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2023

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utility room
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utility room
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field
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back yard
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back yard
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utility room
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porch
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kitchen porch
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porch
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master bedroom
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study
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kitchen
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living room
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Christopher's room
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Christopher's room
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water heater
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dining room
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living room
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disc golf
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disc golf
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disc golf
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Christopher planing the bathroom door jam
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Christopher
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Poe Springs
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Christopher at Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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cypress knees
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cypress knees
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Santa Fe River
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turtles
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turtles
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turtle
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turtle
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Santa Fe River
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cypress
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cypress knees
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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cypress knees
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Archer and Newberry ride
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longer loop after brake repair
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Ioniq 5
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out to the busy road
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Pizza master
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Red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
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mulching the blueberries
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Sandy trails
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bike brake repair
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goats
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Ride west out 15th Avenue
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lotus bloom
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old barn
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spanish moss
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snake bird
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Blue Bird Landing
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cypress knees
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water hyacinth
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Bluebird Landing, Santa Fe River
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intermediate bulk containers (IBC) for reuse
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Second-hand tank seller
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Second-hand tank seller
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve walk
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
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Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
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male northern cardinal 北美紅雀 Cardinalis cardinalis
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short bike loop
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Mexican marigolds
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Sprnt
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Red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
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Carolina wren 卡罗苇鹪鹩 Thryothorus ludovicianus
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Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
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male northern cardinal 北美紅雀 Cardinalis cardinalis
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Red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
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Paynes Prairie

2020

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Bike loop with Bruce and Jack to Hans 手作 bakery
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earthworks at Qingtan Weir 青潭堰
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Drystacked retaining walls in tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
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above Pinglin 坪林
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above Pinglin 坪林
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Hans 手作 Bakery/Cafe
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Nanshan Temple 南山寺
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tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
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tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
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石碇
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Monkey Mountain ridge 猴山岳 or Paozilun 炮子崙 trail
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local vegetable seller on 烏來老街 Wulai Old Street
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Hot spring outcrop in the Nanshi river 南勢溪 above Wulai
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Unusual white material in the storm drain
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white material flowing below our stairs
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unusual thick whte materail in the storm drains
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chair reassembled
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first strip attached
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reparing the awl
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cutting a section of hose
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cutting off the hose coupling
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View of wall between construction site and stream
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Construction site from 220m
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Central Garden City
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Neighborhood adjoining construction site
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Walled off construction site
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Bridge over Lanxi stream
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Dogs in the garden
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Morning dog walk
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Ride on a cold wet day up Lane 120 off the road to Fushan
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above Xinxian 信賢 village
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trail to check out above Lanhou falls 蘭吼瀑布 on Wuzhong stream 五重溪
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clearcut forest near the top of Lane 120
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the end of Lane 120 at 980m elevation
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the Nanshi river 南勢溪
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Guangxing garden 廣興園地 from above
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End of Garden City Rd 7
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View of Rd 7 construction site
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precise flying test (video)
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over Guishan 龜山
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Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
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Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
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Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
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Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
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Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
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Guangxing Wetlands 廣興河濱公園
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Weiwei and Kannie
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Weiwei in Lanxi stream (video)
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪 below
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soil and foundation profile
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site elements
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Guangxing garden 廣興園地
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Quchi 屈尺 wetlands
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First flight over Quchi 屈尺 (video)
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projects afoot in Quchi 屈尺
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Quchi 屈尺 work site
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road improvement in Quchi 屈尺

2019

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頭花蓼
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Guangxi smokey hot peppers
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homegrown broccoli
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Toxic toad
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squaring things away
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calendula seedlings
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Dan visits Gainesville
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Boring beetle
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Philip getting the good stuff out of the gutter
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Digging out soil
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Looking north from the south entrance
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More pics of the Guangxing garden
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Yard next door, work continues
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Toona sinensis flowers/seeds
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Getting ready for design
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and left side on the ground
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And around
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Following the sun
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Another shot of the home garden
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Home garden starting to produce
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11.5 km trace up the Dajia River 大甲溪 from Guguan 谷關 to Maling Hot Spring 馬陵野溪溫泉
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facade of a temple
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Taipower arts
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Butterfly weed (milkweed) 馬利筋 (mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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a rock spared by the torrents
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following signs of stone
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geology of Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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a side canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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former central cross island highway above
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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waterfall at the hot springs
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Maling Hot Spring 馬陵野溪溫泉
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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former central cross island highway above
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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former central cross island highway above
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a side canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Dajia River 大甲溪 canyon
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Taipower gate at trail head
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Power lines from trail head
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Taipower gate at the trail head
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Snails on snail
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A slice of life in Xindian
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Valve not yet replaced into tankless gas hot water heater
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Reassembled pressue differential valve
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Failed pressure differential gasket
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Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
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looking for breakfast in Duona 多納 village
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the road down to Duona 多納 hot springs behind our guest house
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Choko, Chayote 佛手瓜 (fó shǒu guā) \ 龍鬚菜 ( lóng xū cài) Sechium edule
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Desert stream 沙漠溪
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tracing up Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
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Looking for Leigh's lost camera
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Desert stream 沙漠溪
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Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
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Desert stream 沙漠溪
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Diana’s Pools 海神宮
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Diana’s Pools 海神宮
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Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
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Diana’s Pools 海神宮
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Desert canyon 沙漠溪谷
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Diana’s Pools 海神宮
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Diana’s Pools 海神宮
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Zuoying 左營
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repaired
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new spring installed
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121 km ride from Hsinchu 內灣 to Ilan 羅東 (video)
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Lanyang 蘭陽 river drainage
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rainy ride down to Qilan 棲蘭
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Mngchi 明池
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Mngchi 明池
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Siling 四稜
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Northern Cross-island Highway 北部橫貫公路
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Sanguang river 三光溪 below from the North Cross Island highway 北橫
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old bridge anchor?
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Daman stream 大曼溪 from Dahan bridge 大漢喬
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Yulao 宇老
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to Smangus 司馬庫斯
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Neiwan Suspension Bridge 內灣吊橋
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Getting ready to ride in Neiwan 內灣
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Sanxia 三峽 loop (video)
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Sanxia Temple 三峽祖師廟 (video)
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Sanxia 三峽
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Sanxia 三峽
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Sanxia 三峽
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Dragon boat tourists at Bitan 碧潭
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crossing back over the Zhuoshui River 濁水溪 at Heliuping 合流坪 at nightfall
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Zhuoshui River 濁水溪 at Heliuping 合流坪
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scooters parked across the river
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道 above Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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root through rock
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Erfensuo 二分所 garden
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Erfensuo station 二分所
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Erfensuo station 二分所
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colorful waterfall
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colorful waterfall
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道 above Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Sanfensuo station 三分所
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wire
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camp site below abandoned village
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planted trees at a camp
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Painted lady 姬紅蛺蝶 or (jī hóng jiá dié).小紅蛺蝶 (xiǎo hóng jiá dié) Vanessa cardui
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deer skull
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Danda road 丹大林道
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trail up to pylons
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tree catches stone
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Irresponsible parkng
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Danda road 丹大林道
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pylons above
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power lines above
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Qanituan 加年端 Jianianduan
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camp at Qanituan 加年端 Jianianduan
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John at water source
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at water source
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Qanituan 加年端 Jianianduan
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Danda stream 丹大溪 bekiw
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deer skeleton
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Leigh
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Sanfensuo 三分所
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Sanfensuo 三分所
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Sanfensuo 三分所
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Sanfensuo station 三分所
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Sanfensuo station 三分所
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Sanfensuo station 三分所
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abandoned Sanfensuo station 三分所
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda road 丹大林道
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trail up to power pylon
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda road 丹大林道
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tunnel 丹大林道隧道
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Danda tunnel 丹大林道隧道
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Looking back to Heliuping 合流坪
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beginning of Danda road 丹大林道
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Danda Suspension Bridge 丹大吊橋
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Looking for a way across Zhuoshui River 濁水溪
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Gondola at Heliuping 合流坪
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frog at home
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frog at home
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dogs in Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪 waterfalls (video)
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Heliu stream 合流溪 (video)
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Nanao south stream 南澳南渓
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Nanao south stream 南澳南渓
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Bamboo viper
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Bamboo viper
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Bamboo viper
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Bamboo viper 赤尾青竹絲 (chì wěi qīng zhú sī) Trimeresurus stejnegeri
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Bamboo viper
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Philip waits back in the canyon
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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crab
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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tracing in the rain
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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Heliu stream 合流溪
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new shin guards
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Nanao trail 南澳古道
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Nanao trail 南澳古道
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Nanao trail 南澳古道
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trail to 飯包山 ?
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a secondary side canyon
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Leigh stows his loot
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newly cleared land next to house
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Typhoon rains spur fungus growth
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after typhoon Lekima 利奇馬 (video)
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after typhoon Lekima 利奇馬 (video)
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Loose leaves blown from the trees
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Nutrient cycling speeds up afte typhoos
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Stand of bamboo next to creek
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Upper picnic/gathering area next to Lanxi river
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi Creek after Typhoon Lekima
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after typhoon Lekima 利奇馬 (video)
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lemon, 紅心細葉酪梨 avocado, 福木 fruit
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福木果實
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tall plant ready to be brought in if necessary
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tender plants in the house
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everything off the walls and on the ground
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the next morning of the mushrooms
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prepped for light typhoon
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turkey in Gainesville (video)
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naranjillas and tamarillos from the home garden
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Yellow Biquinho Pepper
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garden post house repairs
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A quick summer swim in Gweishan 龜山 with James and Tane
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Nanshi river 南勢溪 and Beishi river 北勢溪 confluence
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Tane and Kanie
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snail eggs
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Nanshi river 南勢溪 in Gweishan 龜山
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Weiwei
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6.25 km Wenshui stream 汶水溪 trace from Shuiyun Suspension Bridge 水雲吊橋 to Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布 and Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布 (video)
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Wenshui stream 汶水溪
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Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
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climbing around Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
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Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
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Wenshui stream 汶水溪
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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lunch at Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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Shuiyun Falls 水雲瀑布
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fossil
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Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
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Dashimen waterfall 大石門瀑布
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Dashimen Falls 大石門瀑布
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Wenshui stream 汶水溪
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Wenshui stream 汶水溪
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Nanzhuang township 南庄
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Taiwan lillies on the cliffs
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Easily disturbed landscape
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Luchang 鹿場
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campsite in Luchang 鹿場
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dinner in Luchang 鹿場
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Luchang 鹿場
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Luchang 鹿場
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彩色薑花
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彩色薑花
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Native flowering plant damaged by herbicide
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Cash crop cultivation typical in mountain areas
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Nanzhuang township 南庄
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Nanzhuang township 南庄
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Nanzhuang township 南庄
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Wild Taiwanese raspberries
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destructive ginger cropping
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A common thorny prickly ash tree
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Nanzhuang township 南庄
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Native legume getting ready to flower
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Nettles with big leaves
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Nettles
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Leigh's dive
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Jon's jump 3 (video)
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Jon's jump 2 (video)
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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another group coming up Fengmei stream 風美溪
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another group coming up Fengmei stream 風美溪
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Fengmei stream 風美溪 below Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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Jon's jump 1 (video)
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another group coming up Fengmei stream 風美溪
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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Fengmei stream 風美溪
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Taiwan shovel-jaw carp 台灣鏟頜魚 (táiwān chǎn hé yú), 台灣白甲魚, 苦花 (kǔ huā), 鯝魚, 苦偎, 齊頭偎 Onychostoma barbatulum
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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Kuhua Pond Waterfall 苦花潭瀑布
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wasp fighting spider
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Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
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Taiwan lilies spring from the rocks
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Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
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Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
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Seven Layer Waterfall 七分醉瀑布
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Valley of the Gods 神仙谷
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Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
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Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
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Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
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Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
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Valley of the Gods Waterfall 神仙谷瀑布
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Scoured clean
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River geology, ecology
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low water, safer for tracing
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planning for the future
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flowering bamboo
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water's edge
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exploring the road
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water brings life
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well used roads
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Gengfang 梗枋
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flowering bamboo
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pest control
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morning view from room
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organic waste cooker
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weeds on rubble
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Gengfang Fishing Harbor 梗枋漁港
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Garden City Circle
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checking for adjustments to base structure for the rainwater collection tanks. Will clad/cover the tanks before filling them.
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Tane trying to stay cool
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from the kitchen and laundry (south side) of the house
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tank to be clad/covered and raised further
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looking out north through the living room
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unfinished carpentry work
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unfinished electrical work
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upstairs bedroom
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upstairs bedroom
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upstairs office
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upstairs work room
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commuting home with roasted coffee beans
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Commute home with jackfruit tree saplings
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My favorite fruits during the summer
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installing a gravel field to clean the grey water
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metal frame for containers for water
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bottom of frame for containers
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mango and dragon fruit
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Gecko Shack
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5.5 k Xindian river 新店溪 trace from Jiajiuliao 加九寮 to Guishan 龜山
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Soil texture and composition test at HK PDC
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Xindian river 新店溪
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Xindian river 新店溪
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Xindian river 新店溪
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Xindian river 新店溪
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Xindian river 新店溪
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two dives (video)
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waterfall on the Xindian river 新店溪
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Judy floats on the Xindian river 新店溪
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shoes out to dry after days of rain
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Chinese box turtle, Yellow-margined box turtle 食蛇龜 (shì shé guī "snake-eating turtle") Cuora flavomarginata (Rare and valuable species)
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Fish mint 魚腥草 (yú xīng cǎo) Houttuynia cordata
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Common melastoma 野牡丹 (yě mǔ dān) Melastoma malabathricum
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wild gac vine 槭葉括樓 (cū yè kuò lóu) Trichosanthes laceribracteata
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Broad-leaf fern 雙扇蕨 (shuāng shàn jué) (also 鐵雨傘, 半把蕨, 破傘蕨) Dipteris conjugata
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Formosan jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 (bái zhì jiā cōng) Matrona cyanoptera, male?
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end of Guishan Rd 桂山路
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Group photo with mud rocket stove
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Banana pancake with coconut cream and fruit jam
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Successful removal of banana stalk and a group picture
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Yonghe Community College Corridor Cafe
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Yonghe Community College Corridor Cafe
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Kanee
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downstairs east wall
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upstairs bedroom east wall
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Jingan Edible Rain Garden getting some love
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Jingan Edible Rain Garden getting some love
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protection for purple yam vine
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newly planted purple yam
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newly planted purple yam
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Bamboo pod and readying the rocket stove
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Making a hay box (basket)
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upstairs bedroom east wall
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wild bananas in the neighborhood
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naranjilla before ripening to bright orange
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naranjilla, high defensive plant
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naranjilla on the east side of the house; loves filtered shade
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Hierodula praying mantis, suffering from horsehair worms
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11.5 km river trace from Xuanyuan 萱源 to Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布 on the Sanguang River 三光溪
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Aaron and the pig
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pig
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two female pigs
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pigs come up behind us
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pig on the road (video)
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Aaron and Philip up to the road
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56.2k on Road 7 台七
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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below Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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dead deer in the river
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plants in the river bed
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
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trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
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trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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dead deer
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cut wood in the Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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a cut tree above
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wood poachers camp
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wood poachers camp
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wood poachers camp
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cut wood in the river
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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crossing a slide
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big rocks
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Galahe stream 嘎拉賀溪
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Confluence with Galahe stream 嘎拉賀溪
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Confluence with Galahe stream 嘎拉賀溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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tracing upstream on the Sanguang River 三光溪
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climbing around a slot
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a small waterfall on Sanguang River 三光溪
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tracing upstream on the Sanguang River 三光溪
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waterfall on the Sanguang River 三光溪 below Xuanyuan 萱源
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waterfall on the Sanguang River 三光溪 below Xuanyuan 萱源
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waterfall on the Sanguang River 三光溪 below Xuanyuan 萱源
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trail down to the Sanguang River 三光溪 from Xuanyuan 萱源
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trailhead down to Taman Dam Waterfall 塔曼水簾洞瀑
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trailhead down to Taman Dam Waterfall 塔曼水簾洞瀑
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No bungee jumping off of Dahan bridge 大漢喬 over Daman stream 大曼溪
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landslide that came down in the night opposite our camp
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camp on Yufeng River 玉峰溪 below Shalun Village 沙崙子
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12.2 km Yufeng River 玉峰溪 trace from Shalun Village 沙崙子 to Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
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Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
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Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
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approaching Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
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approaching Youling Falls 幽靈瀑布
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fishermen at dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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cliffs along Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
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Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
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Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
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Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布 (video)
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Shuangfeng Waterfall 雙峰瀑布
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Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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dam on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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waterfall on Yufeng River 玉峰溪
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Yufeng River 玉峰溪 at Shalun Village 沙崙子
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Road above Yufeng River 玉峰溪 below Shalun Village 沙崙子
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moth at night
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a broken pipe fixed finally
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electrical wiring in PVC pipes in the walls
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upstairs bedroom
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terrestrial pulmonate gastropod
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Seasonal vegetables - Malabar and Okinawa spinach, carrots, winged bean, green onion greens, and sweet green chilies
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ficus root clump
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double lobed leaf vine
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fungi growing on grafted cherry trees
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fungi growing on grafted cherry trees - Polyporus?
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damselfly
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Some of our crew for a walk to Sikanshui
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Claire soaking her feet in a stream
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Emma, the videographer, Alexandre and I
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nightshade, but is it edible or toxic
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Oxalys
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nightshade, but is it edible or toxic
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Common melastoma 野牡丹 (yě mǔ dān) Melastoma malabathricum
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nightshade, but is it edible or toxic
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foraging
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documenting
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Dancing Crane Cobra Lily 羽葉天南星 (yǔ yè tiān nán xīng) Arisaema heterophyllum Blume
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Hardy wild ginger 山月桃 (shān yuè táo) Alpinia intermedia flowering
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unidentified Nymphalidae
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five-leaf ginseng 絞股藍 (jiǎo gǔ lán" - twisting blue plant") Gynostemma pentaphyllum with aerial roots
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Murray castle
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close-up of wet pipe
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downstairs east wall
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upstairs bedroom east wall
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upstairs bedroom
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downstairs east wall
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upstairs bedroom
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upstairs bedroom
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downstairs before work starts
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upstairs bedroom before work starts
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upstairs bedroom before work starts
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scimitar babbler looking for offspring
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Caladium?
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black bulbul
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Japanese white-eye
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Rainwater harvesting upgrade at the Yonghe riverside farm
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rat escape (video)
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young jackfruit 菠蘿蜜 (bō luó mì) Artocarpus heterophyllus
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bougainvillea 九重葛 (jiǔ chóng gé) flower
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aloe flower
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coconut pie orchid 腋唇蘭 (yè chún lán) Maxillaria tenuifolia
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coffee flower
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12 km hike into FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
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waterfall on a side stream
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FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫 through the trees
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layers of sediment
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a storm run
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Weiwei at the FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫
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water damage visible in first floor ceiling
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Tanshui river
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Jack's 35 years in Taiwan river cruise
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chef on the boat
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foundation of building ruins
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Taiwan Lepidagathis 台灣鱗花草 Lepidagathis formosensis Clarke ex Hayata
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Tammy and Kitty skipping stones
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on the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Hapen 哈盆
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Jack swimming
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Hapen 哈盆
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Hapen 哈盆
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Kitty under "snowing" tung blossoms
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lizard in papayas
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Yangmingshan
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Balaka 巴拉卡 loop with Andrew, Brent and Jack
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Balaka 巴拉卡 loop with Andrew, Brent and Jack
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Black bulbul 紅嘴黑鵯 (hóng zuǐ hēi bēi) Hypsipetes leucocephalus
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moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
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moth orchid 蝴蝶蘭 (hú dié lán) Phalaenopsis
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Amaryllis
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Newly visible leaking in west side ceiling of first floor, 4/17
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detail
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Worsening staining and leaking on east side corner viewed from first floor, 4/17
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dog crate for Sean
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tank refilled with 3000 liters
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water tank emptied
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A 50 km, 3 day hike along the Heping stream 和平溪 to reach the Mohen hot springs geysers 莫很噴泉
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remnants of bridge anchor
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sticks and stones
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chainsaw cover
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parent with young deer tracks
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tiny among pebbles
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a calm clean stream
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side stream at a camp
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Sowthistle Tasselflower 紫背草 (zǐ bèi cǎo) or 一點紅 (yī diǎn hóng) Emilia sonchifolia
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camp in side stream
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Taiwan serow 長鬃山羊 (chǎng zōng shān yáng) Naemorhedus swinhoei
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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topping off water at a spring
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a tree from higher elevations
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Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪 beyond camp
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Heping North stream 和平北溪 downstream from camp
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Buxiaowan 布蕭丸溪 confluence bowl
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view from Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp
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Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp
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Ronan and Philip make a fire
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Taiwan serow 長鬃山羊 (chǎng zōng shān yáng) Naemorhedus swinhoei scat?
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We meet Willie from Danda as we return to Buxiaowan
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home compost
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bat cave
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Mohen stream 莫很溪
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Second Mohen 莫很 slot
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algae growth in the hot springs flow
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Mohen stream boulder section
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Mohen stream boulder section
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return, third Mohen 莫很 slot
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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lunch at Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen hot springs 莫很溫泉
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Mohen stream 莫很溪
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Mohen stream 莫很溪
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Third Mohen 莫很 slot
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Mohen stream boulder section
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Mohen stream boulder section
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Mohen stream boulder section
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Mohen stream 莫很溪
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Mohen stream 莫很溪
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Mohen stream 莫很溪
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Wolfgang finds a fish
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First Mohen 莫很 landslide
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Second Mohen 莫很 slot
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First Mohen 莫很 landslide
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Second Mohen 莫很 slot
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Second Mohen 莫很 slot
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Mohen stream 莫很溪, looking back
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First Mohen 莫很 slot
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photographer at first Mohen 莫很 slot
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First Mohen 莫很 slot
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First Mohen 莫很 slot, downstream
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First Mohen 莫很 slot
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First Mohen 莫很 slot
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sediment walls at Mohen confluence 莫很溪匯流
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Mohen confluence 莫很溪匯流
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Heping north river slot and cave
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exiting Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪 bowl
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climbing off the sediment layer
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off to find Mohen springs
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at camp
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Tane visting
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jackfruit sprouts
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endless fields of rocks
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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among rocks
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪
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Heping North stream 和平北溪 waterfall
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vehicle tracks above Heping river confluence 和平溪匯流
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Heping stream 和平溪
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Confluence of Heping north and south rivers 和平南北溪匯流
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first crossing
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suitcases on the bus
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water sneaking across the bedroom floor
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cedar products
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cedar products seller at the bus stop
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view of Wulai 烏來 from Dadaoshan 大刀山
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88k Shuangxi 雙溪 loop
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highway tunnel entrance in Pinglin 坪林
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Pinglin 坪林 bike path
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tea farms near 坪林
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electric scooter battery station
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Pingxi 平溪
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sky lanterns 天燈 for sale
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narrow Pingxi 平溪 street
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stream in Pingxi 平溪
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Pingxi 平溪 shop
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Pingxi 平溪 shop
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Night heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
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stream in Pingxi 平溪
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Guangming 光明 road to Nangang 南港
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Garden City roof survey (video)
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330m Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋 leading to Shuanglong waterfall 雙龍吊橋
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repair project for the water pipe bridge
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cable winch
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Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋
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Shuiyuan suspension bridge 水源吊橋
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Shuanglong Waterfall 雙龍瀑布
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Shuanglong Waterfall 雙龍瀑布
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Bunun signs
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Shuanglong 雙龍 village
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negotiating lunch
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cultivation along the road
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Danda stream hike animation
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Heliuping 合流坪
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back to Heliuping 合流坪
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tunnel in Danda Road 丹大林道
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Danda Road 丹大林道 gradually climbs away from the river
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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side stream waterfall
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trash above confluence camp site
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ready to pack up
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steps up
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bridge cable pulled away
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cable car wheels
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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rescue team
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Barking deer 台灣山羌 (táiwān shān qiāng) Formosan Reeve's Muntjac
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third camp at confluence
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Wolfgang investigates the dead deer
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Sika deer ?
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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pondering next steps
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slate cliffs in second canyon
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪canyon
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Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
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Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Barking deer 台灣山羌 (táiwān shān qiāng) Formosan Reeve's Muntjac
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bluff above the second camp
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Philip at the second camp
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camp iste in the morning
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second camp
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moonscape downstream from second campsite
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landslide
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Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
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climbing out of the slot
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Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
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Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
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Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
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inside walls of sediment
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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entering the first slot
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entering the first slot
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there is a group camping on the bluff on the left
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Approaching the first slot canyon
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layers of sediment remember past storms
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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looking up the landslide
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a fresh landslide
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following the path cut by the river
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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following the path cut by the river
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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coloration from bacteria on minerals?
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canyons punctuated by huge landslides
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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continuing upstream
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Following jeep tracks inside the sediment bluffs
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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continuing up Danda stream 丹大溪
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the rivers merging downstream
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former suspension bridge anchor
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Junda stream 郡大溪 confluence linch break
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view of two merging rivers
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waterfall
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frog
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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simple river crossing
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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below Danda Road 丹大林道
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below Danda Road 丹大林道
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Danda stream 丹大溪 below the road
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Danda stream 丹大溪
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Sun Hai Bridge 孫海喬 remnants
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abandoned cable car gondola
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end of road 16
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getting ready to take off
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Heliuping 合流坪
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locals cross the river to go up to the forest road
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Breakfast at Si Ka Ka in Deli 地利
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Breakfast at Si Ka Ka in Deli 地利
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road back to camp after breakfast
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First camp, near Heliuping 合流坪
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Tammy's leach bite
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Days 2 and 3 on the Nanao trail 南澳古道
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Nanao trail 南澳古道
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skeleton of the old bridge below
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reconstructed trail
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Leigh in Heliu stream 合流溪
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Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所
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Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所
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Nanzi Police Station 楠梓警官駐在所
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some sections of the trail are in good shape
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Recently dead barking deer
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turn off and first campsite
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Recovering landslide
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group of grey sided laughingthrushes 灰脅噪鶥 (huī sè zào méi) Pterorhinus caerulatus passing through (video)
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rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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Where a boar slept?
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Taiwan Wampee 過山香 Clausena excavata Burm. f.
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Taiwan Wampee 過山香 Clausena excavata Burm. f.
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Leigh at the Wuta village 武塔 police station
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Wuta village 武塔
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Wuta village 武塔
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Wuta village 武塔
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Wuta village 武塔 Atayal village ruins
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Wuta village 武塔
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bathing in nature
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hunters' bath
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second night's camp
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the landslide that blocked our trip
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the landslide that blocked our trip
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bridge of crepe myrtle boughs
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saddle point just below landslide
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back up to good sections of the trail
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mountain
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Nanao trail 南澳古道
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Nanao trail 南澳古道
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aborigine hunters' camp site
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dry stream above second camp site
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frog under a rock
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Nettles 咬人貓 (yǎo rén māo) Urtica thunbergiana Sieb. & Zucc.
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water source at first camp site
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first night's camp site
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first night's camp site
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fern
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At the end of the official trail
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Heliu stream 合流溪 (video)
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羽葉天南星 and 普陀南星
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Dry stacked retaining wall with young crape myrtle trunks planted in the scree for propagation and to stabilize the land
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A community of 羽葉天南星
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Dancing crane cobra lily 羽葉天南星 (yǔ yè tiān nán xīng) Arisaema heterophyllum Blume
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Dancing crane cobra lily 羽葉天南星 (yǔ yè tiān nán xīng) Arisaema heterophyllum Blume
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A marker from the Japanese era
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Lots of thorny rattan in the area
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We crossed two suspension bridges - check out all the 黃藤 on the hill
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Poppy
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No collecting specimens!
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Dongao 東澳 area
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tomatoes
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the snare that caught Kannie
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Kannie caught
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Jingmei neighborhood garden
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Plantago 車前草 (chē qián cǎo) Plantago asiatica
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Yellow Wagtail 黃鶺鴒 (huáng jí líng) Motacilla flava

