Taiwan

Hi! this is a post about a trip to Taiwan in 2003. It was exactly the period when SARS reached the highest peak... in Taiwan the situation was becoming serious but... the tickets were paid already so we decided to go. So, here is a picture of me inside the airplane... wearing mask of course!



Unfortunately I don't have many pictures from this trip. But Taiwan is a really nice place. People are very open and friendly. We have been in Taipei and some places in the surrounding. If I'll find other pictures I'll update this post later on.

Well maybe I can describe you the typical Taiwanese Tea Cerimony.



The tea is in put in the white pot you see in the pic. There are two types of cups. One cylindric, very small and long, are only used to smell the tea. The other, a usual tea cup, is instead used for drinking. After the tea is prepared it first spilled in the cups. But you don't drink this tea. It is just used to warm the cups and to smell the tea. Then the tea is made again (with the same leafs) and put in the cups. Finally you can drink. The tea is very good in Taiwan. There are many mountains in the island. The best tea comes from the highest places.

When going back to Japan Taipei's airport (because of SARS) was a desert... I've been even stopped at the custom, you imagine why? The policemen were so bored and they wanted to talk to someone... we were 2 of the really few passengers those days.