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A funny thing happened to me after I took my shower today. I was running late and so tired before dinner that after I finished …

Catching Up

Sorry its been a while since my last email.  Been kept pretty busy here from sun up to sun down working on my project. The …

Shucking

We have these neighbors that shuck oysters for a living next door. Each day I pass them back and forth shucking one pile of oysters …

Oysters Oysters everywhere

Everything smells like wet rotting oysters around me. Yesterday I had a delivery of 2 tons of oyster shells to my site. They had been …

Tremors

I was literally jolted out of my bed this morning with what I at first thought was a strong wind rattling the windows, felt and …

First Side is up

I am too exhausted to even write tonight. A group of others went to the night market, which is very special here in Taiwan, but …

Getting to work

We finally had our real first day of work on our own projects today.  And it was also the first day it did not rain …

Staying Put

Ok, so I have decided to stay at the Red House where we all meet for breakfast, do our laundry and generally hang out after …

Oyster Farming

We have finally arrived in Cheng Long.  The Chinese name for Jackie Chan. And it still it keeps raining. My body wants to be on …

On Touring Taipei

It is my last day in Taipei.  I am now taking off on the high speed train down to Cheng Long. And yet again it …