2018

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Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇 Asplenium nidus
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Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Lingzhi 靈芝 Ganoderma
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crossing a side stream
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sidestream
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sidestream
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Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Hapen 哈盆
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Hapen 哈盆
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arch of former railway bridge
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Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道 (video)
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Thomas inspecting ruins
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Morning ride to Xiaoyi 孝義
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out of the trail to the road
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grasslands over the saddle
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grasslands over the saddle
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pushing through high grass
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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Taiwan mountain longan 山龍眼 (shān lóng yǎn) Helicia formosana Hemsl.
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A cache of fruits/seeds? Harvested by whom?
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remains of earlier trail
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out of the stream bed
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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crossing a side stream
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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breaking camp
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Tongho 桶后
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17 km walk from Xiaoyi 孝義 east of Wulai 烏來 to Tongho 桶后
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Tongho 桶后
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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a side stream
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good message that is often overlooked
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wild or cultivated azalea?
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miniture eroded landscape, hoodoos
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When all you have is a digger...
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One of the few older trees, laden with ferns
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ferns on trees indicate lots of ambient moisture
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sign of deep fall / early winter
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Tongho Creek as seen from above
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landslides all along the road
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Taipei water source
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farming in the river bed, new activity
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mouse released
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Huge bracket fungus on dead tree
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Tree ferns (Asplenium spp.)
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fruiting coffee 咖啡結果
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Papaya 木瓜 (mù guā "wood melon") Papaya Carica
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solar powered fungus
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let's go up
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Orchid tree 羊蹄甲 (yáng tí jiǎ) "sheep's hoof" Bauhinia variegata flower
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Cinnamon spice bread
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dogs exploring a new landslide over the stream
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illuminating the risks of elections
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2018 貓空路跑
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Lasianthus wallichii Wight 圓葉雞屎樹 (yuán yè jī shǐ shù)
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looking for trail up hill opposite house
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first run (with Kannie)
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Carrot pickle set out in the sun for two days
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Made a few jars of each
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adding the hot oil and spices to the chillies with mustard seed, salt and lemon juice mixed together
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Heating mustard oil
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These green peppers have quite a kick. Roma made a mix of ground mustard seed (yellow and black) and salt which was combined with lemon juice and worked into the chopped dried peppers.
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grinding spices with salt
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Some of the ingredients for the pickling
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137 km over a sleepy volcano to the ocean
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Mucha recycling plant
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Yehliu 野柳 to Wanli 萬里
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repair on Macao 馬槽 bridge
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Macao 馬槽
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second flat on Macao 馬槽 bridge
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down to the north coast
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fog at the top
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Yangmingshan 陽明山
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first flat
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busy rendezvous at National Palace Museum 故宮
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CKS Memorial
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frames with canvases removed
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Checking sources of rubbish burning in the neighborhood
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squirrel cage reassembled
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epoxy wire stress relief
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replacement fuse wired
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drawing away soldering heat to not blow new fuse
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failed thermal fuse - SF129E 133C 10A 250V
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bulge in run coil lead is fuse
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windings exposed
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blower fan motor
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dryer hot air duct
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the beach
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looking down stream
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Corina, Mario, Jessie and Greg
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sticky rice mixed with banana steamed in banana leaf
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kiwi pickers
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small hamlets here and there
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curious landscaping in bowl above road
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leguminous vine emerging
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edible fungus wood ear
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Playing Tarzan
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Swinging and climbing
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Getting ready to swing
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Lora Lai gets into the swing
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flying squirrel trap
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active animals area on saddle
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trap for snaring animals
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trap for catching several animals in active area
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trap for snaring medium animals
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trap for catching (smashing) small birds/animals
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trap for hunting small animals
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Hunter guide tellis us about ferns/ephytes
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old tree with epiphytes
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small plant with white flower
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Sign of wild boar
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Our hunter guide and community leader
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Outdoor dining area;
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barbecue area and nice stonework
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local cultivated landscape
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buffet at Piyaway
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Curious to know what is cooked in this?
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Circuitous commute with Dan
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Aiyu waterfall 阿玉瀑布
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a side stream
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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TongHo stream 桶后溪
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TongHo stream 桶后溪 is high
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TongHo 桶后 at 13k on Tongho Road 桶後林道
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TongHo 桶后
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TongHo stream 桶后溪
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Tongho Road 桶後林道
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TaiPower suspension bridge in 桶后 Tonghou
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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Tongho 桶後 flats
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washed out bend in the Tongho stream 桶後溪
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Soudelour repairs ongoing on Tongho Road 桶後林道
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a private side road off Tongho Road 桶後林道
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Coffee above Wulai 烏來
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Wulai 烏來
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Sikanshui 四崁水 road
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Sikanshui 四崁水
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Sikanshui 四崁水 road
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Sikanshui 四崁水 trail into reservoir
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Big-eyed rat snake 過山刀 (guò shān dāo) Ptyas dhumnades
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the side stream below us
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James and Brian cooling off
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Cooling off in a side stream
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BME280 (temperature and humidity)
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ESP8266 ESP-WROOM-02, DS3231
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sunset after the storm
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sunset after the storm
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Chinese violet 赤道櫻草 (chì dào yīng cǎo) Asystasia gangetica
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IVY TA-018 16A/125VAC
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failed bimetal thermoswitch
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switches
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circuit mapping
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failed 元山 YS-530T toaster oven
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪 after a storm
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Culinary purslane
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ramie fibers dyed with pure 薯榔 extract
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strawberry runners captured for planting out
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asparagus
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Onion? Leak?
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lemon balm
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Culantro
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Chocolate mint
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Oregano ground cover
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Thai basil
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perennial peanut 蔓花生
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Lemon grass that we propagated
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Aubergine
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A range of chilies: 糯米辣較, 剝皮辣椒, habanero, and a Burmese chili
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Passiflora foetida flower
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薯榔 vine, the root is used for dye
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Curry leaf tree
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North side edge garden full of plants to be set out for fall
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green and purple sweet potato leaves
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Sweet basil and Malabar spinach
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thyme ready for more propagation and fall plant out
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And this jackfruit tree showed up in the onion pot
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Baby jackfruit tree (one year?)
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habanero fruit
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Culinary purslane
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strawberry plant runners
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Passiflora foetida
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silk tree flower
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Loquat, acerola, kumquat, chidaoyingcao, Silk Tree, jasmine, canna lily, guava, mulberry, naranjilla
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Dwarf Barbados Cherry 小葉黃褥花
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Dwarf Barbados Cherry 小葉黃褥花
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Dwarf Barbados Cherry 小葉黃褥花
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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Tongho stream 桶後溪 dogs
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James and Tane
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working up river
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桶后溪 Tongho stream below Xiaoyi 孝義
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descretionary access
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Xikeng trail head 西坑林道
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Xikeng Road 西坑林道
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windy road
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fruiting 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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Lucky-heart 心葉毬蘭 (xīn yè qiú lán) Hoya kerrii
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breaking camp
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waiting for the meteors
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the firemaker
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the cook
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kitchen below camp
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camp at night fall
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Ayu stream 阿玉溪
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Ayu stream 阿玉溪
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Taiwan Beauty Snake 黑眉錦蛇 (hēi méi jǐn shé) Orthriophis Taeniurus Friesei in the rattan
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Taiwan Beauty Snake 黑眉錦蛇 (hēi méi jǐn shé) Orthriophis Taeniurus Friesei in the rattan
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fruiting fig
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Spider and stink bug
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office fan repair
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Houtong Station 猴硐
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瑞三礦業整煤廠
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tree growing over a wall gone
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Wolfgang investigates the ruins
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Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
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ruins of stone homes
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looking toward Houtong 猴硐
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ruins of stone homes
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Xiaocukeng trail 小粗坑古道
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temple for the mountain god 山神廟
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meeting on the trail
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turn off toward Houtong 猴硐
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lunch at the local restaurant; crab courtesy of Sunny's friend, who also taught everyone how to eat crab properly
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banana cultivation pattern
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local banana cultivation strategy
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water course marker
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closeup
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Planted on purpose?
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wild bitter melon
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each plot has access to well that tap an underground stream
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Wilder variety of bitter melon
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bean crop
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well maintained plots
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poinsietta and lead tree
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Recently returned local engaged in canoing tours takes us down a protective and more actively cultivated walled vegetable plots
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Windbreak walls made of basalt and coral stone
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riot of plants in less disturbed areas
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台灣黃牛
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天蛾幼蟲 with coin for scale
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天蛾幼蟲 eating what?
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high grassy area of the islet
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天人菊苗
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長柄菊
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濱薊
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赤梨仙人掌 Opuntia dillenii(Ker.)Haw.
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土丁桂
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土丁桂, 番杏
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臺灣灰毛豆?
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪 garbage survey
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Out at the Road 6 bridge
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Tane
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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James pulling garbage from the stream
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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Welcome sign to place where we stayed. Locals love succulents, which grow well here.
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common, low bush growing in moister areas, also in cracks
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vegetable/meat truck comes each morning, also brings breakfast foods
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vegetable truck comes each morning, also brings breakfast foods
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Proprietor still fishes commercially and loves carving/woodworking in his spare time
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The entrance to the place where we stayed
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8052F ASIC LED solar charge controller
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board top
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board bottom
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picking up Tammy at the bus stop
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Highway 5 through Pinglin 坪林 from above
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tea terraces
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stream toward Shuangxi 雙溪
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Lingjiao 嶺腳 near Pingxi
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Pingxi 平溪 - the train runs on the trestle above this stream
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Pingxi 平溪老街
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Pingxi 平溪老街
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from the 106
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through Mucha 木柵 6AM
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plants out, but waiting for news of next storm before putting everything back
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plants out of the house
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film crew during the typhoon pollutes the stream area
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base electronics reinstalled
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replacement capacitor wired in
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failing capacitor
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sauteed red amaranth leaf, Southeast Asian style
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three dogs after the storm
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the new rain drainage ditch has failed
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spider working
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Potter wasp 黃胸泥壺蜂 (huángxiōng níhú fēng) Delta pyriforme
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A big thin-waisted yellow hornet
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waited for about an hour for road work
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rainfall road - closing criteria
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house number of the abandoned house at fish pond on stream
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man-made reservoirs
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looking up Siqiye stream 斯其野溪
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coming back down, starting to rain
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Bruce to the falls that block us
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Bruce working up the side stream
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side stream
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Bruce and Peter skipping rocks
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going up the side canyon
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Peter crossing a landslide
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Nanao stream 南澳南渓
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Nanao stream 南澳南渓
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Nanao stream 南澳南渓
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Nanao stream 南澳南渓
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Nanao stream 南澳南渓
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Nanao stream 南澳南渓
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crafted drip pan for new toaster oven
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mature rice
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drystacked walls with mortared top
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Shantih at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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pool at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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pool at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Bruce at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Kitty at Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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Tammy above Siling hot springs 四陵溫泉
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down to the stream
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Bruce and Wendy coming down the trail
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Shantih, Jack and Kitty
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alpinia sp. 山月桃
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hike down to the stream
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unidentified wild raspberry
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drystack wall pattern
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Xiaowulai 小烏來
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Xiaowulai Waterfall 小烏來瀑布
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Yangmei 楊梅 Myrica rubra
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Yunei waterfalls 宇内溪瀑布 parking
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Thai hot and sour noodle soup and fried rice
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Pigeon pea tree going strong
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honeycomb bee food herbs
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volunteers mingling in the garden
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first stage of pond completed
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volunteers mingle in the garden
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150 km North Cross island 北橫 ride
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Justin resting in Sanxing 三星
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Sanxing 三星
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down to the Lanyang River 蘭陽溪
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Highway 7 台七線 North Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
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arriving at Mingchi 明池
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Xicun 西村 1106 m
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Highway 7 台七線 North Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
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Highway 7 台七線
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the old Baling bridge 巴陵橋 downstream
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Luofu Bridge 羅浮橋
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crossing Luofu Bridge 羅浮橋
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LiuGong canal 塯公圳
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deep enough to get wet
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Jiajiuliao 加九寮 bridge
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Honghegu 紅河谷
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basil nursery
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second crop of beets almost ready for harvest
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last of the rosa lettuce
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糯米辣椒
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jalapenos and sweet basil
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pineapple plant grown in pot at the office needs to be planted out
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another view of north side
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very productive north side that runs east-west
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strawberry plant is trying to find way to expand
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nursing last of cool season plants for seed keeping
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productive south facing half day plus
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ground dwellers doing better with extra moisture
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squash and winged beans; still some struggling in this intense spot
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lettuce and nasturtium spent, summer greens going in next
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view of the clump of plants near the gate
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confluence of Xindian river 新店溪 and QingTan River 青潭溪
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driving through the tea fields of Pinglin 坪林
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10 km Wantan trail 灣潭古道 hike
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Zhang homestead 張家莊
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Zhang homestead 張家莊
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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picnic by the stream
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picnic spot
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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fish in Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Gardenia 山黃梔 (shān huáng zhī) Gardenia jasminoides flower
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figs
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flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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figs
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banana flowering
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Tammy and Wendy on the Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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bright green caterpillar
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Wantan 灣潭
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Poppy at the waterfall
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Wushan trail 鳥山古道 to Zhuzi mtn 竹子山
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Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地
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Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地
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Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地
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Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪 below
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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Zhang homestead 張家莊
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Spray damaged sweet potato leaves and day lilly
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Spray damaged sweet potato leaves
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Unfinished job left on the bottom part of the stairs
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Dirt covered squash plant high up on the wall
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Meter plus high plants covered in dirt and sand
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Only did a quarter of the stairs, but made a huge mess
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sorting seeds, red amaranth leaf
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harvested oregano
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weekend boaters at Bitan 碧潭
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weekend boaters at Bitan 碧潭
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And time for a mid-afternoon snack and finishing off Philip's mulberry wine
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Potting production area (broom discarded on the side of the road and brought home - I would never buy one ot these)
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the cool to warm weather crop change over with Weiwei (and Kanee trying to photo bomb)
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The big cool to warm weather crop change over begins (with Weiwei)
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blooming barrel cactus
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Kenaf 大麻槿 Hibiscus cannabinus
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腋唇蘭
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Coffee in bloom
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Coffee in bloom
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紫穗狼尾草
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Flower of a grass that I would like to identify.
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Bihai 碧海 spillway
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Heping North Stream 和平北溪 river bed
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Nick
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Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 confluence
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Leigh at the bat cave
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at the bat cave
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back to the cave
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Mohen slot canyon
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Mohen slot canyon
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the slot broadens
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first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon slot
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first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon
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first Mohen stream 莫很溪 canyon
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looking downstream toward the confluence
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Mohen stream 莫很溪 confluence
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silt wall at the cave entrance
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view from the cave silt wall
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view downstream from the cave entrance
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view from inside the cave
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guano
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entering the bat cave
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to the cave
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looking back downstream
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Heping North Stream 和平北溪 slot canyon
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continuing up Heping North Stream 和平北溪
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looking back toward the confluence
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leaving the Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 alluvial plain
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leaving the Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 alluvial plain
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quick breakfast
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camp site in the distance
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trees behind our camp
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landslide viewed from our camp at Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪
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camp and Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪
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camp and Buxiaowan stream 布蕭丸溪
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Buxiaowan 布蕭丸 camp
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Zuni Bowl
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Zuni Bowl
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stream crossing
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stream crossing
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walls of sediment
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Tall walls of sediment
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a side valley
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stones swept around
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a wasp nest
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sediment walls
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Nick and Wolfgang
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Heping streams 和平溪 confluence
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Taipower cables over river
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Taipower cables over river
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toward the confluence
Bihai-to-Heping-confluence
4 km walk from Bihai Power Plant 碧海電廠 to Heping North Stream 和平北溪
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network of roots
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Heping river 和平溪 bed
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harder to cross than it looks
Heping-to-Bihai
10.8 km drive from Heping 和平 village to Bihai Power Plant 碧海電廠
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Badagang tunnel 巴達崗隧道
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Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪
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to Taipower Bihai hydroelectric power plant 台電碧海發電廠
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beginning of the Heping forest road 和平林道 or Dazhuoshui forest road 大濁水林道
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Lunch after the big cleaning, fixings for a taco salad
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A clothes drier in the sun
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drill, fan and a clothes drier motor in the sun
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after the storm
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flood in garage from rain storm
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108 km ride up the Nanheng 南橫 with Bruce
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rice and tomatoes
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Wulu 霧鹿
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the road below
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road repairs in Motien 摩天
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Motien 摩天
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above Lidao 利稻
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above Lidao 利稻
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Lidao tunnel 利稻隧道
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road work below
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Xiama 下馬
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Wulu River 霧鹿溪 and 大崙溪 Dalun stream confluence
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大崙溪 Dalun stream confluence
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Bruce on the train
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Guanshan 關山 train station
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184 km ride with Bruce
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First day finish line in Zhiben 知本
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Ride to Xiluoan 西羅岸 and Baoqinggong 保慶宮 in cold wet weather
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table leg repair
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folding bamboo stool repair
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after
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before
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Nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā)
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Marigold 玫瑰 (méi guī) Tagetes 萬壽菊
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Borage, starflower 琉璃苣 (liú lí jù) Borago officinalis
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Rose 玫瑰 (méi guī) Rosa
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Butterfly weed 柳葉馬利筋 (liǔ yè mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
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quite sunny for NE aspect due to topography
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lettuce that grew back
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James in headstand with Tane on the bridge
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bamboo harvest and checking out trail upstream
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Alternanthera
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Formosan elder
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natural landscaping
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變葉懸鉤子
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A new road to explore
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糯米糰
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青苧麻
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魚腥草, 糯米糰
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Thriving patches of 青苧麻, 魚腥草, 糯米糰
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always picking up natural material to work with
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Beets, lettuce and garlic for greens
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trellis for winged beans and small pumpkin
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Orchid flower
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Coffee in flower
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Wulai shell ginger up close
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Lost love
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finished, view from other side
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finished
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design structure
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soil cleaning
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work site
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Sujen prepping
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sifting/cleaning the soil
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soil condition
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soil in better condition than the last one
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worm tower with cover
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worm tower
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previous balcony project
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another balcony project in Yonghe is completed
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Easter salad
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7.12km Shenkeng 深坑 - Monkey Mountain ridge 猴山岳 - Caonan 草湳 hike with Dan
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Dan at Wenshan temple 文山附 in Caonan 草湳
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refuse
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Caonan 草湳 nappers
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turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens
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pack of mutts
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vegetable plot
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Monkey Mountain ridge trail 猴山岳登山步道
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Monkey Mountain ridge trail 猴山岳登山步道
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walls in the woods
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home overgrown
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shadows of a homestead
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outdoor stove
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Flaming Trumpet, Fire-cracker vine, Orange-trumpet vine 炮仗花 (pàozhang huā) Pyrostegia venusta
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water celery, Java waterdropwort, Chinese celery 水芹菜 (shuǐ qín cài) Oenanthe javanica (white flower)
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homestead in the woods
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Goat poop
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Shenkeng 深坑 farmhouse
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Shenkeng 深坑
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Wulai shell ginger 烏來月桃
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food forest
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Orchid alley
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Volunteer tomatoes that I took pity on
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east inside layers
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layers
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asparagus going all out
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stacked northeast wall
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slower growing lettuces speeding up now
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amazing what a few weeks of warm, dry weather will do
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金銀花
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fig tree needing to be planted
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waiting for planting out
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highly stacked with perennials
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eggplant fruiting
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yellow squash flowering
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major growing area
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Nasturtiums brightening up the hood
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11k walk to Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
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walking through farms in Dongpu 東埔 at the beginning of the trail
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snow peas?
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Feral cabbage in flower
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trail lined by water piping
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Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
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Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
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Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
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Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
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Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
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Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
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Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
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17.45k walk on the Batongguan trail 八通關古道
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farming in Dongpu 東埔 with cabbage, tomato, bean intercropping
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Feral plum?
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Ground orchid with pink flowers
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Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
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Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
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Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
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Lele Police Station 樂樂駐在所
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section of trail destroyed by landslide
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Mabloasih trail 馬博橫段
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Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布
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Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布
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Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉 trail is closed
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rest area for hikers near trail head
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chickens and turkeys
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trailhead to Xiangtianhu 向天湖
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95k Sanxia 三峽 bike loop with Bruce
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HsinTian River 新店溪
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ZhiTan Water Treatment Plant 直潭淨水廠
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安坑 farms
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108 intersection
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goats in the riverside park
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dogs in the riverside park
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repairing drill reversing switch
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Building trellises
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tomato structure
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area next to the house that I am gradually turning into a forest garden
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compost volunteers: squash and tomato
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I hope that these blossoms turn into fruit
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First time flowering/fruiting for this pomelo tree
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dill
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Peppermint
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stacking space for maximum light
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Marigold did very well this year
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Purple mustard plant and romaine
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Arugula still going strong
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Asparagus getting started
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Turkish red eggplant flower
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Haven't done a thing to these beds since I planted them in December
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the long wall garden
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135k Five Finger mountain 五指山 loop with Guga
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azaleas
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Shifen Waterfall 十分瀑布
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Shifen Waterfall 十分瀑布
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一壽橋
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Canistel, bajiao, coconut cream pudding
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Some trees pierced the canopy of chuanchi and heshouwu
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Future mulch
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Thick clump of bajiaos
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Lost toys and rubbish still fall down from homesteads above
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Shell Ginger and native agrimony
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Path still clear; chickens?
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pineapple and pittaya
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The understory is relatively clear
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Lots of biomass for sheet mulching
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2-year absence produced lots of biomass
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curry sweet potato, black bean and rice patties
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view looking back at our now naked northern boundary
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lemon balm
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tomatillo fruit
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tomatillo fruit
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tomatillo
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habanero
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nasturtium
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swiss chard
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swiss chard
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marigold flowers
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pea flowers
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peas
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forest guilds
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banana circle and parking lot above
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banana circles
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looking toward the river, east by northeast
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prepping for build out
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holy basil
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student project
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tomatillo
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nasturtiums and tomatoes
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nasturtium, swiss chard, tomatillo
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nasturtium, swiss chard, oregano, tomatillo
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nasturtium, tomatoes, oregano
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tomatoes, snow peas, lemon balm, oregano
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formerly a parking lot at west entrance adjacent to farm
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road entrance to farm on west side
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Flea market stalls along the road to the farm
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Old-fashioned veg drying in the city
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69k ride in Xindian 新店
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back to Wulai 烏來
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Neidong Forest Road 內洞林道
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cherry blossoms
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end of the road for bikes
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typhoon Soudelour road repairs
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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Aiyu waterfall 阿玉瀑布
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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lower Gweishan 龜山
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lower garden city
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Sikanshui 四崁水 4.9 km hike
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Mounts attached to the tree for?
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tired on the edge
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fruiting Jerusalem cherry 玉珊瑚 (yù shān hú) Solanum pseudocapsicum
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Tammy with bag of collected trash from along the trail
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Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
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Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
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tree ferns on the mend
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Unidentified wild berry plant
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Taiwan Raspberry 刺莓 Rubus rosaefolius Smith
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Urtica family
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Small ephemeral stream bed
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Cardboard mulch
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visit to James & Erika's garden
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Stefani's roommates come along to help weed
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weeding
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Simple omelette
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End of the day through Luodong
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Bruce buying fireworks
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Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
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Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
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Philip pointing out snow patch
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Young tree or?
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Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
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Two giants intertwined: Chamaecyparis formosensis being embraced by another large tree, species yet identified.
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Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
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scat
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Red paint indicates forestry claim of wood
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Sun and water bleached tree
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Buried wood and emerging mushroom
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snares prepped on the trail
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hunters' snares
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Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
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washed out bridge crossing over Chianafu Stream 加納富溪
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Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
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Siji Forest Road 四季林道
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Epiphytes: lichen, moss, etc.
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Siji Forest Road 四季林道
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Taiwan cinnamon 台灣肉桂 (táiwān ròuguì) 土肉桂,山肉桂 Cinnamomum insulari-montanum Hayata (endemic). Note deep grooves
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Back side of a native cinammon
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Japanese aralia, paperplant 八角金盤 (bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia japonica
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Unidentified plant
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Siji Forest Road 四季林道
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Strange pattern of organic matter flow
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Siji Forest Road 四季林道
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A view of mid-elevation mountains
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A series of gabion check dams
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Area cleared of wild banana to plant native cedar
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Unidentified vine in flower
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Fern spores
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Siji Forest Road 四季林道
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Taiwan horsetail with wild raspberry
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Hairy Pouzolzia 糯米糰 (nuòmǐ tuán) Hyrtanandra pentandra or Gonostegia hirta (Blume) Miquel
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Hairy Pouzolzia 糯米糰 (nuòmǐ tuán) Hyrtanandra pentandra or Gonostegia hirta (Blume) Miquel
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Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
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Lanyang river 蘭陽溪
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reassembled pot
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Weiwei in the garage
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Tane in the garage
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replaced with section of rubber gas hose
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Kanie has recovered
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cherry blossom gawkers
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Bitan Bridge 碧潭吊橋
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62km, 1475m 新店 - 動物園 - 石碇 - 崩山 - 新店 loop
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Zhitan 直潭
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Helen's Cafe
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the road we climbed
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Pengshan 彭山
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Pengshan 彭山
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adding air to Dan's tire
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Pengshan 彭山
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new tea plants
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water buffalo
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Dan and John coming up
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Shiding 石碇
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Shiding 石碇 rest
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Shiding 石碇
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Shiding 石碇 rest
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Shiding 石碇 rest
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Bangka Night Market 廣州街夜市
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺
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Lungshan Temple 龍山寺 subway station
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Waiting for the train
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dinner at Toasteria
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dinner at Toasteria
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at the trail head
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Taipei 101
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Taipei 101
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cultivated orchids
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cultivated orchids
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cat on an elephant
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Pandanus tree roots
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Pandanus tree
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Pandanus fruit
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On the subway to Xiangshan
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fruit dinner at home
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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National Palace Museum 故宮博物院
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Leaving home base
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Heping Island 和平島
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Looking back toward Keelung
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Keelung harbor
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Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
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Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
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Ershawan Fort 二沙灣砲臺
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Confucius Temple 市孔廟
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Baoan Temple 保安宮
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Baoan Temple 保安宮
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Chin‌ese folk god of agriculture
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temple murals
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temple murals
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temple murals
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Baoan Temple 保安宮
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貓巡坑福德宮 Cat Patrol Temple
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roof detail
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貓巡坑福德宮 Cat Patrol Temple
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off on first ride
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final check
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Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布
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Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布

