Nantou’s been rocking this evening:

17:32 6.0 magnitude 13.8 km SSE of Nantou City [if you were anywhere within Caotun Township you probably heard me screaming].

17:38 4.7 magnitude 13.4 km SSE of Nantou City.

17:56 3.6 magnitude 16.0 km SE of Nantou City.

19:34 5.7 magnitude 15.3 km SSE of Nantou City.

19:39 3.6 magnitude 15.6 km SE of Nantou City.

20:04 3.5 magnitude 13.9 km SSE of Nantou City.

21:13 3.6 magnitude 16.8 km SE of Nantou City.

Check out the Central Weather Bureau for the latest information on recent seismic activity.

What’s on the blogs?

• The Wanderings spots a Stripe-tailed Rat Snake in Hengchun.
• How to survive in Taiwan.
• Taipei Biking on proposed cycling traffic laws.
• Wandering Taiwan on Lion Wind God statues in Kinmen.
• Stu [now on WP.com] tackles Qixingshan at night.
• Mark Forman visits ChungHsing University’s campus, a place where students go crazy.
• Craig with a series on homemade noodles.
• David provides information for foreign students studying in Taiwanese Universities.
• I remember this when it first aired when I was a child, All the countries the world.

Taiwan Best Blog Awards 2009

Taiwanderful is again running the Taiwan Best Blog Awards in 2009 following the inaugural competition last year. This year a new feature is being added to the awards. As well as online voting there will also be a peer-judged award. A team of Taiwan bloggers will judge the blogs in various categories.

Be sure to register your blog.  Voting will take place from 1-20 December 2009.

EVENTS: International Seminar on the Conservation of the Eastern Taiwan Strait Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin November 6.