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I did not get the Hello Kitty Suite. I am so disappointed!

Chicken butt shish kebab. Mmmm…

In Sweden the laws for how to behave in traffic are very strict. Here in Taiwan what you see in the picture is a common sight. Two adults and two kids on the same scooter and only the adults are wearing helmets!? Adults have to wear helmets but obviously not children and there does not seem to be any rules for how many people you are allowed to be on one scooter.
Would you treat you family like this in the Taiwanese traffic??

About a week ago I arrived in Tainan, Taiwan. The plan is for me to work here at least 5 months.

As I came here I thought it would be nice to learn some mandarin and possibly be able to understand what is on the menu. Yesterday evening we found a chinese restaurant with an english menu.

Sounds good?

Squid mouths?

When I start realizing what actually is on the menu I am not sure anymore that I would like to learn. Maybe it is better not to know what you are eating…

Yesterday I was flying from Bangkok to Taipei. As we took off from Bangkok I looked out the window and saw the flooded rice fields. They formed an uneven green brownish pattern that ended in the sea. It was sunny and the light was reflecting in the water. It was very humid and hazy which made the sea have exactly the same orange colour as the sky. The effect was that the rice fields that ended in the sea looked like the end of the world.

It is windy, a bit chilly but I have the most amazing view over the eastern parts of the Alps. I am standing on the top of Gr Priel in Austria, tired from the long climb. The mountains here are steep and bright grey, almost white, since it is all limestone.

Around us people, equally in need of energy, are trying to find a spot sheltered from the wind to eat their packed lunches. Amazingly enough the wind seem to be blowing from all directions at the same time. We sit down in a fairly calm place. A dry sandwich never tasted this good. I only wish I had brought that lemon soda I have been dreaming about the past half hour.

Me and my brother, Richard, have just finished a very long and demanding Via Ferrata called Bert Rinesch klettersteig. I took us 3 hours to finish the climb which was secured the whole way. It was necessary to be constantly hooked in using the Via Ferrata equipment since it was quite airy and we often had several hundred meters below our feet. In some places it was overhanging which made me wonder how well the iron bars that secured us were fastened in the rock. I chose not to think about this for very long though. The climb was not as hard as I thought but just very long and there were no really good spots to take a rest. But best of all, it was great fun! I loved each step of the way. And the picture is of me, I did not steal it off the internet this time…