2017

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Bronx bike messenger at Pristine
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84k Pingxi 坪溪 loop for breakfast meeting
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back to Garden City
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雙溪口
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Fanzikeng 番子坑
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Pingxi 平溪
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Pingxi 平溪
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Pengshan 彭山
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the beautiful 47-1
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老泉街 explore
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Mucha Laoquan St. 木柵老泉街
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Mucha Laoquan St. 木柵老泉街
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110k ride on 大雪山林道 (Guga's version)
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110k ride on 大雪山林道
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upper part of the road closed
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Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
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Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
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Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
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Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
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Henglingshan tunnel 橫嶺山隧道
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Daxueshan road 大雪山林道
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evergreen forest
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Electronics room flooded
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雞屎藤 running across the steps
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taro, edible and not
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through the grass tunnel
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going back home
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dam abandoned
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signs of barbecue
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Bats live in the dark room against the hill
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The abandoned building looking back toward the entrance into the area
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Abandoned building next to the stream
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Typical plant community on the ground in open areas
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wet ground covered with moss and damp loving plants
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wide path on the near side of the stream
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originally a road, now a walking path
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wild, edible taro
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arugula, coriander between snow peas
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home garden after rain
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tamarillo
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coffee first
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navigation
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turning off of the 106乙
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old railway tunnel 舊台車隧道
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looking back south on climb up 136
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turning onto the 136 in Guoxing 國姓 along the Nangang river 南港溪
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Down to highway 21
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Kanie
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breakfast
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mushrooms
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Rainbow's dogs
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dinner at Grandma Nitti's
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dinner at Grandma Nitti's
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Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
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Formosan condor vine 台灣牛彌菜 (táiwān niú mí cài) Marsdenia formosana Masam.
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betelnut
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betelnut plantation
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Quchi 屈尺
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Quchi dam 屈尺壩
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Quchi dam 屈尺壩
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peppers and eggplants
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Late summer home garden on north side
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Toona sinensis, coffee trees
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succulent like aloe from Liz
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ficus family?
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plant from Marian
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butterfly-loving plant
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turmeric flower
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fuscia bougainvillea
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pink hibiscus
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yellow/orange rose
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roses from Marian
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Design workshop
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Design workshop
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design workshop
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solanum family (garden harvest) and garlic
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home garden lizard
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23k bike survey of Xindian river
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Quchi 屈尺
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Guangxing Riverside Park 廣興河濱公園
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bright day from the north side
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front door garden area
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sweet bell pepper
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Fushan overnight (map video)
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sweet bell pepper
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inside edge garden during typhoon season
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basil, amaranth leaf polyculture
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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noon swim
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once big bend deep pool
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once big bend deep pool
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side stream canyon
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coming out of the side stream canyon
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explore of the side stream canyon
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explore of the side stream canyon
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amaranth leaf seeds
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hiking up to the side canyon
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morning swim
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James at camp
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James at camp
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morning at camp
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swimming in the rain (video)
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Guga swimming in the rain (video)
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raining on Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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side stream canyon (video)
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first visit of side stream canyon
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James in the stream at camp
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at camp
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camp
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upstream from campsite
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down to Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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down to Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Naranjilla
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Italian flat leaf parsley flowering/seeding
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Also a sweet basil, but different variety
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Jalapeno
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Sweet basils
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假人參Talinum paniculatum開花
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假人參Talinum paniculatum開花
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A perfect, but very small butternut squash grown in a pot.
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Sweet bell pepper plant that was planted last year and still producing
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Check out them thorns!
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Naranjilla plant bides its time until planting out in the food forest
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End of the day light on the north/east section of the yard.
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Reorganizng and getting ready for moving out to garden projects
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Basil, also sweet, but different variety
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Genoese sweet basil
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Same jalapeno plant later in the day
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(video)
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packing up 3:30 PM
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looking downstream
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down to the swimming hole
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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shallow Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪 diving (video)
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break for lunch and swim
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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a small side slot canyon stream
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once big pool in bend
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at the once was big bend with deep pool
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(video)
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(video)
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inflating
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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upstream Nanshi stream 南勢溪 11:10
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down to the river
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leaving the path
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Leigh on the trail
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Bolu stream 波露溪 10:25 AM
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Bolu stream 波露溪 downstream
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coming down to Bolu stream 波露溪
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crossing a minor new slide
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Jalapenos coming in fast
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white mushroom
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looking down the first stream
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break in the first steam
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crossing the Soudelour landslide 9:20 AM
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La Villa Cafe, 燕子湖, Xindian
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La Villa Cafe, 燕子湖, Xindian
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looking upstream
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Kalamoji 卡拉模基
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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leaving the beach after lunch
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leaving Wendy and Tammy at the beach
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swimming beach
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the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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video
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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final narrows before the swimming beach
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the water level is low
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the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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bird in flight (video)
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Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Bruce in the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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down to the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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looking downstream
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morning ride n Xindian
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slide below the end of the road
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a colorful bug
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Wendy and Bruce have crossed
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new trails form across new slides
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Wendy coming across the big new slide
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back across the big slide
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the Nanshi river 南勢溪 below
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coming down
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planted pines
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a dry creek bed
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tree ferns
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red aventitious roots
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Tammy coming down the trail
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millipede? centipede?
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this stream has changed since Soudelour
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picnic in the stream
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rural trash burning
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jackfruit
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jackfruit
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new roof
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spider across the path
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Malaysian Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 (hēi guān má lù) Gorsachius melanolophus
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failed capacitor
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False start on the 47-1
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Dan gets tea from the Wutu 烏塗 recycling center
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Traditional Taiwanese farmhouse
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Dan crossing the bridge in Shiding 石碇
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early departure from Garden City
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the valley and stream below our house
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Weiwei at the stream
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Lots going on here - a couple dozen food plants are filling out the layers and niches
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An abundant understory of the forest garden area
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Our bananas have started producing, a little over a year from the time we planted them.
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A visual education tool to understand home composting works made by one of the students
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An area that we've be cultivating and rehabilitating. Plenty of food already available.
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A path was cleared for heavy machinery so that the land owners could clear areas of structures and stuff left by people who had occupied a thick margin of the property in preparation to transfer the land rights to the government.
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White-green, orange, red chili from northern Thailand
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Red leaf amaranth
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Praying mantis
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Praying mantis on amaranth leaf vegetable
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Harvested cucumber for seed
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View from inside the office
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view from Jingmei office
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Larkdaisy 藍冠菊 or 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centratherum punctatum Cass.
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Larkdaisy 藍冠菊 or 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centratherum punctatum Cass.
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Larkdaisy 藍冠菊 or 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centratherum punctatum Cass.
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cucumber
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cucumber with flowers
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relive video of 29 km Maokong loop bike ride
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work in the Jingmei river 景美溪
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Jingmei river 景美溪
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Jingmei river 景美溪
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Dan makes his way through the Mucha 木柵 market
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turn up Laoquan street lane 45 老泉街45巷
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flat tire and broken tool
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Suao 蘇澳 bay
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Dong Ao 東澳 to the south from the Suhua Highway 蘇花公路
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along the Suhua Highway 蘇花公路
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Nanao Farms 南澳農場
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Nanao Farms 南澳農場
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looking down Gufeng creek 谷風溪
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bridge over Gufeng creek 谷風溪
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Gufeng waterfall 谷風瀑布
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back to Heping 和平
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road improvements
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Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪
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Mining quarry above the Dazhuoshui river 大濁水溪
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provincial government jurisdiction
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to Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
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wash off your truck
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Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布 (video)
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Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
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a pair of frogs travels (video)
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boot frog
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Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
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Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
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frog transposed
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Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
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15 minute walk to Aohua Waterfall 澳花瀑布
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up Aohua stream 澳花溪
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down Aohua stream 澳花溪
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Nanao 南澳 beach
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morning glory on Nanao 南澳 beach
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Nanao 南澳 beach
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pools below Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 (video)
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Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 (video)
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Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 (video)
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Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布
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final approach to Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布
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Lanyang River 蘭陽溪. delta
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Lanyang River 蘭陽溪. delta
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resting at Mingchi 明池
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shattered dam
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Five sisters still going
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More aesthetic rain gutter and downspout
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Another view of the 5 sisters
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5 sisters at the Yonghe farm
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Kanee at home
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fire-fighting motorcycle
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Bridge replacement at Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
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the silent auction
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on the Gweishan 龜山 bridge w/ Ziggy
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Formosa mountain palm 山棕 (shān zōng) Arenga engleri fruiting
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Joshua at the Guishan Taipower ice cream shop 桂山發電廠冰品部
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Common magpie 喜鵲 (xǐquè) Pica pica
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roof top garden at the circle
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access to the roof top garden at the circle
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Another shot showing its full tail
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Japalura spp lizard 短肢爬蜥蜴 (duǎn zhīpá xīyì) hanging out on a fence pole
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visiting chicken
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一柱麥子 Grain of Wheat
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Joy's garden
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Incredible beetroots
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Tomatoes from James and Erika's Garden
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last of the lettuce, cool temperate herbs and nasturtiums
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mulberry gin liquor
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papayas
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Yellow iris
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Comfrey in flower
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Light on a clear cool day
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This little cactus keeps on blooming
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Somebody has been snacking on the fennel seeds
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Lettuce to be harvested
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A whole gaggle of nasturtium flowers
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Bright yellow nasturtium flower
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plants going to seed
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Noodles made with wheat grown using natural farming methods
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4.0 km drive from Kuolai 闊瀨 to 豹子廚
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豹子廚
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checking the bee hive
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looking at the map
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with the policeman from Kuolai police station 闊瀨派出所
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doors
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a wall alive
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rest area
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ground cover manicured
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the trail continues past the homestead
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Beishi stream trail 北勢溪古道
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6.2 km walk over 263m in 3h55m
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no swimming in any Pinglin rivers except from June through September in certain streams
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Van Denburgh's Ground Skink 臺灣滑蜥 (táiwān huá xī) Scincella formosensis
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on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
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Stefani on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
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Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
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on a rock
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on the trail in the bamboo
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Beishi stream 北勢溪
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mushroom
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Formosa Palm, Taiwan Sugar Palm 山棕 (shān zōng) Arenga engleri
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on the trail
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no typhoons this year
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rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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Blechnum orientale 烏毛蕨 (wū máo jué)
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urn
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巨網燈蛾 (jù wǎng dēng é) Macrobrochis gigas
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45 minutes back to the suspension bridge
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the trail goes back into the woods
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coming back down to the road
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bridge of stones
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the trail goes up around a land slide
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Dan and Philip on the road
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bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
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bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
leaves
細柄雙蓋蕨 (xì bǐng shuāng gài jué) Diplazium donianum
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mushroom
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on the trail
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waterfall
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on the trail
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Beishi stream 北勢溪
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crossing a stream
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Beishi stream 北勢溪
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crossing a side stream
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on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
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Dan on the trail
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tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
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tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
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tea cultivation
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tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
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Dan driving
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returning to camp
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looking upstream
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just above our campsite
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roiling Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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hot spring grotto
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looking back at the gap
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 (video)
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pool above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 (video)
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waterfall above the gap
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gap upstream
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colorful marble walls
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colorful marble walls
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colorful marble walls
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Dalun stream 大崙溪
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above the hot springs
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Dalun stream 大崙溪
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Dalun stream 大崙溪
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a large side cavern
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upstream in Dalun stream 大崙溪
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swirls
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colorful stone
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the lower falls of Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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back out toward Dalun stream 大崙溪
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lower fall of Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon (video)
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Richard in Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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hot spring vent in Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon (video)
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 thermal springs
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 canyon
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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hot springs
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hot springs ahead
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the canyon narrows
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 waterfall
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Leigh inspects the waterfall
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 explore
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 explore
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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bottom fall of Lulu stream 轆轆溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪, lower falls
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ready to go
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camp
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Dalun stream 大崙溪 downstream at dawn
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campsite at the confluence
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dawn at camp on Dalun stream 大崙溪
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mini hot spring (video)
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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falls ahead
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looking back, Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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falls ahead
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looking back, Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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Dalun stream 大崙溪 gap above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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gap above Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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thermal vents everywhere
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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Dalun stream 大崙溪
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a very hot run
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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patterns from dropping water
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Dalun stream 大崙溪
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Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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Dalun stream 大崙溪 above camp
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Lulu waterfall
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Lulu waterfall
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Lulu waterfall
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looking downstream toward camp
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Dalun stream 大崙溪
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upstream explore
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view from camp
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
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looking downstream
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Dalun stream 大崙溪 upstream and Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
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down to Dalun stream 大崙溪
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looking downstream on Dalun stream 大崙溪
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Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
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down to Dalun stream 大崙溪
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Guan-Shan Trail 關山越嶺古道
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lunch break
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crossing into the 大崙溪 Dalun stream watershed
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Toward Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
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on the trail
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on the trail
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back down toward Xiama 下馬
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Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉 below
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"Six Pits Hot Spring" 六口溫泉
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"Six Pits Hot Spring" 六口溫泉
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彩霞溫泉 (cǎixiá wēnquán) "pink clouds hot springs" washed away
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on the road
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Leigh with pack on scooter
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South cross-island highway 南橫公路, HW 20
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heading south
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Hualien 花蓮 train station
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Another premium growing area on east side
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South African aloe-like plant in flower
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Fennel and dill flowers
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Bee on dill flower / nasturtium flowers in background
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Nasturtiums
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Premium growing area
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Plant factory
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Tomatoes and tomatillos
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Beans and squashes
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Cukes, squashes, melons
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Weiwei
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a haul of trash
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happy dogs
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Narrow petaled hydrangea 狹瓣八仙花 (xiá bàn bāxiān huā) Hydrangea angustipetala Hayata
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Weiwei
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鵲不踏(台灣楤木) Aralia decaisneana Hance - wasp at work
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bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān hānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
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rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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雙面刺?
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tree fern 筆筒樹 (bǐtǒng shù) Cyathea lepifera
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A single head of lettuce grown in a six-inch pot adorned with nasturtium flowers
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Early spring and all is growing well
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Sykaro trail 霞喀羅古道
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road work
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Cooking dinner in the nunnery
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View from the nunnery in Qingquan 清泉
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Kolas Yotaka
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大隘村的民俗
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work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
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the trail down to the river, gated
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full group in blue
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
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HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
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tricky accees to the hot spring pool cave
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HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉, in the cliff
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HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉, clear green
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HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
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Waterfall
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Waterfall
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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a tricky passage
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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Beigang Canyon 北港溪峽谷
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beginning of the slotted canyon
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towering crumbly cliffs
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lofty cliffs at the beginning of the canyon
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a small hot spring pool near the beginning
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there was once a significant road here
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our crew
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wasp nest
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back to Lushan 廬山 village
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local
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stacked stone and pepper crop
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indigenous color
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mountain gardening
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fruit tree cultivation
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Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
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hot springs above Jingying waterfall
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hot springs above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
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Yunhai Hot Spring 雲海溫泉
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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negotiating the dams
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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second dam
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alluvial wash out
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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fill above the dam
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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climbing the second dam face
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Richard stays below the second dam
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second dam
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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the second sediment retention dam 攔沙壩
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climbing the second dam
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hot springs above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
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Jingying Hot springs 精英溫泉
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the first sediment retention dam 攔沙壩
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the first set of sediment retention dams 攔沙壩
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above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
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Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
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Jingying Hot Springs 精英溫泉
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crossing Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
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down to Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉
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satellite
out on the river and back along the road
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
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the Tonghou stream 桶後溪 we traced below
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root
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road closed due to damage from typhoon Soudelour
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quota and control policy
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road closed
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commercial agriculture activity
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closed due to heavy damage
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ferns in the trees
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different kinds of ferns
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fern
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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reservoir dogs
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Tonghou stream 桶後溪
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Cherry blossom snappers
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solid waste alarm
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composting workshop
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composting workshop
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composting workshop
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Lin family pagoda
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an urban section of the walk
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beautiful garden pond
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a long stretch of stairs
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view from bottom
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specifications label
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home lettuce
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Compass indicating directions at the church
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Father Barry climbing over the wall to place moss
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How Father Barry glues his moss patches to the wall
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The glue: flour and water
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Moss decorating session
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From the front of the church looking to the main entrance at the back
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Aboriginal themes
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Inside the church
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Shrine to Mother Mary
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Guardian angel?
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Interesting masonry
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Zhang Xueliang 張學良 house entrance with story
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Qingquan 清泉
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The walk down
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Qingquan 清泉
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Pigeon pea 樹豆 dried on the dessicated plant
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Plum tree in bloom
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bee in the plum blossom
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Mushroom cultivation
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Thorny eggplant
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Cultivated landscape
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Recycling
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Nasturtium
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Fire pit
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Yawei's workshop
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Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
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Proprietor's visiting spot
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Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
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Bulaku cabins 布拉谷民宿
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Our group accommodations
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area map
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A wide terrace
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Temporary structure
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Edges of terraced fields
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On contour
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How old are these walls?
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Ramie
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Taro and boulder
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Sun indicates eastern exposure on terraced slope
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terraced fields facing north
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boundaries need to be clarified
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Path over to the plot
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The property
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Large jackfruit trees 菠蘿蜜 (bōluómì)
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Abandoned police station
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Abandoned police station
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home lettuce
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home lettuce
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key features
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from above
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from above
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hoop house above
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path on the roof
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whacked betelnut grove
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reinstalled in Leafhopper
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Ginger and 糯米辣椒
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fault in broken LED\USB board power wire
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lower terrace
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pond
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2016

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D-Link DI-724P Router repair
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D-Link DI-724P Router repair
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2017

