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		<title>Glass Beads with the Heart of a Dancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could say that the dancers of Tjimur Dance Theatre are fired to perfection like the glass beads they make. And the analogy works the other way too: the glass beads contain the energy and passion of a nimble dancer’s footsteps. I arrive in Sandimen on a clear, sunny Tuesday morning. I’m here in search [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=662&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Man and his Moon-shaped Lute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s on one of my last days in Hengchun that I finally hear a tune plucked on a moon-shaped lute. A performing arts educator named Jenny Tai, who I encounter at Moonbeam Café, offers to bring me to Takuang Elementary School  where students are learning from a man named Chu Ting-shun, who is seen as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=649&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Power Shopping at the Hengchun Morning Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you really want to experience for yourself the essence of a small town in Taiwan, you need to get up early and make a trip to a morning market. At 8:30am, Mei-hui and I are already running a little late, but there is still much to be seen. One of the most well-known ready-to-eat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=624&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lungkeng: Mighty Waves meet a Fragile Shoreline</title>
		<link>http://feastmeetswest.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/lungkeng-mighty-waves-meet-a-fragile-shoreline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most spectacular of all the rainy-day sights can be found at Longkeng, where visitors are limited to just 200 a day. As we edge toward the craggy shore of the southernmost tip of Taiwan, we pull our jackets tighter against the gusting winds and sea spray and marvel at the juxtaposition of the mighty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=595&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Houwan: Salt on the Rocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Houwan, Mei-hui shows me how sheets of salt crystals form when the sunlight evaporates seawater that has gathered in craters along the rocky coral shore. She says that while the government no longer restricts the collection of sea salt, only store-bought salt contains the iodine that would have prevented her and many of her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=609&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gangkou: Stunning Scenery in Rain or Shine</title>
		<link>http://feastmeetswest.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/gangkou-stunning-scenery-in-rain-or-shine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://feastmeetswest.wordpress.com/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our trip takes us past stunning fields of pink cosmos on the road to Gangkou, a town in which many of the residences have been adorned with beautifully painted murals that speak volumes about the local culture: here a scene of women picking tea leaves; there a wall covered with flying fish; down the road [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=581&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Lieu of Sunshine: Moonbeams</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Later, Kristine heads back to Taipei and I’m left once again to fate. I rent a scooter and head back into the town of Hengchun in search of a way to appreciate the area that doesn’t require sun &#8212; perhaps something cultural or historical. I’m drawn to a little café called “Moonbeam” and I muse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=570&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Land’s End</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the very southern tip of the island of Taiwan you’ll find an unusual statue pointing heavenward as though making a complaint about the ominous clouds gathering overhead. From a distance it looks like some sort of solar clock, or a pagan marker in a ritual to mark a celestial occurrence. Flocks of Chinese tourists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=563&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Duck Meat and a Kitchen God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That night we head into Hengchun for a night tour of the old town. We pass through the old Western Gate where a stretch of the old town wall is still visible. Along Chungshan Street we discover a small hole-in-the-wall which is selling what is easily one of the best meals to be found in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=559&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It Would Have Been a Perfect Day at the Beach…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taiwandroo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[… except that it rains yet again. Kristine heads out to surf anyway; I elect to stay in bed. We meet for brunch in Kenting and then decide to go for a coffee at the beachside canteen at the Caesar Cove Recreation Area. The beach is empty as expected, and we have our choice of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=feastmeetswest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6599630&amp;post=545&amp;subd=feastmeetswest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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