William in Taipei: River next to my apartment

The photo's at the bottom are all taken from the bridge next to my apartment or from my flat's rooftop. Being able to see mountains straight from out of the city is really something new for me, but it's really cool. They photo's are already outdated, since the heavy rainfall has caused the river to reach much higher. There are many fish in the river, but it looks like nobody wants to eat them. Catching them would be extremely easy, since they're only swimming upstream very slowly in huge numbers. I haven't looked at the text (classical Chinese) next to the river properly, but it roughly reads something like "The river is the mother of the earth, let us take good care of her." (Don't nag me with this, Milan, I'm too lazy to look up the characters)

Further ahead you will see some stray dogs, of which Taipei has plenty. With this great heat, they're often sleeping outside shops with air conditioning. They don't really bother anyone, though sometimes they will follow you for a while if you have anything to eat on you. Usually they give up after a while though. One foreign immigrant does more than most of us; instead of just feeling sorry for them, he has set up a help center for the stray dogs of Taipei.

The last photo's are from Taida University. This is just the main entrance, I didn't have any business inside. I bought the tourist guide, "Lonely Planet", at the bookstore opposite of the university campus entrance.

The very last photo is a Taiwanese man who runs a small Korean restaurant in my neighborhood. He's responsible for the fantastic meals I had there last week. I actually forgot to pay last time and walked all the way back to give them their money. It took some persuading before they found out they really forgot to charge me. Anyway, my kharma is good now. The kimchi in this house is very good. Speaking of which, there are plenty of Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai restaurants around if you want to taste something really different (although it's still Asian cuisine). In a country where kimchi is sold for 1-2 euro's per kilo, I'm certainly rude enough to put my own supply on the table in a restaurant or eat it for breakfast.