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drainage into the stream

2016

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Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
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Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站
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25 km over 11 hours to Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
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Forestry office at original trail head
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Paiwan slate piling trail foundation
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Peter descends
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back into sunshine
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grape ?
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Aboriginal Volunteer Army Memorial
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Japanese inscription
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Peter at Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
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back to the Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
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weather coming down
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trail through dwarf bamboo
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Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
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turning around to descend
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Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
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Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
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Japanese Shinto shrine
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Taiwan Laughing Thrush 金翼白眉 (jīn yì báiméi) Garrulax morrisonianus
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Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
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Peter at Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
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forest closer to the top
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the forest
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Bruce and tree
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huge tree near the Kuaigu hut
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weather and mountains to the south
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the forest
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at Kuaigu hut 檜谷山莊 turn off
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Peter coming up
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weather coming over from the east
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checking the map
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male Swinhoe's pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii on Dawu mountain 大武山 in southern Taiwan
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Swinhoe's pheasant 藍腹鷳
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Bruce on the trail
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Bruce on the trail
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clouds coming over obscuring sunrise, 6 AM
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Checking out the garden, doing some harvesting
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A small green bean, similar to a mung bean, has grown well in the garden.
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Philip carrying compost bin
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Still dozens of a hardy chili pepper 糯米辣椒 picked green for pickling and red sauce and fire
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Passionfruit marigold blooming
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Late morning in the garden on a beautiful early winter day
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looking for route to ChangXing Road 長興路
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Garden City below
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Garden City below
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cliff
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Garden City below
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new water tower on the trail above
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view from upstairs balcony
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3 cm in diameter
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8.5 cm long
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37 μF 250 VAC capacitor
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hole 3.5 cm in diameter
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Another tower and big sweet basil plant
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Garden tower with sub-irrigation reservoir
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Red-veined sorrel
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Another mushroom circle garden bed
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Herbs for Mediterrrannean cuisine in the mushroom circle garden bed
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Herbs for butterflies at the eco-herb garden
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back down to the road
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貓空尖 562 m
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四面頭山 520m
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Philip in the bamboo
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Dan on the trail
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Ejiaoge Shan 鵝角格山 475m
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on the way back
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Ronghua Dam 榮華大壩
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Christopher with Sprint
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the awning tarp is 360 cm wide
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the two arm halves are about 85 + 115 cm
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garage meeting
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basil harvest
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Dan picks us up in Wuling Farms 武陵農場
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Marc
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Peter
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Chiyou peak 池有山
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trail to Chiyou mountain 池有山
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through the bamboo
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packing out of Xinda hut 新達山屋
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dawn at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian Mountain 大霸尖山
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新達山屋 Xinda Hut and Chiyou mountain 池有山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Pintian mountain 品田山
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Pintian mountain 品田山
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ascending Pintian mountain 品田山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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pond
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chat at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut
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Peter at 新達山屋 Xinda Hut
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Marc in the fog
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mushroom
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Michael
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bamboo forest
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霸南山屋 Banan Hut, 3125 m, 9 AM
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霸南山屋 Banan Hut
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map check
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descent
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holy mountain
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below 大霸尖山 Dabajian Mountain (video)
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north side of Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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7 AM
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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ascent to 大霸尖山 Dabajian Mountain (video)
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Michael at Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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sunrise, day 3, 6 AM
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dinner at Zhongba hut 中霸山屋, 5:30 PM
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sunset over the clouds
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sunset from 中霸山屋
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 over Zhongba hut 中霸山屋
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山 over Zhongba hut 中霸山屋
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at Zhongba hut 中霸山屋
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along the north base of Dabajian
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along the north base of Dabajian
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along the north base of Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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ascending Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 from the West side
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Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
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Xiaobajian Mountain 小霸尖山
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below Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山, 3490 m
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Zhongba hut 中霸山屋 lunch
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山 (panorama)
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Dabajian mountain 大霸尖山
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Philip on the trail
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pond
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map check
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leaving Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
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packing
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breafast at Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
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breakfast, 6:30 AM
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Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊 mess
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Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊, 2700 m
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Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
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Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
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Jiujiu cabins 九九山莊
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Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
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Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
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Madara Creek 馬達拉溪 below
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Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
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Dongsian Waterfall 東線瀑布
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dangerous road
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looking west
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Dalu Forest Road 大鹿林道
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at the Hsinchu HSR, 7:15 AM
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Xindian station 捷運新店站
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Taming the jungle and reclaiming some light
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Euphea formosa 短腹幽蟌 (duǎn fù yōu cōng)
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Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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trail workers
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Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 (bái zhì jiā cōng) Matrona cyanoptera
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trail to Zhushan 竹山
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Common Kingfisher 普通翠鳥 (pǔtōng cuì niǎo) Alcedo atthis
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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stone enclosure outside kitchen
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kitchen?
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to Wushan 烏山 and Zhushan 竹山 mountains
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Wantan trail 灣潭古道
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Wantan stream 灣潭溪
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Asian giant hornet 大虎頭蜂 (dà hǔ tóu fēng) Vespa mandarinia
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female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷴 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii
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BeiShiXi 北勢溪
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tea
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BeiShiXi 北勢溪 coming into Pinglin 坪林
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Tammy is struck by a scooter in Mucha
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tour of upstairs apartment
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Brilliant pre-typhoon and fall sunshine radiates the east side of the house
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At a cafe that Tammy quite liked after visiting the catacombs
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A structural column encircled by bones
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One of the more unique patterns
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Some plaques indicate where the interred bones originated from.
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Plaques inscribed with philosophical or religious scriptures in French and Latin
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Salvia sp annuals gone to seed
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Bee-loving salvia plant
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Raggedy raven
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Wild bee hotel
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A basil from the African rainforest
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The understory
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looking up from inside the greenhouse
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Pepper vine in the tropical greenhouse
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More sage
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Mediterrannean spurge
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Salvia
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Salvia
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Salvia
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Sage (for cooking)
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Lupine
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Bronze fennel gone to seed
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A stately rosemary bush
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variegated pink-green ground cover is used as a medicine in Taiwan
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Orange-tinted leaves - Canna lilly
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Canna lillies
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species are grouped by family
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Green and purple sweet potato leaves used as ornamentals
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breakfast at the hotel Senlis
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Breakfast in the ancient underground cavern of the hotel
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view from the Hôtel de Senlis
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street cafe
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umbrella store
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Le Jardin du Musée de Cluny
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leaf compost
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Quince
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Need to find someone who knows temperate forest plants
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Solomon's Seal and hops
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Woven fences made from willow and other coppiced branches
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Steet vendors line two sides of the archeological site and medieval forest garden
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Panthéon de la rue Soufflot
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Exiting the park and walking toward the Eiffel Tower
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The Senate
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Always a unique assembly of plants in the French verge gardens
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Even the smallest cafes use handheld cardreaders for credit cards
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Philip taking in the end of the day light at a local cafe
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George enjoying a warm sandwich with a rich, dark beer
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fish in Pierre's pond
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beautiful place for lunch
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wine for Marc
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tomatos
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french fries
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hummingbird moth
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french fries
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french fries
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off-duty policeman playing with his dog
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overlook of Chabeuil
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snail on a plastic leaf
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grave of René and Pierrette Unal
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nice bench
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Montée du Barda
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Montée du Barda
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cobblestone
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stone repairs
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cobblestone
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cobblestone
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organ
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seats
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carpet
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altar
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Crust, geologically speaking
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Le pont d'Arc
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Salad burnett
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Le pont d'Arc
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Lambsquarters (goosefoot)
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Le pont d'Arc
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Areas of the compound
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Harvested grapes
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Marc and Cricket navigating
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Pierre's tomatoes
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bee
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alpaca
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Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
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Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
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Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
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Abbaye Cistercienne de Léoncel
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alpaca
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alpaca
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abbey chicken
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Plateau d'Ambel
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the road below
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Explaining "La Bataille"
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Footbridge over stream in Chabeuil
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la Véore
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Old stone buildings attached to the cathedral compound
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Looking down from the cathedral
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Healthy sumac tree 鹽膚木屬
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Artichoke gone to seed in neighbor's garden
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Wildflowers
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Another short of a lavender field
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Mailbox with address of current "La Baume" occupants
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Another succulent
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Field of corn, mostly pig feed in France (and many other places)
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Lavender land near The Bomb, the old family farmstead
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Stone road remnants
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Emergenc vehicle called up to attend to someone having a crisis
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White puff-tipped grass
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Nearly spent berries
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Group family photo
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And even ferns find their niche
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Delicate succulent plant finds a foothold
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Newish old
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Lady bug and limestone
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Flowers fading with the fall
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George, Anne-Marie and Marie-Claire
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A peek of the superficial geological layer
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A strong, block tower meant as a look out and stronghold
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Remnant of a defensive structure on the north side of the tower
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Rampart remnant
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Family shot at the top with the tower
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Scrub oak
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Ruins of a drawbridge
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George and Tammy
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Landscape of area near Chabeuil
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Juniper berries
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George, Marc, and Cricket
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Passiflora vine on fruit tree in Pierre's gardn
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Many alleycats
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One of the many shops on the old main commercial area
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Cheeses and sausages - we bought a piece of the round behind the sign
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Cheeses and sausages
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View of town hall from the market
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Selling seedlings
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Mostly different varieties of local apples
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Cookies and bisquits
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Baskets and chair repair service
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Handmade baskets for every day use
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Fresh local produce
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Always local produce
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Biweekly farmer's market at Chabeuil
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Market getting set up
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Assortment of sausages
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Procuring lunch for our large group
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View of the market from across the river
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Family walking to the market via the old village main gate
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Courtyard of hotel
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Connecting archways
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Flower of 欒樹 Koelreuteria sp. most likely "elegans"
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欒樹 Koelreuteria sp. most likely "elegans"
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A morphing, eroding gothic face
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Structural and weather patterns
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Door with beautiful dragonfly doorknock and knob
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Dragonfly doorknock
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Old and new walls
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Doors of varying antiquity
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Typical courtyard/garage off of the narrow streets
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Tall, narrow pathways
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Stately manor in the morning light
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Ripe figs were falling from this tree
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Bamboo clump (but not a clumping species)
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Shared access road to Pierre and Marie-Claire's home
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Fig trees sprout up near where others are grown
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Grape arbor over a door with mature bunches of grapes
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A well-appointed but small kitchen
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Larger view of the herbs and tomatoes growing in the yard and another pond
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Herb garden and covered porch at the back of the house
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The herb garden near the kitchen
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Pierre's tomato patch
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Lavender crocuses emerging from under the trees
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Colorful carp
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Fish and plants in the pond in Pierre's garden
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A close up shot of the flower
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Bee-loving plant in Pierre's garden
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Olive tree in a very large ceramic pot
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Philip sunning and sleeping at the Avignon TVG station
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screw added for stability
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replacement capacitor connected
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motor thermal fuse replaced
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Cocky rooster - despite the larger hens of a different breed, this dude does not give up ground when it comes to foraging for food, hence his comb shows hen-pecking damage.
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Look at the legs on that hen. No wonder that she is a formidable foe to many would-be predators. She arrived in the garden at a fifth or less of her current size.
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Pair of hens that have forage in the compost area
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Just a small fraction of Thai sweet basil and other medicinal herbs that we harvested and shared.
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Looking back through the garden from the compost side.
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The young fruit trees doing fine. We let the paper and other mulberry trees grow up a bit around the fruit trees before we cut them back.
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And then this one next
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Pinecone Ginger (aka Shampoo Ginger) flower
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More of the understorey
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These beautiful papayas were saved by the fact that the tree had grown above the hoophouse structure, keeping it from falling.
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The understorey
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The garden post-Typhoon Meranti
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Looking back up the stairs
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Stones of the retaining wall are scattered over the garden stairs.
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The tree was dislodged from this retaining wall.
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Where a very large tree used to be at the community garden
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switch reinstalled
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switch reassembled
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capacitor box
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grub and water
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Coconut pankes, a la J. Murray
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New bunch of long, purple aubergine
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Turmeric flower gorgeousness
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Pumpkin yielded well this year
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Small eggplant
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Sweet basil crop in the center
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Red amaranth
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Red edible amaranth grown for its leaves as a vegetable
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A nice shot of the Plot
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The Plot - Left side
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Eastern spot-billed duck 花嘴鴨
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The last hurrah!
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Me being my silly self
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The PDC graduates
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Lotus almost ready for harvest
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Jackfruit and coconut trees
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The main pond with the wellness center in the background
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Phil the organic farmer tilling his main crops
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Large pond for greywater and crop production
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Water system run-off designed to flow through the beds passively
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This years vegetable garden project with passive water capture earthworks
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Last year's project
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A bench that we made with rammed tires and recycled wood panels
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Jambul 閻浮樹 Syzygium cumini
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Jambul 閻浮樹 Syzygium cumini
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The site is divided by a public road
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The sign on the main road
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The front entrance to the wellness center
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印度田菁 Sesbanin sesban (L.) Merr.
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Another nitrogen fixer
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Glad that I discovered these, enough bananas for the entire PDC group
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Common pioneer bush/tree in the area
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Another bunch
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Discovered another plot of bananas with fruit ready to pick
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Still a few good ones left
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More wasted fruit
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A plot of guava trees with unpicked fruit
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Leaf-hemp vine
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Bind weed (aka morning glory)
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Malabar fruit
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What's this ground cover plant?
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Looking down from the short cut
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Short cut leading up from the road to main hall
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Pepper family?
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Veranda that sits next/over the natural swimming pool
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Azolla
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Naturally swimming pool/pond with covered veranda
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Another shot of the retention pond
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Railroad tie stairs
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Pond to store water and alleviate run-off, grows crops
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bugleweed 散血草 (sàn xuè cǎo), 白尾蜈蚣 (báiwěi wúgōng) Ajuga bracteosa in the mint family Lamiaceae
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Chiu Yie-Ru instructs on A-frame level use
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Making A-frame levels to measure contours
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bat
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Sweet basil and lemon basil harvest. Made a big jar of pesto with cashew, garlic and olive oil mostly to preserve the basil.
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Chilies on palm flower sheath
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Chilies on palm flower sheath
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Chilies on palm flower sheath
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Giant Golden Orb Spider (female)
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float down the Nanshixi 南勢溪
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Red okra
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Red okra
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Maximum water height before it finds its way down the stairs
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The drainage, thank goodness, works well
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Three kinds of basil and leafy greens of amaranth and basella
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Fat and unafraid lizard
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Haul from the famer's market
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Bajiaos need to be eaten
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Water-loving legume tree 水黃皮
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Philip on the river bank
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More higher area wetland species
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Good place to see wetland species of plants
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Still an amazing amount of construction in the flood plain
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I wonder the water is managed here.
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To the right of the plot opening us is left mostly wild with some betel nut trees
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Same plot to the left.
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Plot opening up across from their place
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Surviving okra
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LeafHopper over James and Erika's plot
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Home garden before the typhoon, note the bajiaos hanging
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Home garden, hot sun
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Looking for a spot to fly
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Nice little permaculture garden
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Pineapply plant and its long sawlike leaves.
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Looking quite alive and moist
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Another view of the community garden
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Community garden after heavy rain
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Butterfly on chive flower
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Green beans, haricot vert
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A chili plant from Burma
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Ground orchid (native?)
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steel in curtain rod
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corroded motor magnets
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Hummus and tomato cucumber salad
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Baby honeydew melons
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A feral honeydew melon
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view from Wuling
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half way, vertically
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the road climbed below
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Baiyang Waterfall 白楊瀑布
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Baiyang Waterfall Trail 白楊步道
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early start, Xincheng 新城
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Habanero crop begins coming in
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butterflies in the elder
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girdled trees
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three-spot grass yellow 台灣黃蝶 (Táiwān huáng dié) Eurema blanda arsakia in the farmers friend 咸豐草 (xiánfēng cǎo) bidens pilosa
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Dark evening brown 森林暮眼蝶 (sēnlín mù yǎn dié) Melanitis phedima polishana
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Sour Creeper 酸藤 (Suān téng) Ecdysanthera rosea Hook. & Arn.
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Banana flower
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Banana flower among the potted plants
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sunset over Guangxing 廣興
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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
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Lemon basil seedlings
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Red velvet okra seedlings
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Bean plants
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Bean plants
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Seedlings in the homegarden
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Silk Tree 合歡 (Héhuān) Albizia julibrissin
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dogs playing in the sand along the Lanxi stream
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Weiwei in the ruins
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110mm of rain at home
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dogs playing in the LanXi stream
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new gardening table
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cold return descent
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Road to Cuifeng lake 翠峰湖
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Road to Cuifeng 翠峰湖
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Starting point
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new life from old
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basil planted
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back to the BeiHeng 北横公路
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back to the BeiHeng 北横公路
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north cross island highway 北横公路 below
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Alan at a coffee shop
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Fuxing 復興 below on the north-cross island highway
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at the coffee shop
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Atayal elementary school
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wired
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Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴
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Taiwan scimitar babbler 台灣小彎嘴
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Our food forest
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Mulching as the rains get more intense
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Everything is growing now, including the snails.
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Prepping the beds for tumeric and ginger
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Lettuces departing, sweet potato, chives and shiso coming in
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volunteer pumpkin plants as a living mulch
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open spots for annuals and different plants in sunnier spots
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Patricia doing something different with the spirals
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more beds with ginger and tumeric
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the bajiaos grew back
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Guangxing and cat with attitude
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Guangxing 廣興
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Guangxing 廣興 and the rising river
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Visit to Marian's plot down the road from James'
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At Marian's plot
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Bed of beets
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Freshly planted polyculture
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Longer shot of the keyholes
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Keyholes
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Tomato plant
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Lots growing on
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Another view of the garden
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finished spiral, Luke in the background
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Lunch finally
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Almost finished
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James and Erika time out while we finish up the spiral
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Erika and James getting lunch ready
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Tane
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The chef
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On offer
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The art of drystacking
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Salad being prepared for lunch.
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Erika in the kitchen
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Higher and higher
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Two spirals being built.
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Tammy keeps an eye on both spirals being built.
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Working with wet cardboard to start the sheet mulch process
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Spiral taking shape
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The Plot in full operation
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Discussing spiral fengshui
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The spiral continues to be built up
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James and Jeremy leveling the raised area before building the spiral
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failing garage door
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Algis's Asus board
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dangerous stuff
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at the Fubar in Fulong
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Ziggy buying tickets
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above the the BeishiXi 北勢溪
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the Beishi river 北勢溪
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Dingping Rd 碇坪路 or 106乙
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Coffee at Helen's on Highway 9
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waiting for Ziggy and Guga at Helen's
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wld bee trap
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the end of the road
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eutrophication?
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the trail skirts fenced property
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looking north toward ChaTian
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coming down to the stream
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erosion in the earthworks
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roads of the development ahead
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wild bee trap
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happy Buddha
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butterfly cage?
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a complex of cages
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cages
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goats
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nasturtiums
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large tree at trail to 加羅湖
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dismantling a trap
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we turn around at a major landslide
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mossy trail
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view north
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Philip and Peter trudging through the moss
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Atayal camp
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muddy
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tree across the trail
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trap snare on animal path
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Cup Fungi 多地歪盤菌 (duō de wāi pán jūn) Phillipsia domingensis Berk
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with a great stump
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to 加羅湖
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through the fog
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wet trail
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discussing hunting
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SiJi Forest Road 四季林道 trail head
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Lanyang river 蘭陽溪 valley below
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Highway 9, 北宜公路
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on the 9 above Shiding 石碇
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ErGeTou, 9 toward Pinglin 坪林
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highway over Shiding 石碇
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Shiding 石碇
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waiting for Bruce, Peter and Jack
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Mucha 木柵
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sunrise over Qingtan 青潭
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sunrise in Qingtan 青潭
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Nastrtiums (by Cheryl)
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3 lettuces - 2-4 seeds per bullet
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orange oakleaf 枯葉蝶 (kū yè dié) Kallima inachis formosana
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Chana masala with tomato, roasted capsicum, cilantro salsa and sauteed zuccini and onions becomes "dip" for the cheese-covered tortilla chips.
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Tomato flower (large)
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Tomato bush where someone snuck in a taro
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Variegated leaf nasturtium
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Replanted wheat, carrots, cilantro and nasturtium on the edge
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Passionfruit marigold, garlic, lettuce and cilantro.
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Habanero showing little sign of the winter.
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Pigeon pea
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Pigeon pea starting to fruit
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tomatoes
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tomatoes
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tomatoes
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Polyculture of spinach, lettuce, cilantro, dill, longkuei, tonghao
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Polyculture, not mixed breed
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Group photo
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Group photo
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Dark red variety of hyacinth beans
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Adding worm poo fertilizer
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Very committed young couple.
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repaired
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qilin 麒麟
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Oldham's Azalea 金毛杜鵑 (jīnmáo dùjuān) Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim.
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contractor failure
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restored ruins
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Guanyin cave 觀音洞
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cave inscriptions
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in the bandits' cave
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primates feeding
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neglected infrastructure
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Tammy coming up
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Dan at the top of the first vertical climb
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Dan ascends
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Lion's head mountain is a historic site
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Oldham's Azalea 金毛杜鵑 (jīnmáo dùjuān) Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim.
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abandoned riverside house
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Patricia brings family
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a brithday feast
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Strawberries, planted high, and letucces made it through the cold rains.
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Amazing the lettuces and broccoli survived the long, cold rains
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The nasturtium have survived with our mini-raised bed strategy
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Mulching again in earnest while we have some sun
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A rare sunny day and lots to catch up on in the garden
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Mulching begins again with rice straw from the tatami
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Sudden mushrooming following the long rain
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Patricia and Kathrin join in the stair project
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Building material for the stairs.
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Philip starts work on the stairs in the garden
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Dan took apart a tatami so that the straw could be used in the garden.
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His happiest times are here in this stream
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Weiwei enjoying the stream
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The Lanxi river
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Dan sporting new glasses
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Tammy and dogs
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Tammy and dogs
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Dan checking out the old bottles.
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Found some old bottles just off the trail
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Tammy coming out of the forest next to the river
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Butterfly catching some solar energy
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trail to Xiaocukeng 小粗坑
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Philip studying me studying the bamboo
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Fields still being cultivated
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cliffs above the Lanxi stream
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Fulvetta
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Studying the bamboo
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Weiwei smelling the forest
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Scarecrow
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Window of hand hewn stone building
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Doorways to the jungle
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Bamboo charcoal water. What is this used for?
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Gardening in the ruins
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Old homestead ruins.
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Trail flag
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Edible Canna (Canna edulis)?
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Weiwei peek-a-boo
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Mountain palm
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resoldered
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broken contact
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Salad of romaine and rosa lettuce, arugula, nasturtium flowers, radishes, tomatoes, and a dressing of red quinoa, tossed with lemon juice, olive oil and flat leaf parsley.
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banana flower stem
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back to the ticket booth 6:30 PM
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path to XiaoWuLai 小烏來
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Disturbance brings more erosion
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Lunch at the top.
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We were lucky that it was "dry"
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up the muddy root trail
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Nearly 90 degree climbs
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A good view of the erosion along the path
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using the roots to climb
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Glam shot on the ropes
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ladders make the slippery clay passable
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Coming up for a breath
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Full-body work out
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Erika with the tree not cut down
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muddy trail
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over a landslide
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a handmade net to keep people from falling down the mountain
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The slide area formed after Typhoon Soudelour 蘇迪羅
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planted cypress
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through the park
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Walking through the replanted forest
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on the park trails
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into the park
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park damaged
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Ruizi stream 蚋仔溪

