Caoshan Moonworld 草山月世界 Tainan, Taiwan
The sun rises over Caoshan Moonworld Badlands “Caoshan Moonworld is a chalky Badlands tucked in the southern part of Tainan’s Zuozhen District. This outlandish terrain of roughly eroded, razor-sharp ridges and limited vegetation is rarely mentioned in guidebooks because it is relatively hard to get to, but is well worth a visit. Well known […]
Yellowjacket wasps
Yellowjacket wasps on tree (crop) We were out for a walk on a trail system called the 六義山步道 above Nanhua Dam on the border of Tainan and Kaohsiung when my wife spotted this Yellowjacket congregation on the side of a tree. These wasps aren’t as dangerous as the hornets we usually see on our […]
Rusty-leaf Muuna Vine Flower 野生血藤花
Rusty-leaf Muunai Flower in Namasia , Kaohsiung, Taiwan My wife called me over to have a look at this flower, a 野生血藤花. This vine, a Rusty-leaf Muuna or Large-fruit Mucuna (Mucuna macrocarpa Wall.) grows liberally everywhere in Namasia, so much that it will strangle all our fruit trees if a constant vigil is not […]
Bamboo in Taiwan 竹子
Bamboo We came across this beautiful lichen covered bamboo while out gathering plants and food in the mountains behind our house in Namasia. I had wanted to make this post a bit informative and identify this bamboo, but I started looking on-line and they all looked pretty similar. My wife told me it was 孟宗竹 […]
Yushan East Peak 玉山東峰
A panoramic stitch of a sunrise seen while hiking to Taiwan’s Yushan East Peak I’ve been at the computer all day and came across these old D200 pictures of a hike to Yushan’s East Peak in 2007. Before having children I would get out on a few good hikes every year, and this is […]
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