Abe and I in Taipei

Abe and I in Taipei

Bing lang stand (betel nut)

betel nuts

Street of Taipei

Abe and I were waiting for Angela to finish her visit to a traditional Chinese doctor

the waiting room

Angela's friend stops in with his erhu, I try it.

Angela's friend playing the erhu

Street dog

In Angela's old neighbor, at a food stand of a good friend

Angela and company

Abe and I were treated to 3-4 shots of Taiwan beer.

Angela buys some fruit.

A Japanese lunch.

A fancy lunch at that.

A friend of the family asks to pose with Abe and I.

Aunty's daughter

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A different food stand selling an assortment

National Palace Museum

a white falcon

Monkey and two cats

Native Taiwanese

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A dish with the dragon and phoenix

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Four=tiered ivory box

close-up

This ivory ball was made from a single piece and has 17 moveable concentric spheres!

Hooked cloud-shaped pendant

jade chisel and axe

Left-handed stone sickle

hand-held knives

Jade pi diskm Liangchu Culture, 3200-2200 BC

Red pottery cup, Ch'ichia Culture, 2100-1600 BC

Jade ts'ung tube, 2600-1600 BC

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Jade ko dagger, Shang dynasty, 11th c. BCE

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I, Late Western Chou dynasty, 9th c BCE

Tzu-fan chimes, c650 BCE

seals

bronze standard measure, Hsin 9-24 CE

Jade plate

outside the Palace Museum

on the MRT

strange foods on Snake Alley

Fruit stand in Taoyuan County

Traditional bedroom at Chen's house

Shilin Station, a train station shaped like a train