2015

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Audrey listens to a talkative woman.
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Booth final setup.
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Setting posters and compost demonstrations
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water explore on a cool day
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Viola 香菫菜 Viola odorata L.
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Coriander seeds from last year's Buluo Daxue rooftop garden harvest
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Patricia trimming back the vetiver, which we use for mulch
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breaking camp
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monkeys steal our dinner
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monkeys steal our dinner
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back in the lower pine forest
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Andy's pack
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阿里山龍膽 (ālǐ shān lóng dǎn) Gentiana arisanensis flower (endemic)
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different kinds of grass?
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arrow bamboo 箭竹 (jiàn zhú) Fargesia
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Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
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stair step construction
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China pink 巴陵石竹 (bā líng shízhú) Dianthus palinensis flower
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阿里山龍膽 (ālǐ shān lóng dǎn) Gentiana arisanensis flower (endemic)
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Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
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Red-haired Azalea 紅毛杜鵑Rhododendron rubropilosum Hayata
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path to Mt Kelaya 喀拉業山
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approaching the peak
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James on the rocks
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tired?
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China pink 巴陵石竹 (bā líng shízhú) Dianthus palinensis flower
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Ziggy and James attack the final approach
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Formosa pieris 台灣馬醉木 Pieris taiwanensis Hayata.
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Wuling Farms 武陵農場 below
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Red-haired Azalea 紅毛杜鵑 Rhododendron rubropilosum Hayata
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台灣小檗(川上氏小檗) Berberis kawakamii Hayata
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Central mountains
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rest
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frost on the ground
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James in the sun
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Wild ginger flower seeds
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Ryukyu Long-stemmed Desmodium 琉球山螞蝗 (Liúqiú shān mǎ huáng) Hylodesmum laxum DC. subsp. laterale (Schindl.) Ohashi
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Ryukyu Long-stemmed Desmodium 琉球山螞蝗 (Liúqiú shān mǎ huáng) Hylodesmum laxum DC. subsp. laterale (Schindl.) Ohashi
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Ryukyu Long-stemmed Desmodium 琉球山螞蝗 (Liúqiú shān mǎ huáng) Hylodesmum laxum DC. subsp. laterale (Schindl.) Ohashi
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Lemon Emigrant 遷粉蝶 (qiān fěndié) Catopsilia pomona and nasturtium
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James and friends visit the Buluo Rooftop garden
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Peanut Butter Fruit 花生奶油果 (Huāshēng nǎiyóu guǒ) Bunchosia argentea
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house from above
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at Nick's thanks giving
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former swimming hole
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second slide, upstream
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mountain band aid
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Xilouan 西羅岸路 recovering from typhoons
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final load out
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typhoon clean up
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river bed
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one way for construction
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we turn around near the top of the valley
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in the main river bed
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tumbling stream
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storm sculpture
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landslide
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confluence with Nanshixi 南勢溪
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basement stairway illuminated
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LED lamp installed
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End of the day landscape looking south
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terraces
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boiling water and roasting sweet potatoes
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Brewing microbes for healthy soil
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soup
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wood stove
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solar panels
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sprouting nursery
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garden beds
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hand tractor
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Wuwei gives us some background
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Abandoned house
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Walking down from the top of the site
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Window of roots
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Pensive Huck
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Some of our group for the day
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Abandoned but not forgotten house near the Zhengnian ecovillage
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Market in Jinshan 金山
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unloading
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covering the rototiller
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Same kind of grass later in its cycle?
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What kind of grass?
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student notes
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Group shot of food forest design workshop
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Group shot of food forest design workshop
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Dan and Kannie cross a landslide
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baby spiders
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baby spiders
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baby spiders
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Philip at camp site
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spider's web
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fruiting rattan 黃藤(huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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fruiting rattan 黃藤(huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
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tree down
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storm inspection
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Harvesting from the overgrown garden
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Collecting herbs among the weeds
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House front and hanging out area
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Material scouting at James and Erika's place
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Reclaimed boardwalk
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garden gone wild
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View of the front of the house looking from the other direction
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Helping to load up the truck
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harvested oregano
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Garden City and Zhitan
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Zhitan water treatment
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riverside bikeway
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feeding the pigeons
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tea research
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Atayal cat in Wulai 烏來
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Camphor Creek 樟樹溪 in Xinxian 信賢
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at Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
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waiting for the road to clear
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Algis supervising
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Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
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slate 頁岩 (yèyán) ardoise
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Ah-bao on the road
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Cuntun 村屯
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road damage everywhere
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inspecting the Kalamoji water gauge
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upstream from the Kalamoji bridge
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Ah-bao on the Hapen access road
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road repairs
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landslide below ZhongZhi 忠治
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landslide below ZhongZhi 忠治
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view from Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
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trail undercut
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frog
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new sediment
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large group of rusty laughingthrushes 棕噪鶥 (zōng zào méi) Garrulax poecilorhynchus
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Centipede
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damaged road to Wulai 烏來
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washed down trees in the Wulai parking lot
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Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
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Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
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the road is closed at night
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dogs playing in Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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拉氏明溪蟹 Candidiopotamon rathbunae
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Two-month old gate loses a bolt
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Compost system at the community garden
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Standing tall in the middle part of the garden.
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Productive bajiao at the community garden
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Community garden after the big typhoon
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Carambola flowers
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A guardrail where James' truck went over the edge
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cascade
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Bernard coming out of the pool
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segments of the walk from Tonghou 桶後 over to Jiaoxi 礁溪
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Tongho stream 桶後溪
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looking downstream on Tongho stream 桶後溪
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view east on TongHou stream 桶后溪
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Bernard on the TaiPower suspension bridge in 桶后 Tonghou
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end of the Tonghou road 桶后林道
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1.5K
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banana patch
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3K
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trail up from the river
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Bruce
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approaching the narrows
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Brent
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卡拉莫基山 Kalamoji mtn; 波露山陵線 Bolu mtn ridge
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beehives along the trail
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the rock skippers
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fallen tree seeds
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ground orchid with white flowers
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wild bean
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trail sign
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big tree
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Poppy finds water
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stream crossing
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ginger or banana?
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thick-leaved ground vine
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experiment in progress
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wild ginger
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stream full of people
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dry stream bed crossing
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terrace flooding continues after hole drilled
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jungle hike team
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Siam Weed, Devil Weed 飛機草 (fēijī cǎo) Chromolaena odorata
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New purple-hued leaves
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Our youngest member with her father and mother looking back at them on the trail.
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Short stop to collect the group together
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Our crew on the trail
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Unidentified moth caterpillar
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Leaf shape study 1
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Our trip leader
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Alpinia 月桃屬 (yuè táo shǔ)
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Red fungus
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banana leaf
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But, alas, it did not make it.
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Someone tried to save this tree.
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Digger wasp 紅腳細腰蜂 (hóngjiǎo xìyāo fēng) Sphex
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Black rice from a permaculturist in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
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When drainage pipes fail in a rainy environment, drill a hole.
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Philip fixing our Japanese era hutch that was damaged in the move.
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Jiying Temple 集應廟 on the hill behind our office in Jingmei
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home flooding
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view from the bridge
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gate to the stream
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work site below
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house from the upper road
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unused community building
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Smiling with the sunflower
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Buluo Daxue staff joins me on the rooftop
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Rosella in the basket doing especially well in the heat and low moisture
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Wicking bed thriving
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Sun/drought damage on the squash leaves
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Curry leaf tree loving the hot, dry weather. Wheat straw mulch protects the soil.
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capture of the urban backdrop
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Basil, sunflowers from early bed
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Bitter melon and jicama
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Squash fruit ready for harvest
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Wide angle view of the garden layout
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Zucchini (courgette)
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kitchen drawer rails
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Kanie
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fridge up
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movers move the heavy bits
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washing machine carried
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Kenmore
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hutch moving
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kitchen cleaning
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Peace Cafe
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new Peace Cafe counter
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west side
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west side garden
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view through from back
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Tammy watering
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chairs in garage
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outside stairwell
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sink replaced
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kangkong and beans next to habanero plant in baskets
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original planting bed
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newer planting beds
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bamboo trellis work
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main planting area
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pineapple and lemongrass
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repurposed bamboo for trellises
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seedlings
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composting
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polyculture
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group photo - spring 2015
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Group photo - spring 2015
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Group photo on the last day of class for the spring session
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squashes and tender greens
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harvesting and weeding
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stairwell landing exit closed
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second floor
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second floor landing
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stairway up converted into closet
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master bedroom
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yard
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Ophelia
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planting bush beans and okra
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sheep stop wood store
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snake
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peaches
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lime rock quarry
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cutting up a cedar
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cutting down a cedar
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utility room
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Bella
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peaches
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peaches
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Bella heads home
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hydrangea indicate soil acidity
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young cypress
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cypress knees
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Poe Springs
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canoe on Santa Fe
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Santa Fe river
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Poe Springs
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cypress knees
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cypress knees
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cypress knees
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Poe Springs
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Poe Springs
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cypress knee
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Poe Springs
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air conditioning ducts pass into the western side of the house
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down the chimney
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attic
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homestead under the live oaks
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Micanopy
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Micanopy
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horse
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wild horse on Bolen Bluff Trail
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picking blueberries
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blueberry harvest
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Nyualla?
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Christopher and the bald cypress
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at Paynes Prarie, Boulware springs, La Chua trail
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camping n the woodlot
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Bella
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Ophelia
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flowering Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 (táiwān xiāngsī) Acacia confusa
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Metallic Cerulean 白波紋小灰蝶 (bái bōwén xiǎo huīdié) Jamides alecto dromicus on flowering farmers friend 咸豐草 (xiánfēng cǎo) Bidens pilosa
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pollen-laden bee in Formosan Beauty- berry 杜虹花 (dùhónghuā) Callicarpa formosana flowers
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Water system repair
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Bio Peace Vegan Hut 愛在蔬食餐廳 reborn
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pomelo 柚子 (yòuzi) Citrus maxima flowers becoming fruit
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pomelo 柚子 (yòuzi) Citrus maxima flowers becoming fruit
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comfrey 康復力 (kāngfùlì) Symphytum officinale flowering
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young red guava 紅心芭樂 (hóngxīn bālè) Psidium guajava
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Canna 美人蕉 (měirénjiāo)Canna indica flower and seeds
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nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā) flowers
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pineapple 鳳梨 (fènglí) Ananas comosus flower
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tadpole world
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nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā) and eggplant
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water collector reassembled
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garden water collector cleaned
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鼠麴草 (shǔ qū cǎo) Gnaphalium affine
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Canna spp. flower
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musa 芭蕉 (bājiāo) fruiting
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first nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā) flowers
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kumquat 金橘 (jīn jú)
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pomello
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Marian gardening
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tadpoles in the garden
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moss on stone
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fern trunk
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Kanee
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Riot of flowers on the rooftop of Buluo Daxue
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wild raspberry
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pitch stabilization fails
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Unidentified plant
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Herb nursery nearby
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Outdoor adventure and ecotours place
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Shady understory
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Lots of dumping
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The don't develop on slopeland sign
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Atayal motif in local roadside retaining walls
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Forest covered in yellow rattan palm
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Boulders in the stream
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Container gardens
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Roadside color
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Water piping construction on Road Two of our community
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Eroding, gunnited hill below the leaning wooden structure
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recabled
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Zaggometry telemetry data passthrough
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FrSky D4R-II transmitter
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power board, ESCs and motors placed
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remounted 5.8Ghz video transmitter
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putting water under the road
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water works below the field
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rusty motor
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Underwater in Gweishan 龜山
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Underwater flight in Gweishan 龜山
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Feature of the decor 真味素食堂
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Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis
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Backlit Taiwan barbet
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Solanaceae family plant
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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
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Trying to convince Kanee and Weiwei not to chase the wildlife
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Stopping and listening to the wildlife
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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler 大彎嘴 (dà wān zuǐ) Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
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Chatting
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Cucumber 黑果馬(瓜交)兒 (hēiguǒ mǎ guājiāo er) Zehneria mucronata (Blume) Miq
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Begonia 圓果秋海棠 (yuánguǒ qiūhǎitáng) Begonia aptera
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Bumble bee. getting ready to take off
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Bumble bee, emergence
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臺灣澤蘭 Eupatorium formosa?
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Hiking trail sign near an area we used to live in
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Farm road - warning that the road is for small vehicle access
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Lettuces NZ varieties
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Guy chat
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New squash bed
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Burlap bags protect the walkways
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Potato towers in tires
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Beets
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Clear-cutting above James' farm - many tree ferns (already suffering from a virus) and trees with trunk around 30 cm in circumference cut down.
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More detail of the relationship of the garden and clear-cutting activity
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Holocaust to the right of his place
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Stand of trees left to protect the veggie garden - James' request
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Exquisitely woven basket over 20 years old
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Patricia at sunset on the western-facing balcony of her apartment in Garden City, Xindian.
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Bright red lilly, powerful fragrance
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Art is in the details at Patricia's house.
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Looking toward the water collection system and composting area
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Same view, wide.
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Looking toward the entrance to the garden.
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Stefani visits us in the garden
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Forestry bureau administrative demarcation sign
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Subtropical fruiting trees: bajiao, cherry, and magao. A Taiwanese cedar (planted) occupies the far background
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Musa basjoo formosana 台灣芭蕉 (táiwān bājiāo), 山芎蕉 (shān qiōng jiāo) fruiting along the road
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Tree budding close up
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Tree budding
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銹毛鐵線蓮 (xiù máo tiě xiàn lián) Leschenault's Clematus
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Aromatic litsea or maqaw 馬告 (mǎ gào) 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) Litsea cubeba flowers
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Fern unfolding
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Not nestea
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銹毛鐵線蓮 Ethereal, almost sea urchin like flower on vining plant
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銹毛鐵線蓮 Unique flower on a vining plant
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Weiwei
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developing farm off the forest path
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putting water pipes under the road
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Kanee
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back doghouse
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Hua-zi and Weiwei
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Weiwei
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Kanie
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Weiwei in the cherry blossoms
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Lucy passes away in the morning
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monkeys in the trees
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old trees
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morning clouds
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Starting point, from the parking lot near Kapu Village.
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harvested turmeric root 薑黃 (iānghuáng) Curcuma longa
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harvested turmeric root 薑黃 (iānghuáng) Curcuma longa
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orchid

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inspecting runoff on the driveway
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Back down the eroding road
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A bit of food before we head back out into the rain
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James at the hearth
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Main outdoor gathering area
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A lot has been done, more to do.
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Time to duck inside
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Looking uphill
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Garden beds coming along
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Checking out the road to see how it can be improved
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Fenced in
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shoveling cow manure
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Outdoor cow area
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固液分離機 (gù yè fēnlí jī) solid-liquid separator
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goats
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Manure and straw and...
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cow
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Well padded, but not very natural environment
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Captive cows
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Across the street from the facility
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Flight over Girl Scout Camp
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high over the Girl Scouts Camp
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Flight over Girl Scout Camp
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on the green
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water buffalo family
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Black Cicada test
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magnets out of place
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refuse sorting
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signing the new office lease
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new bananas
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Lotus leaves stand up out the water and are rounder with a less clear cleave in the leaves.
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Golden grass along the pond edge
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Emerging twins
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harvested lotus pond
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Kankong, water spinach
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lotus leaf
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water lilly leaf - serrated edges and cleaved
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Bamboo like caning structure
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Reed flowers full of seed
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Local reed thick with flower heads
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Zone IV reference
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Dan
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Nitrogen-fixing mimosa family plant?
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水丁香
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A mix of water-loving plant species
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Trains come through every ten minutes or less
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Looking over the rice field
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Great egret
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Magpie eating grubs in the loose soil
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Bright red dragon fly
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Herbicide spraying
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Herbicide spraying
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Shrike on top of covered rice straw stack
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train passing
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A larger egret
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Plover? Sandpiper?
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Tammy looking out over the Tianliaoyang 田寮洋 wetland
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playing with Hua-zi
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grounded power strips for Algis
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Flavorful harvest
