We took the train 45 minutes to Tainan, the city to the north of Kaohsiung. It was a Dutch colonial settlement hundreds of years ago and then was the capital of Taiwan for hundreds of years after Chinese forces (not to be confused with modern Communist China forces) took it back, expelling the Dutch in a true feel-good story (depending what side you're on).
Pentax ZX-5n, Ilford XP2 Super:
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| Statue of Zheng Chenggong (known in the west as Koxinga), who kicked the Dutch out, at Anping Old Fort with a Matsu temple in the background. |
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| Looking down and up at Anping Old Fort. This looking up photo is the only scan, the rest are from CD-R. |
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| Navigating our way through markets, probably looking for a convenient store. |
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| Incense burning at a temple. |
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| Kaohsiung. Two images of construction around Kaohsiung Main Station to integrate the KMRT and improve the train station. |
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| 12:27 p.m. - Anping Old Fort. The first line of the English introduction is "Fort Taiwan Ruins is the fort in Taiwan". |
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| 12:40 p.m. - From an upper level of Anping Old Fort with a Matsu Temple next door. |
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| 12:59 p.m. - Walled defenses. |
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| 3:25 p.m. - Chihkan Tower, formerly a Dutch fort that was later destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt not quite looking like a fort. |
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| 3:38 p.m. - Outside and inside the upper level of Chihkan Tower. |
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| 4:17 p.m. - outside Tainan Main Station, going back to Kaohsiung. |
supplemental shots (photo dump):
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| 12:39 p.m. - Anping Old Fort stairs in color. |
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| 1:47 p.m. - Taking taxis to get around. |
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| 3:19 p.m. - Tainan Grand Matsu Temple, across the street from Chihkan Tower. Can't see what's so grand about it from this pic, but that's probably my fault. Temples to Matsu are all over the place, I think a local deity worshiped for protection on the seas as fishing used to be a major component of the economy. |
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| 3:27 p.m. - I think the biggest problem with my "photography" is that I was too busy shooting Hyun Ae. |
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| 3:37 p.m. - Getting into her picture, and I swear not anything else. |
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| 3:56 p.m. - We couldn't believe she said she didn't like ice cream, so she bought one to see what she thought of it. There was no end to her deception and lies. I think she was humoring us. |
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| 4:09-4:10 p.m. - Series by Hyun Ae with my camera. Buying train tickets back to Kaohsiung. |
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| 5:41 p.m. - Color versions of Kaohsiung Main Station construction. |
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| 6:39 p.m. - Pie and Gracie with, I think, my sneakers. |
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| 8:26 p.m. - with my uncle. |
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| 9:12 p.m. - I'm sure I'm not the only one with dozens of useless digital pics that will never see the light of day. |
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| 9:50 p.m. - We took a short ferry ride to Cijin (Qijin) island which forms a natural barrier for Kaohsiung Port. We went to a temple there, but mostly we were constantly taking pics of each other. |
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| 10:35 p.m. - blurry pic of the Hanshin building. End of night. |
