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The United Bamboo Gang

Bamboozled Circles / Color
An image inspired by my non-functional Lomography Supersampler.

Zhushan Townhip, Nantou County.

Addressing the Lion

Happy Lunar New Year
Caotun Township Mayor Hong Kuo-hao speaks to a group of youngsters following a pre-Lunar New Year ceremony.

What’s Cookin’?

Stop at Liujia, Nantou County
I definitely smell a pork product of some type in Xinyi Township, Nantou County.

I’ve Got a Fever

Elections are Coming
Election fever in Shuili Township, Nantou County.

Dirt

Dirt - Comic Life
Josie discovers dirt at a neighbor’s house.

Very Hungry Caterpillars

Euploea mulciber

Euploea mulciber [端紫斑蝶]

Despite passing Puli’s Muh Sheng Museum of Entomology more than a dozen times I’ve never had the opportunity to step in until recently. If you’re into insects than you ‘ll likely thoroughly enjoy the museum. Outside the museum is a butterfly greenhouse while inside hosts a few display cases of various insects from Taiwan and around the world [including a walking stick about as long as my forearm]. The museum’s second floor houses display cases filled with several thousands of preserved insects. The most notable of these is an extremely rare hermaphrodite butterfly [one-half of its body is colorful while the other-half is dark].

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The Puli Winery

Puli Winery
Viewed from the parking lot. Puli Township, Nantou County.

The Lion Dance

Lion Dance
In Zhushan Township, Nantou County.

Supersampler Cycling

Ride up Baguashan
Yellow Fever at 7-11

I recently found a Lomo Supersampler in my closet and have no idea how it got there.  Cathy is on a business trip at the moment so I have no way of ascertaining how this plastic camera came into our possession.  The Supersampler is a 35mm camera with four lenses which shoot in a sequence [4 pictures in 2 seconds or .2 seconds].  I’ve seen Lomo cameras on sale at bookstores in Taiwan as well as plenty hanging around the necks of hip college students.  I’ve never been tempted to purchase one because I could never justify spending over $2,000NT on a camera with a build quality only slightly better than a disposable.

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween
Trick-or-Treaters in Kaohsiung City.

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