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Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺 (yè lù) Nycticorax nycticorax
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Blue Pansy 孔雀青蛺蝶 (kǒngquè qīng jiá dié) Junonia orithya
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huge basil bush
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Striped Blue Crow 端紫斑蝶 (duān zǐbān dié) Euploea mulciber barsine
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苦竹類的竹群
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Episteme lectrix sauteri 選彩虎夜蛾 (xuǎn cǎi hǔ yè é)
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Athyma selenophora laeta 單帶蛺蝶 (dān dài jiá dié)
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Taiwan Giantreed 灣蘆竹Arundo formosana Hack.
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Red-headed Tree Babbler 山紅頭 (shān hóngtóu) Stachyris ruficeps
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terrace - fixed GoPro 2 test
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desoldering separates PC board
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flowering dragon fruit, pitaya 火龍果 (huǒlóng guǒ) hylocereus
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Planted cypress
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preparing to move the upper water tank down
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Cleared area reveals fragile top soil structure
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Maqaw 馬告 Litsea cubeba 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) mountain pepper sappling
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Good weed structure left on the slope to one side of the house
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James and his dad have done lots of work on the property to make it more livable
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James looks out over the land he has cleared. View looking north
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failing connector on u-blox neo-6m GPS receiver
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Kanee
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negotiating the river
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Andrew
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on the rocks
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acrobat
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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preparing to go down river
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downstream
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Nanshi stream 南勢溪 upstream
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down to the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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coming down a side stream from the Hapen trail
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programming MinimOSD to set displayed fields
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OSD, video camera and radio transmitter successfully wired
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cracked GoPro 3 waterproof case latch
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Long Net Stinkhorn 竹蓀 (zhú sūn) Phallus indusiatu
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Pristine office entrance on the right
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building entrance
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corner of the Girl Scout's field
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top of the old water tank
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component layout trial
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D4R-II FrSky 4ch telemetry receiver
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Lipo low voltage alarm
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Video Transmitter connectors
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ImmersionRC 5.8 Ghz Audio/Video Transmitter
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12V power harness test
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one of two entrances - the space used to two small rooms and we knocked out the wall
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other entrance, and a small, but full bathroom; cardboard against wall temporarily stored for permie projects, now removed
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southwest corner of the office
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main Pristine office space
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northwest corner of the space
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debugging antenna failure
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failed TX antenna?
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1/3 Sony Super HAD II CCD-IR camera
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Weiwei
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Sony 600TVL edges clipped and sanded to constrain to 35mm
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Local plants in Atayal
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local animals in Atayal
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Atayal iconography
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log steps wrapped with wire
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Dan crossing a new slide area
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irregular spider web
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Begonia 水鴨腳秋海棠 (shuǐyājiǎo qiūhǎitáng) Begonia formosana
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female Staff Sergeant 單帶蛺蝶 (dān dài jiá dié) Athyma selenophora laeta Nymphlidae
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male Athyma selenophora laeta Nymphlidae 單帶蛺蝶 (Dān dài jiá dié)
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turn off to 茶墾山 (chá kěn shān) and 模故山 (mó gù shān)
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female Muirhead's ladyrinth 永澤黃斑蔭蝶 (Yǒngzé huángbān yīn dié) Neope muirheadi nagasawae Nymphalidae, Satyrinae
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fern in tree
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vine
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vine
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保安林界
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Forest-dwelling calanthe 長距根節蘭 (cháng jù gēn jié lán) Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.
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White-eared Sibia 白耳畫眉 (bái ěr huàméi) Heterophasia auricularis
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Formosan piedwing 中華珈蟌 (zhōnghuá jiā cōng) Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus
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female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii
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female Swinhoe's Pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii
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slippery when wet
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the trail cut into rock cliff
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Diptera [da-wen/big mosquito]
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the trail along cliffs with ropes
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stream above our campsite
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fern in a tree
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tent pitched on the trail just at dusk
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Hardy Calanthe Orchid 反捲根節蘭 (fǎn juǎn gēn jié lán) Calanthe reflexa (Kuntze) Maxim.
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turn off to 茶墾山 and 模故山 with 1 hr of light left
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Fushan area streams
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trail to 札孔山 and 李茂岸山
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repaired road visible on the road to the Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道 head across the valley
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the Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺步道 is closed due to damage from typhoon Matmo 麥德姆颱風
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Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道 head bridge over Yakongxi stream 軋孔溪
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tent test
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flight controller mounted on damped upper plate
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ESC power circuit mounted in bottom section
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ESC power harness connected
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attach 2mm gold female bullet leads to the ESC motor cables and shrink insulate
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initial electronics layout trial
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pups in the grass (video)
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back to the car
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hunting dogs?
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road looking improved
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back up to the road
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on the return path
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Hiroshi straightening up the beach
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Hiroshi's descent (video)
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Bruce's flush (video)
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Brent's flush (video)
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Greg's flush (video)
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the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Hiroshi taking warmth from the stones
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the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 (video)
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down to the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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leaving the Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺古道 to go down to the river
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Greg crossing Bolu stream 波露溪
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Hiroshi and Brent crossing the Bolu stream 波露溪
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many steep paths lead down to the river
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Hapen trail head 哈盆越嶺古道
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trucks of hunting dogs at the trail head
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Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum are just starting to flower, planted all along the road
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Bamboo forest clear cut at the head of the Fushan-Baling Trail 巴福越嶺古道
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Brent approaches the machine
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the road is closed to repair a landslide
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a recently killed boar falls out of the forest onto the road in front of us, followed by the hunter
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Lanhou falls 蘭吼瀑布 on Wuzhong stream 五重溪 on the road to Fushan 幅山
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LaTouche's frog 拉都希氏赤蛙 Hylarana latouchii
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much shorter trail to beach
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Atayal beehive
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poppy swimming in vest
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poppy
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ferns in the trees
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banana flower
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Bruce and Poppy
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Nanshixi 南勢溪
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Don't pick the private bamboo!
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cyclist on the suspension bridge at the head of the FuBa trail 巴福越嶺
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bamboo harvest at the head of the FuBa trail 巴福越嶺
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Lanhou falls 蘭吼瀑布 on Wuzhong stream 五重溪
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camp
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Beaver meadow
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cliff
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Sentinel pine
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Spruce
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carrying water
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Spring
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Kathrin enjoys the fruit of her labor
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Kathrin harvesting a pineapple
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One of the garden towers used for composting and planting
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Garden in July starts getting serious biomass
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more magao
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Toothy, spiraling agrimony
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Taiwanese basil - white flowers
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turmeric
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ginger sprouts
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paths and beds
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Looking southeast from the north side of the top terrace
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outside edge garden
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Lemon grass
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Young 香椿 on the second terrace
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雙花龍葵 (shuānghuā lóngkuí)
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Underpollinated cucumber fruit
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Volunteer guava grown from seed
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Roselle plant
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Peppermint
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Looking toward the "back" north end of the top terrace.
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Fully covered with ground with edible plants
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Highly stacked wet northern edge with bajiao, banana, gingers, galangal, turmeric.
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Caterpillar on an okra plant
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Chocolate Albatross 台灣粉蝶 (táiwān fěndié) Appias lyncida formosana
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roof of the Girls Scouts Training Center 中華民國女童軍訓練中心
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purple sweet potato 紫薯 (zǐ shǔ) Dioscorea alata
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Corner near front door
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Stove heater
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Talking about cooperation
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Skylights
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Looking out of the house to the kitchen area
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Inside of house looking toward front door
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Sink basin and counter made from old sewing machine
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Discussing various combination of earthen building materials
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Clay from Taidong 台東
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Samples of bricks
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Various kinds of bricks
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Brick made with yellowish clay and rice straw
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Comparing weight, density, structure of different earthen bricks
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Wood shavings saved to make light bricks
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Lots of machinery
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Zhongren cuts wood with a large self-made CNC machine
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Workshop area
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Stars in the Wind entrance
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Workshop in covered hoop house
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Philip helps get a flower off the Yulan tree 玉蘭.
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Property owner and her friends
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Walking roots
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Walk back from vegan cuisine restaurant
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Itinerant garden-farming
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Collecting road surface runoff
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Talking with the property owner
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Tammy, Zhongren, Jianhong
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Rocks and rubbish
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View of adjacent plot with family company structure
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Looking toward the southwest corner of the property
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Sunset digital DJ
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Various other sprouts
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Sunflower, basil, marigold sprouts and more
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Basil sprouts
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Ginger leaves sprouting.
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Tumeric leaves sprouting
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Philip hunting African snails
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Outside "trough" that collects water, creating inside leaks/mold
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Flowering pear cactus on roof outside terrace garden
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Choko/chayote sprouting
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Young habanero plant getting ready to flower/fruit
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Edible amaranth with gigantic leaves
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Passion fruit seedling
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Habanero seedling (note wide leaves)
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Sunflower seed sprouting
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Marigold sprouts
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Andrew's new kitchen
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weeding and discovering forgotten crops
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Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
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counting grapefruits
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Tufted titmouse - Baeolophpus bicolor
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Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
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Ophelia
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Yellow Thistle - Cirsium horridulum
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Gray catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
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female Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
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male Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
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Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapilla
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Piper trys the water
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Piper
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Nerium oleander
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male Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
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shrimp plant - Justicia brandegeeana - false hop
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Walking Iris - Neomarica gracilis
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No more skiing as the snow retreats
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Mid-elevation scrub.
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Well-covered ground
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Comfrey and chives
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Chive blossom
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Baby cherry tomatoes
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Cherry tomato plants and passion fruit marigold
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beefsteak tomato plants
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rose geranium, parsley, passion fruit marigold, comfrey
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ground cover foods in the garden
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Guava tree bloom buds
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Irises
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tomatoes
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Tomatoes
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Tomatoes
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Early spring in the community garden on the second terrace
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Philip, Kanie, Weiwei and David and his dog
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Sweet potato growing among the rocks on the terrace garden
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Lunch thoughts
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Taiwan Maesa 台灣山桂花 (táiwān shān guìhuā) Maesa perlaria var. formosana
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Yuetao 月桃 drying
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Yuetao 月桃 strips drying
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Office planter wheat head
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Stream bed
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桐溪 (tóngxī)
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terrace overlooking the nearby stream
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Job's tears (aka pearl barley) 薏苡 (yìyǐ) Coix lacryma-jobi
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Ramie plant 青苧麻 (qīng níngmá) Boehmeria nivea - A particular variety grown in Taiwan by indigenous people to make cloth
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Colorful veggie beds
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Colorful veggie beds
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Colorful veggie beds
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Comfrey and colorful veggies
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Comfrey bell flowers up close
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Pointy-leaved, more heat tolerant comfrey with beautiful, bright purple bell flowers
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Lots of eggplants
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Wild life - skink
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Comfrey and lemon grass waiting to be planted, chives, parsley, thyme, etc
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鼠麴草 (shǔ qū cǎo) Gnaphalium affine
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early spring in the community garden
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fast growing annual from the chrysanthemum family
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Professional photographer
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Design presentation
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Design presentation
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first of the perilla
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stacking
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lettuce "flower"
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composting system and surroundings
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swiss chard, lettuce, oregano
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More of the plant
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Looks suspicious, like herbicide was used...hmmm
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Groundcover near wetter area
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What was it? Who ate it?
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Another constructed pond/wetland
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Native flower and groundcover
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compost pile in the orchard, which is now under the care of Potential Tsai
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More field crops, and some layering
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Interesting order of plants - need to ask Ah-chen about this
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Different crops being grown: carrots, asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, corn. Some black plastic mulch.
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Fields ready for the next round of planting
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some black plastic mulch; Ah-chen cuttiing weeds in the background
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edible leafy chrysanthemum
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buckwheat and?
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dragon whiskers
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bag and bamboo basket that I fell in love with
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Just planted sheet mulch planting bed
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just planted bag garden
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lettuce and radish in the hugelkultur
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early bajiao transplanting period
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food forest exercise
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台灣黃槿
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台灣黃槿
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And here, what should we grow here?
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What should we grow on this hillside?
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Several trees that were killed (or died)?
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Nice groundcover
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Views looking up the hill toward the hall
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bag garden filled but not planted
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Proud A-frame constructors
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Proud A-frame constructors
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A-frame construction
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Solanum?
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Wild native goosefoot (quinoa family)
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Adjacent "pineapple field" returning to wetland
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Adjacent "pineapple field" returning to wetland
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Not enough mulch and too little water!
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Taiwanese basil
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Path edges need more mulch and the edibles would do better
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Coriander flowers
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This compost system didn't work well - too dry
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food and medicinal plants growing everywhere
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greywater treatment and edible landscaping still intact although it could use more mulch!
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street offering
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Taipei alley
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eggplant
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eggplants
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Kanee on the stairs
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map
137.1 km Hsinchu 新竹 ride
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bamboo
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Vietnamese coffee and steamed corn
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resting at YuLao 宇老
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climb to YuLao 宇老
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Torist Belts
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view from above
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home work
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sprouting salads and radishes
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Almost finished (still needs more mulch)
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Center bed
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Finishing the paths
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Getting materials ready
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Lots of bamboo
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Ye Ye climbs up a steep hill to check a tangle of long, dense rattan
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pulling the long vines down out of the high trees
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Shitake mushrooms
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Why all the individual water pipes coming out of Zhongzhi?
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Coming up from the field of rattan palm
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Assessing the situation - these canes are not good enough.
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The trunk of rattan palm 黃藤 Calamus quiquesetinervius Burret
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The trunk of the rattan palm
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Harvesting tools
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overflowing water tank (video)
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and we're off
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eggplant
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ripe tomatoes
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cogs and sprockets
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transmissions
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springs shop
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Tammy helps a vendor pull her boxes across the road
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Tammy buying ginger and red jujube tea
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mushroom sellers in front of a traditional Chinese medicine shop
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burning incense in front of the temple
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Xiahai Chenghuang Temple 霞海城隍廟
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market vendor in front of traditional medicine shop
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Tammy buying peanut, sesame, and kumquat cakes.
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dried meat and fish
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Tammy buying sesame snacks
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old facade
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immature Asian Glossy Starling 輝椋鳥 Aplonis panayensis
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Common Magpie 喜鵲 (xǐquè) Pica pica
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Asian Glossy Starling 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo) Aplonis panayensis
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Asian Glossy Starlings 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo)
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in flight
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Taiwan Barbet 五色鳥 (wǔsè niǎo) Megalaima nuchalis
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Asian Glossy Starlings 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo)
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Mr. Guo is also an efficient cook
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Mr. Guo's wife
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Camelia bonzai - Mr. Guo is a very skilled horticulturist
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Old mud brick structure being protected
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New stone wall
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It can even be stood up
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Footpath stone work
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rice straw hay stack
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hand-hewn stone bench
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Beautifully maintained bamboo orchard
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Handmade bamboo baskets
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Machines and tools
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Close up of the threshing wheel
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Traditional foot-powered rice husking machine is still in use.
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Wild pigs come over from the forest to eat - the bane of local farmers
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Lots of life - no pesticides
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Mr. Guo has worked for about 10 years at rejuvenating the lands for eco-farming
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Structure made with hand-hewn stone
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Down the mountain in forested area
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Using yuetao plant for rope
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A short lesson in yuetao use
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Another view of the residential area layout
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Main house of three-sided traditional home design
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Gingers and tumeric dormant in winter
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dry compost in heavy rain
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ripe tomatoes
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garden river
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high water
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flowers and fruits
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Completed swales, plantings, greywater treatment system
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Completed banana circle
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Job's tears
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Job's tears
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Replanting along swales
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Swales completed
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Close up of tomato-like plant
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Earthbag foundation work.
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A-frame practice, marking out swales
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Proof that Alan visited the village.
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Learning about tools.
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I didn't know that you could (or would want to) make an alcoholic drink from this.
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Quickly cutting the canes into the right lengths before transporting them
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Further instruction on lengths for different-sized projects.
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A patient and very even tempered elder who has maintained the skills of his ancestors
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Shedding the thorny bark.
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Wielding the knife, a formidable skill.
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70 and still climbs trees to free the vines.
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Our patient instructor.
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The rattan palm are like vines, very long, twisting around and above the canopy.
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The rattan palm, very often completely covered in thorns.
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A winter violet.
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Getting ready to harvest the thorny rattan palm. Check out the knife holder.
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round on top, square on bottom
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basket in process.
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Ramie
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Thorny onion, indigenous plant used as flavoring herb, blood pressure medicine.
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Marian working the broadfork
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Marian working the broadfork
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20+ tomato fruit on one plant
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Milky mint plant leaves
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leaves of unidentified tree
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Small tree tomato
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Smaller tree tomato
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Tree tomato
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Tea tree
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Lemon tree guild: comfrey, rue, parsley, culantro, rose geranium, sweet potato.
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2013

