Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Starting the Day Buddha Style / Red Notice by Bill Browder

Back in New Taipei...this is one I knew would be posted someday as soon as I snapped the "shutter" on the iPhone.  Some stores ceremonially burn (fake) money and offer first fruits to bestow blessings and prosperity for the day's business.

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Finished a second reading of Red Notice by Bill Browder yesterday, and have a new hero in life.  Very highly recommend this book to anyone interested in justice in a largely-unjust world...

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Kid Culture

Not long ago a series of pictures was posted on dogs and the way they are pampered in Taiwan and China.  The way they handle their kids is sometimes just as interesting...

Closer shot of this little guy (can he breathe?) as well as one captured at the airport below:

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Egg Bush

Ah yes, Chenjean's little village.  This beautiful paradise on the mountains in the jungles of Formosa, where the monkeys roam and eggs grow on bushes...