Below is a link to a blog / website by a Canadian who lives in Taiwan. He received permission from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ottawa, Canada to publish some really nice photos from around Taiwan. We live on a beautiful island. Click the link and enjoy!

Taiwan Beauty Photo Gallery! 15 Colorful Landscape Pictures!.

The Saturday before Easter a new church was born in Taipei. Its name is:

The last Saturday of May (Memorial Day Weekend) we had a church-wide fellowship cook out supper. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and (almost) all the trimmings. Good food, fellowship, music, and preaching. Here are a few pictures click one to see it larger:

See all our online photos here

At Flickr there are some photos that are hidden from the public – ask to be a friend.

The kids sent us new pictures this week – so I had them printed along with a couple of photos we took not long ago of us.

Sorry for the lack of communication lately.

Saturday the weather was warmer than it has been lately. Fran and I decided to take advantage and go for a bike ride. We put the bicycles on the subway and took them to an area just north of downtown. When we got unloaded we explored our way back home. It was a fun but tiring day!

Here are a few selected pictures.

Today (Sunday) will be the last day of the week-long lunar new year celebration across China, Taiwan, and much of Asia. Everyone will return to work tomorrow. We have also enjoyed a much slower week than normal and it felt good! In case you missed it, 2010 is the year of the Tiger.

The Chinese zodiac is a 12 year cycle.

To view an awesome photo collection of the new year’s celebration and events click HERE

Sorry for the silence on the blog lately. I’ve just found other things taking priority.

We went for a lengthy bike ride last weekend when the weather was unusually nice. I’ve uploaded a few of the pictures we took that day. Click the link to go see them. There is an icon in the top left corner that makes the pictures larger – they look better that way   Bike Ride around town

Weekend before last, our Sunday night Bible Study group went on an outing. It was the last gathering that Rachel would be able to attend before moving back to the US. We decided to have dinner together then send off a lantern into the heavens – sort of symbolic of sending off Rachel. There is a suburb named PingXi that is famous for the sky lanterns – especially during lantern festival. That was where we went. It was fun! See the pictures HERE.

I want to put up more of the London pictures before the work week takes over. I don’t have time now to tweak them or do very much to them so I’ll just upload what I have and get back to them later (I hope).

I really had a good time I hope you like the pics. Click the links. I didn’t link to the slideshow view this time. If you want to see them in a slideshow just click the link in the upper right hand corner area.

Which way do you prefer? Link to slideshow or link to album? Let me know in the comments (on the blog – not FB).

The day I arrived I just had a few hours before I had to leave town for the purpose of the trip – training.

The day after training. Again I had less than a whole day. Saw the zero degree latitude line.

Sunday, my first full day. Worship in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Monday, left early with a plan.

Tuesday, next to the last day.

Wednesday, half day before departure.

As I get ready to go out for the 3rd day in London, I wanted to let you know I’ve put up more pictures (quick and sloppy). I’m having fun but getting really cold and tired. Maybe I’ll go a little slower today

Second set pics

Third set pics

I’ll try to organize and caption them better once I get to a better internet connection and have the time.

Just a quick note to let you know I put a few pics on Flickr. The day I arrived for training I was able to spend 4 hours in town before I took a train to the town where the training takes place. I’ll add to them and give them captions later. I had a lot of fun in four short hours. More later!

Click HERE to go to the slideshow.