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New Year's Eve at Patricia's
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pups in cold fog
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Weiwei
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Firespike 紅樓花 Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze
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Canna 美人蕉
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vetiver 培地茅/香根草 Chrysopogon zizanioides
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baby papaya fruit
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farmers friend 咸豐草 Bidens pilosa flower
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wet and sad habaneros
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Our first pineapple
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Eyebrowed Thrush 白眉鸫 Turdus obscurus on the water tank
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pups napping in the kitchen
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Close up of sheet mulch garden, still need a bit more on the top mulching
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sheet mulch garden
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Taiwan lasagna garden all planted
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Taiwan lasagna garden finished (for now)
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View from higher - with "Grandpa"
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View of garden from school building
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View of gardden from jungle gym
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Grandpa and granddaughter
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Younger kids for seed planting, watering
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Young children use their hand shovel to make holes for the seeds.
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Three work groups - 5th/6th grades for earth and bed building
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Day 2 - work starts anew
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Waiting for straw and other mulch, view from "north" looking "south"
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Day 2 - Waiting for rice straw, wood shavings and saw dust - no fertilizer
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School admin office
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School admin office
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School admin office
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dead Brown Spotted Pit Viper 龜殼花 Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus along the road
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Marking off beds -creative, but...
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Marking off beds
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Cardboard mulching
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Base land prep
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Work gets underway on a Sunday with kids, parents, teachers and more
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Garden site at the "north end of Taiwan"
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Garden site before
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shool ground
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Home gardens
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Sights near hostel
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Sights near hostel
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Reverse Heart-Shaped Cephalantheropsis orchid 黃花肖頭蕊蘭 Cephalantheropsis gracilis
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Taiwan Malan 台灣馬藍 Strobilanthes formosanus
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Siqianshui 四嵌水
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no tools and no note - just a neatly cut hole, worked on for months hidden under the hay
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Kanee discovers Tanuki's escape
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small snake in the garden
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Tianchi cabin visible
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hemp-agrimony 台灣澤蘭 (táiwān zé lán) Eupatorium cannabinum ssp. asiaticum
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Taiwan stranvaesia 玉山假沙梨 (yùshān jiǎ shālí) Photinia niitakayamensis
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台灣黃堇 (táiwān huáng jǐn) Corydalis tashiroi
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toad lily 台灣油點草 (táiwān yóu diǎn cǎo) Tricyrtis formosana
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Charcoal kiln remains
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匍堇菜 (pú jǐn cài) Viola arcuata
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匍堇菜 (pú jǐn cài) Viola arcuata
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Johnstone's Bush Robin 栗背林鴝 (lì bèi lín qú) Tarsiger johnstoniae
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Needham's Lace 台灣八角金盤 (táiwān bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia polycarpa Hayata
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Needham's Lace 台灣八角金盤 (táiwān bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia polycarpa Hayata
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蓪草 seedlings with many companions
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Tenacious vegetation
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Curly-cue dried grass
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the Peace Cafe is reopened after remodeling
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Patricia, Kathrin and Tammy
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Jason completing the back wall of the new compost bins
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Sowthistle tasselflower紫背草 Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
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Sowthistle tasselflower 紫被草 Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
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lilac tasselflower 紫背草 Emilia sonchifolia
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Abandoned safe
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Philip and Dan birdwatching from the road
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Fluffed Spotted Dove 珠頸斑鳩 Streptopelia chinensis
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Fligt over garden city
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Magpies at home
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DaAi program
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Greater Coucal 褐翅鴉鵑 Centropus sinensis
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蘇秋 Suqiu tells the story of Sifenzi 四份子
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Gray Treepie 樹鵲 Dendrocitta formosae
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water buffalo 水牛 Bubalus bubalis
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but crossable
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road damaged
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Kalamoji 卡拉莫基 qlang krmut
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Fushan river crawl video
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starting point
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down to the river
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discarded chainsaw on a rope
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Bruce
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on the trail

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lower garden reservoir
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flight over Quchi 屈尺 after typhoon Soulik 蘇力
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Road 2
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Road 2
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Road 2
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shredded leaf litter thrown up on the wall by typhoon winds
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after the storm
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terrace garden
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TongHou 桶后 to Jiaoxi 礁溪 crossover attempt with Bernard
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flowering orchid at the gate
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The Greater Green Snake 青蛇 (qīng shé) Cyclophiops major
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Carrying seedlings to the garden
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Fat skink head
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Philip waiting for the bus
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home nursery
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tug-o-war in the grass

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flying eaves
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Policed plaza at CKS
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CKS sunset

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Sun showing my age

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Tanuki
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Musa basjoo formosana 台灣芭蕉, 山芎蕉

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Hua-Dong 環花東國際大賽 bike ride

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A broader view of the place
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Lovely setting for an outdoor farmer's market
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Single mother running an organic farm
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Demonstrating how to easily peel bamboo shoots in one easy move
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Big leafy greens
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Carrots and other fruits and preserves
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Close up demonstration
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Close up demonstration
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Natural prints using plants and a fine hammer
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Local farm produce
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Organization doing the vermicomposting and farming projects involving people with special needs
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Worms to go
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Vermicomposting

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snakes of hydraulic cables
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New keyhole bed has been added, planting begins
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Creating new and rebuild old steps with new palm tree trunk material
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Recent rains and heavy use has taken out several steps.
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Stair reconstruction begins
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Tongho 桶後 suspension bridge
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Mandarin orange flowers, leaves indicate nutrient deficiency
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Fig tree with small fruit
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Pineapple plant
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Cabbage and perilla
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Lettuce and beets
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Mustard family food plant flowering and seeding
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Cabbage and cauliflower
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Purple/pink cabbage, regular cabbage, swiss chard, beans, lettuce
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Community garden stairs
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Community garden survey
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home composting
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This yellow marigold blooms later than our orange ones.
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Big, multilayered yellow marigold
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Visitors: male/female Nutmeg Mannikins 斑文鳥 (bān wén niǎo) Lonchura punctulata
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Pink cauliflower
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Cabbage and beets
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Lettuce and chard
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Brassilicas interplanted with chard and herbs
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Who says vegetable gardening isn't beautiful?
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Lettuce nearing the end of their season
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Bottom terrace beds after a few warm and dry days.
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cat hideout
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Nic and Tammy on the look out platform.
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Leveled site being considered for building
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Tammy gathering up things to leave the garden.
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Seedlings planted. Tammy with ubiquitous Taiwanese plastic bag.
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Radish and arugula and swiss chard sprouts emerging in new planting beds.
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Guild of cabbages, swiss chard, lettuce and green beans; Taiwanese basil struggling to make it through the winter
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End of the habaneros season

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morning walk
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South/east side of property
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K9 politics
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out to the SantaFe
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the spring run
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Santa Fe River
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lunch picnic
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pulling compost out from under the brush
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fish and turtle
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testing the water temperature
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armadillo foraging
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armadillo foraging
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boardwalk to the river
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Blue Springs
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trail head
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inscriptions on the side of the little temple
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cattle block on the trail
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97.1 k ride to Mingchi 明池
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view of herbicided slope above entrance to Garden City 花園新城
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from 孝子山
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bird race participants
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
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台灣雲杉 Picea morrisonicola
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Ready to fight off nuclear evil
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Gods arrive in front of the President's residence
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And orderly protest
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Grim Reaper
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and when we were raised
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When we died.
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Walking along Chung-hsiao
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Coming out Ximending toward the train station
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Lots of Tsai Ying-wen supporters
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Walking the modern canyons of Taipei City.
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And cars and motorcycles
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Vying for street space with the buses.
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Drummers and musicians keep things lively.
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Leading the protest
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We followed the yellow balloons.
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Wide range of age groups and backgrounds
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Women's groups, Green Party
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Fished.
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Bank mulched for protection
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Trees planted
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Garden beds and site finished
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More instruction
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Fruit trees in woody compost mulch
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Planting holes for the fruit trees
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Planted with leguminous ground cover and lemon grass
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Kids plant vegetable seedings
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Spoon drain being completed
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Bamboo retaining wall installed by Gemi and I
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Kids join in mulching
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Mulching the beds with straw
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Guava, papaya, pomegranate, passion fruit, etc.
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Cassava
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Making sure the beds are over a drain
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Filling the beds with soil
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and are installed
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top level for higher beds with built-in benches arrive
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Kids learn about fruit trees that will be planted
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leveling the beds
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List of tree/plant species
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Unloading tools
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Lynne does an inventory
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Fruit trees to plant for food forest
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Final day back on the project
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Deciding on layout
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The site is too small and has to be expanded
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Finishing drain in garden
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The bed structures arrive - made by Conrad and Sandra
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Rosa
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Maxime
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Pep talk from Nick
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Using bamboo as retainer material
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Bamboo splitter tool
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Gemi instructs me on proper spoon drain
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Putting in spoon drain
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Robert Burns
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Blue
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Blue and the man-made pond/lake
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Tasks are done on a rotational basis
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Our bus, lent to interns/students for excursions
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Back to Zaytuna for lunch
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Show of hands!
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Did you get your hands dirty?
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Stella is always stylish
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Some interns work with the kids
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While we do the real digging
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The children with their teachers "help"
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Manual excavation begins
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Clearing the pond and much of the galangal
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A pond overgrown with galangal
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Faan works a weed wacker for the first time
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Backrub while waiting
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Sleepers for the garden beds arrive
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Existing trees
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Tim of Zaytuna Farm measures the proposed site
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Designer and project manager confer with the school's rep teacher
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gravel and soil for the school garden we will create
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Yee is designer, Gemi the Project Manager - for the day
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Student living area
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Small guild of trees and plants
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Staring up at giants
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For a sense of scale
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Stand of giant bamboo
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Road above, water run-off collected
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Banana, even though the area sees some freezing
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Up near dam above the food forest
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Main crops garden ready for pig tractors
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Nicely coppiced trees
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Native edible plant?
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Trees and dappled sunlight in Zone V
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Coppiced tree
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Food gardens
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Vegetable gardens
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The other side of the "lake"
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Temperate trees and flat areas for ceremonies
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Part of large water area for water security, habitat
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Reed bed and filtering
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Flow forms for aeration
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Filtering pond
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Reed bed biofiltering system
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Classroom building with large veranda all around
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Many different areas provide covered but outdoor space
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Walking around central classroom
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showing part of the center building's draining system
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Large water tank with platypus, namesake of Djanbung Gardens
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Robyn shows how things connect - retired train carriages serve as student accomodations
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Part of a grey/black water biofiltering system
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Robyn gives a permie worker and I a tour of Djanbung Gardens
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Robyn's workhorse vehicle
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Checking out the product
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worm castings fertilizer for sale
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sweet gum
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pearl onions bed
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Julong hot springs 巨龍溫泉 coffee shop
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Taiwan common toad 盤古蟾蜍 (pángǔ chánchú) Bufo bankorensis
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瑪飛洑, Green Party Taiwan's presidential candidate, gives a talk in Garden City

