than the smaller sticks. In fact, I …