2011

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@ peace
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Godzilla attacks!
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surfing the escalator
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Godzilla taking the subway
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Godzilla says goodbye to Tanuki
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getting ready to go
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Tanuki at the base of the terrace papaya
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Tanuki タヌキ
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Fall colors
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stream crossing the road bed
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remaining wall of road foundation
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keeping shoes dry
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trail head to A-Yu Mtn
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獅坑橋 "lion's pit bridge"
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frog eggs
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curvy road ahead
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stream crossing the road
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Bruce
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XiaoYi 孝義 village water source?
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stream crossing
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Fighting tree fern 筆筒樹 Cyathea lepifera withering disease 筆筒樹萎凋病 - infected trees are bagged?
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Hand-built stairs
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Rosella with seeds
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Compost bins
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Bananas for harvest
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Pups in their cage.
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Kanee
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Comfortable and artistic environment
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installed bathroom with composting toilet
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Echrine and Albert Lin
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Permaculture students
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Looking in
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Guest room
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Added kitchen and dining area
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Chicken coop
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Echrine expounds
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A water element at Echrine's beautifully crafted home
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Coastal highway scene
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Trusted navigator Yudong
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Weiwei with sister
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where the compost bins will be installed
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Preying Mantis beauty
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Fortune telling downstairs, and Alien museum upstairs
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seedlings for planting
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Patricia and Philip in the second terrace of the garden
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Tammy in early fall garden
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Philip taming the Rosella
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looking out the entrance
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eggplant
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beds being built, ready for in-place soil-building
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squash-loving bug
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Display of a journal reporting Taiwan/Formosa and aborigine topic
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A simple but attractive place
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Village chief and Paules' son
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The clans decisionmakers including Paules' older brother (village chief, pointing) and mother to the right of him
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Paules, her younger brother (middle) and older brother (right)
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We meet one of the main Paiwan clans of Nantian Village.
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Small frog on the beach among the driftwood
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Beach and forest near nesting area
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Tropical coastal landscape
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Lintou, a native plant in the same family as the pineapple
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Accusations of "fake" environmental groups and falsehoods
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More dog cuteness
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Eagle expressing his frustration with his accommodations
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The roof of the structure in front of the place Eagle and other volunteers had been staying in has been blown down by the most recent typhoon
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Edge of Hsuhai town
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Definitely the most eye-catching place in the whole town.
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Well-appointed courtyard
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Mini museum of ethnic kitsch
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We enter Hsuhai and note their banners
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Advertising for places farther down the road
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Nice footbridge across the boggy parts of the wetland
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Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area, a particular favorite of bicycling and eco tourists.
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inland wetlands and lakes dot the area
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banana harvest (video)
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look from the bottom of the bananas
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Flower starts to drop petals
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Tammy checking out the soil and land form of lower terrace
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hunting
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stepping up
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Philip and Jacques-Yves conferring on their projects
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Green chilies
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another view of entrance to top terrace garden
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Sweet potato leaves
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A more leafy Rosella, with less flowers
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Rosella (luosenhua) flowers, which will be harvested and used like a fruit, beginning to form,another hibiscus family plant,
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papayas in the banana/papaya circle have grown very quickly
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Pumpkin that needs thinning
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Okra plant just starting to fruit
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Eggplant, green onions, chili peppers - summer crops start to produce
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greening and growing, the garden starts to look like a garden
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Love among the thorns.
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Composting cicada
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Forest begonia flowers and their characteristic leaves
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Time to take a dip
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Tirumala septentronis
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Sunset after thunderstorms
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Mediterranean-inspired meal of tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, zucchini, and pine nuts with garden herbs on rice.
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Bell pepper plant, constantly under siege so far by solanum-loving beetles
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Herb spiral plants likes the shade cloth.
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Jason, Chu, Stefani and others come out for the Sunday work/gathering.
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Patricia carries leaf mulch
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Daiwen
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Building materials for first spiral are a bit scarce - so we work with what we have
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Pile two
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Pile one
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first manure is spread
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Daiwen works on garden bed soil
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Daiwen, Chu, & Mingzhu start marking out paths and beds
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garden takes shape with spirals
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two large piles of manure in front of the first terrace - looks small for two tons
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top and bottom bucket coordination the most tiring aside from shoveling
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Peipei shovels for quite some time in the steamy inside of the covered truck bed
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lots of breaks after intense work sessions moving the warm manure
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second break and neighbor brings nice cucumbers to quench our thirst
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the garden site work crew after our first manure moving
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thank goodness for the little digger and its operator Rudy
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workshops and living quarters on the ranch
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the basic site design is introduced
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still lots more work to do
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stairs start to take form
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main entrance to site
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Philip in the garden
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cardboard and other material used to suppress existing vegetation growth
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evidence of dumping of road construction waste originating near our house
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Patricia - taking the initiative
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growth is cut down close to the ground and left on the ground to compost under the cardboard
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clearing and cardboard mulching begins
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first work - improve access to the site
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third plot in very overgrown, damp plot - mushroom cultivation?
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stairs of some kind certainly in order
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shade cloth nearly buried by the plant growth
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wire shelves and pots near main entrance
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Bottom terrace, large banana clump in back of Tammy.
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View of second more overgrown lower terrace from inside the uncovered hoophouse.
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home grown salad
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Tammy discussing gardening plot with Mr. Gao
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Sean and pack
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colorful lunch
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four sponges
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removing seeds and skin from a dried luffa fruit 絲瓜
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Steere's Liocichla 黃痣藪鶥 (huáng zhì sǒu méi) Liocichla steerii
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the length of the trail is generously staired with repurposed railway ties
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Shaolai Siaosyue Mtn trail head at 35.2k 稍來小雪山步道登山口
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Taiwan Yuhina 褐頭鳳鶥 (hè tóu fèng méi) Yuhina brunneiceps
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inside the cabins
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Dan and Paul in our cabin
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gardens
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Syueshan bridge 雪山橋
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Dan and Paul ordering lunch in Houli 后里, 1:30PM
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saying goodbyes and Shenglin feeds the dogs/animals
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the gardens from above
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happy creature
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Xiao-er (small ears)
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eggs and fresh greens
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temple to wood
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3D spider
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library and educational materials area and loft for overnighting above
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drying and curing herbal medicines
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Shenglin, Daiwen and ??
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Shenglin eating a green vegetable from the chrysanthemum family
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a drought tolerant, hanging style daoshouxiang
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grape trellis
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playhouse above the composting toilet
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geese devasted the bordering greenery
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a tree house
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waterway
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fowl composters
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spiral herb mound with lavender
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Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root 馬利筋 (mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
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Angelica sinensis 當歸 (dāngguī)
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movable chicken house
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mobile duck coop covers a bed
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composting toilet
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trellis and nursery next to the communal building
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drying lemons over wood coals
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Daiwen, Tammy and Shenglin
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Ya-ya on pest control
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A-hui and bread oven
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front of communal building with land owner's house and parking area above
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Wisteria 紫藤 (zǐténg) Fabaceae
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NZ spinach/warrigal green 蕃杏 under a lemon tree (by joy)
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Chinese radish (daikon) (by joy)
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front patio
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kitchen
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Calico Plant 紅莧 Alternanthera bettzickiana L., edible, very nutrious red ground cover
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beautiful white and purple coriander flowers
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巴蔘菜, a hardy herb, leaf edible and root very valuable, good for nerve system
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inner zone and farther tree orchard area
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food, fragrance, COLOR!
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view of one side of graden from atop the house
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view of pathways and house
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papaya blown sideways in typhoon
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fennel, lettuces, celery, etc.
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avocado tree seedling
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mulberry, unidentified seedling, and macadamia nut tree seedlings
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Chinese radish (daikon) that survived the white moth catepillars, green onions and other plants near the foundation of the house
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huge fennel and bulbs
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巴蔘菜, tumeric, New Zealand spinach, fennel, a plant that flowers all year and bees love it, behind fennel is yacon
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layered mulch, compost bins with happy parsley
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close up of the Arrowhead plant and flowers
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Arrowhead 慈菇 Sagittaria sagittifolia L., an edible aquatic plant/vegetable with lovely flowers
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ginger growing in dryish mulch layers
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another view of the house and regrowing mango trees
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composting and getting ready for climbing plants
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more composting and growing
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composting of all kinds and plants growing in the composted material
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Bajiao clump on side of property adjacent to open fields
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Joy telling us how she starts seedlings in ground and protects them with plastic carton
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dill, marigold and oregano
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one of several retention ponds to catch water during the rainy season
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dill in flower
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White Crane Flower 白鶴靈芝草Rhinacanthus nasutus, a flowering medicinal herb
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Nice chili pepper plant
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lemons and marigolds
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new growth and flower on old mango tree
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healthy thick parsley
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first shot of Joy's lovely permaculture garden
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close up of Daiwen's husband (right) and friend
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sign pointing back to where we started in Tainan city
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Formosan Ash 台灣光蠟樹 (白雞油) Fraxinus formosana Hayata, known for its excellent wood and air filtering and other properties
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district office downtwon Tainan
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Friend of Daiwen's husband met me at the station
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Tammy at Zhitan Mtn 直潭山, 728m
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sidepath north toward New Garden City
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Tammy on the ridge from Erlong 二龍山 to Zhitan Mtn 直潭山
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panorama
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Crested Goshawk
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Jackfruit tree 波羅蜜 Artocarpus heterophyllus or A. heterophylla
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Use of drink cartons as mulch?
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Walk around the village
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inside of village chief's "liang-ting"
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overgrown irrigation channel
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itinerant vegetable gardening
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Proposed conceptual plan for the site.
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Drive riverbed, even though rains have recently fallen.
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monoculture afforestation
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train station (hardly used) serves as a community center of sorts
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more azaleas on poor soil behind the train station
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rocks used in design
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squash or melon on the loose
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puny patch of azaleas barely visible
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ground cover legume
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The school provides land for nursery projects.
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Yiru and our hosts, development planners and hiking trails association meet at local school near project site
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Baboo coming out for a walk
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cherry litter in the bird bath
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Daiwen visits
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Lunch with Mindy and Larry
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White's Thrush 虎斑地鶇 Zoothera dauma
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Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis formosae in budding Taiwan cherry 山櫻花 Prunus campanulata
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dumplings with pumpkin sauce
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Eye-browed thrush 白眉鶇 Turdus obscurus
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mountains shadowed
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southern Taipei city and beyond from balcony
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juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus
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juvenile Malayan Night Heron 黑冠麻鷺 Gorsachius melanolophus
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View of extended family homestead above garden area.

2010

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second home bean harvest
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Formosan Whistling-Thrush 台灣紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis dressed for cold
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Salad fixins - nasturtium flowers, dandelion, lettuce and parsley
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Rd 10 from above
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retired NGC water treatment plant
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Baboo in the Girl Scout field
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Paul's plot in NGC
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forest farming
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a new side path
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forest path
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Edible giant, purple-stemmed taro and non-edible elephant's ear, 姑婆芋 Alocasia macrorrhiza
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butterfly
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cat on the stairs down from the house
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Starfruit in Wenzhou neighborhood

2011

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Taipei City Government extolling the virtues of greening projects (this by EP)

2010

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flower
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old railway section
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downstream
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upstream
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back down to Shikeng Bridge 獅坑橋, 4PM
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Thomas
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Dan at Ayu Mtn 阿玉山
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2011

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Patricia and Menghui at the local flea market.

2010

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Thomas coming through the fog
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Dan in the rainforest
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bird for lunch
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200 minutes to Lumen mtn 露門山
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Dan and Thomas leaving the road 阿玉山登山口
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Shikeng Bridge 獅坑橋, 2 hours in
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獅坑橋
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mushroom
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Thomas
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waterfall over road embankment
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cooking fire
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campsite
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Thomas follows the old road bed cut through the mountan side
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
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Dan and Thomas waiting for Bruce at the bottom of the NGC road, 6AM
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Spoonleaf Kalanchoe 倒吊蓮 Kalanchoe spathulata (Poir.) DC.
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treating power insulators
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bug
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Address of Rong-ze's place in Xinxian
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seed head of a locally edible grass
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collecting veggies
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Rong-ze collecting leafy vegetables for dinner
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Zisu, at the end of its season and maybe a bit nutritionally deficient
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back at the garden plot to collect sweet potato leaves and other vegetables
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planted lintou
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cascading waterfall upstream
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place to dip your toes above a cascading waterfall
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path down to the river
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start of an herb patch
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Entering Rong-ze's garden plot
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Bushiban Pub

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Terrace edge garden - left side covered; right side not. New pots of herbs getting started.
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Another shot of the terrace garden's most westerly corner with the hazy valley void below and beyond.

2010

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Silver grass, Sword grass 五節芒 Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex S.& L.
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Aralia bipinnata 裡白?木(台灣?木)
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web of power
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Night Blooming Cereus (Queen of the Night) 曇花 (tan2hua1) 花苞 Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw
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sculpture on the way down our stairs
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swale work
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Christopher and Bella
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Christopher and Bella
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back at HQ
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Great Egret
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Santa Fe River
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turtles on a log
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flycatcher
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Great Egret
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Great Egret
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family of deer on the bank
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roots
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Blue Heron
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Wood Stork
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Jim coming upstream
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swale work
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Christopher in the kitchen
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Christopher
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Poe Springs feeds into the Suwannee River
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sandwiches
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Tammy
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final light
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Ophelia
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back yard
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Old Barn
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end of the day
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Clumping bamboo
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Pitcher plant like?
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Coral Bean (Cherokee Bean) 瞻繭竅簡穡禱簧瓣 Erythrina herbacea
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Vick's plant 維琪到手香Plectranthus purpuratus
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rosemary flower
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Cuban Oregano 到手香 Plectranthus amboinicus
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herb garden
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mini bananas
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Giant Castor Bean Plant ãɳ Euphorbiaceae
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Roselle 洛神花 Hibiscus sabdariffa
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comfrey, knitbone - Symphytum
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Malabar Spinach 落葵 Basella alba
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Bamboo works
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Mother-of-pearl-plant, Ghost plant 石蓮花 Graptopetalum paraguayense
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Pinecone Ginger - Zingiber zerumbet
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Giant Waterlily
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lawn care
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tiles stacked in bedroom
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kitchen
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female broad-billed hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris
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petroglyphs
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petroglyphs
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petroglyphs
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Mom and Britney
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back porch
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side w/shed
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backyard fence
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Neighboring unit in the back
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Outdoor eating area
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Scrappy-doo up close
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Mom's backyard w/ shed
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Sexy Cindy
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Mom at the backdoor to her place
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Visit to client/friend of Cindy's
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Jacquita and Mom at J's place
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Sleepy Cindy
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Nic and Aunt Tammy
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Mom, Jacquita and Cindy
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Mom and Jacquita
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mountains in the distance
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fall sunset
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Indie and Ginger
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Mom looking bright
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More new patio and outside shower (ideas for a greenhouse)
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Cupcake
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Cupcake (or Angel) and Sybill
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Cindy off from work
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Hippy Nicholas in Hunter S. Thompson substyle
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Kendall working on the ducting
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Narita, Japan airport
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going back home
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Nick and Taroko Gorge
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Lucy and Dodo
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olive frog 腹斑蛙 (fù bān wā) Babina adenopleura
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Oleander Hawk-moth 夾竹桃天蛾 (jiàzhútáo tiāné) Daphnis nerii
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flowering tumeric
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local farmers sell their produce to the visitors
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preparing and selling Matzu bamboo shoots
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butterfly food plants
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Looking over the water area that has become a popular play area
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End of the trail. Do not enter.
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crepe myrtle with interesting shape/history
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fungus
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finally back to the rocky path again
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stairs put more repetitive strain on knees than uneven rock paths
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going down is much harder than going up
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Philip smiles
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heading back down
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large crepe myrtle
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someone attempted to fell the tree many years ago
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looking up
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together at the foot of an ancient tree
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inspiration for Japanese animes
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lots of dogs on the trail that day
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catching up with a few other larger groups
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Dan stays in front of us most of the way
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Dan coming up the trail
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mushrooms
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micro-forests
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hot enough for shorts
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fruit stop one
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the main walks
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clearer picture of the alternating buffer to create a slower, meandering flow
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more substantive control barrier at the end of this diversion
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diversion design with rocks at end to slow speed and reduce erosion
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erosion control using alternating buffers to slow the water down
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cluster of subcostate crape myrtles 九芎 Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne
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shaded gentler climb
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stairs and more stairs
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nice old tree
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lots of stairs
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safety lines next to landslide
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Philip framed by forest
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beginning of long climb
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chicken being baked in clay urns
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Lucy yawns
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broken roof leaks
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home peppers
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View south along Roosevelt Road from Pristine balcony
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among stones
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local traffic
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Jim
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Heping 和平
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crossing the NanAo river 南澳溪
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moth
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Tongho stream toward the east
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upstream
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Wulai town from the coffee shop
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the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 flows below the road toward Wulai
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emerging
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Jim and Philip
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Tammy taking pictures of Jim's jump
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first dive in the river
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Jim and Tammy in the Agrimony
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Tammy in the Bamboo
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Drupal conference - Jimmy and OS friend
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Drupal conference
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a favorite noodle and sushi/sashim place
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song to the earth and our connection to life
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Wenxian sends everyone home with cleaned, steamed tasty peanuts
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appreciating the day and Wenxian's sharing
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final question and answer
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processing almost complete
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peanut processing
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peanut harvest production
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peanut harvest ready for initial processing - removing the peanuts from the plants!
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來把花生處理一下
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看出根部有豆科植物常見的根瘤菌嗎?
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該怎麼辦呢?
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好棒!滿滿的花生!
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葉大哥也加入
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文獻來張獨照
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怡誠和維茵也戰果豐碩
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永浚也來一張
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Fay很開心
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原來整株花生長這樣
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淑芳:這比挖竹筍輕鬆多了!
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Zach 覺得非常有趣,不但滿手竹筍,連頭上也冒出來了
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辛苦挖出來的竹子根塊
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backbreaking work
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竹筍寶寶
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又找到一棵!
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力氣不後還是需要林大哥幫忙,老農果然經驗豐富。
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阿立發現有找竹筍的天賦
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雖然有的竹筍還不大,挖出來超有成就感!Ta 與Tammy合作愉快
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others harvest bamboo tips
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Ahli harvests bamboo
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the pick comes out
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a very laborious process
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這一區是太老的竹子,需要壯丁們協助徹底除根
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many tips to harvest
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瞧!切下來後,要把底部沾土,以鎖住裡面的水分
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觀察哪裡有竹筍可以挖
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Tool for potatoes or other small root crops.
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Getting ready to show the tools
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review of work
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Huck Lin, and environmental educator visiting/working in Taiwan
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林大哥和德川伯幫忙切西瓜
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下午體驗活動開始 afternnon event starts
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文獻妻子小葉子回來,補上美麗的蕃茄 lovely little tomatoes wrapped in elephant ear leaf
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開動囉!
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finally, we eat
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we all sing
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more singing
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gathering around the table to eat
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around the table
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美食上桌!香椿乾麵、生菜、茄子、南瓜、豆子、花生、絲瓜、竹筍、蘿蔔與鳳梨、還有Tammy帶來自種醃製甜菜根....
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大功告成,辛苦了!(中間還有Peter準備火箭爐、Fay領軍一起煮麵.....但是煙霧太大沒有拍照)
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慈美老師發現牛蒡新功能:遮陽!(也算是一物多功能的樸門原理!)
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eggplant, beans, herbs
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一起來摘菜,準備午餐材料:茄子、長豆、生菜、牛蒡
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這是什麼?
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food forest gardening
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毛豆,七月底要收成 green soybean (maodou) harvesting at end of July
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getting our work instructions
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herbs growing here and there
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artificial pond created for massive water retention
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vegetables, herbs in front and orchard in back
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truly a green oasis now
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how to tell when to harvest, soil just cracking where bamboo tip will emerge
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preparing to harvest bamboo for eating
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Wenxian in the Galangal «nÁ¤ nan2jiang1
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這是竹筍!bamboo tip ready for harvest
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walk about before we start work
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water trough serves to draw water away from house
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pest control for Guava
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大家聽得很認真 meeting in shady place for pre-work intro to tools
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Guava cultivation
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Inside farmhouse we gather to sing before orientation and work
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Straight, evenly spaced trees (single species) indicate an afforestation effort after logging.
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layers upon layers of vegetation
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Tammy and Philip
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mushrooms
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Back into the forest after the trail traverses a landslide that has opened an area
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a view of the Nanshi stream 南勢溪 far below
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sun and shadow as we walk up along river valley
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Fushan village 福山部落
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Atayal decorated earth tunnel
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Bruce driving
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back home
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carrying Baboo back home
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carrying Baboo up to the field
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forest rat on the path
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Alan and Menghui at newly opened NGC Cafe as Alan departs to India
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Sierra at Hongfu temple 洪福宮
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debriefing
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Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠
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Linkou Power Plant 林口發電廠
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lin tou or some other pineapple relative?
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look well fertilized with animal and other waste
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rocks and plastic sand
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young dogs on the edge of the dry pond
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rocks rolled and cracked by the pounding waves
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lost buoys
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typical looking Taiwan waste
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very well colonized
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wood washed up from the bottom of the ocean
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and sofa
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coast flowers
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fly with us
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plastic wool
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And plant life emerges
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Washed up debris from?
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one of four streams with household, industry and pig waste pollution
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fisherman's shelter under coastal roadway
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abandoned fishing boats
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discussion on how the raised expressway virtually cut off flow of people/goods/business on each side
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Sierra and Tammy
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approaching the stack of the Bali incinerator
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bunker remains 廢棄的碉堡
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Attempts at preventing land slide
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Our guide on local ecosocial history 陳健一(板橋社大講師,湳仔溝水岸聯盟召集人)
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Linkou Taiping Coastal Trail head 林口鄉 太平濱海懷舊古道入口
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Ficus tree where Baboo's sister was buried
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mango babies
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traditional Japanese-era roofing
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福木 clusiaceae trees in bloom
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magnolia 木蘭 about to bloom
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gauge panel
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Jimson Weed 曼陀羅 Datura suaveolens flower pods
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Giant taro 海芋
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Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 Acacia confusa flowers
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Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
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Black Drongo 大卷尾 Dicrurus macrocercus
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Taiwan Lily
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dispersing to find food
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dispersing to find food
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birth of a swarm of beetles?
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Subway
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back lane near Taida and Pristine office
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urban farming
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Pristine elevator
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Viva Pasta
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Tung blossom snow in the forest
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Tung tree 油桐..Vernicia fordii blossoms
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home stretch
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Baboo
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papyrus flower
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carrot flower
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Baboo and Tammy
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Land Planarian 笄渦蟲 Bipalium kewense
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Common Windmill 大紅紋鳳蝶 Byasa polyeuctes termessus caught in web
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Common Raven 無尾白紋鳳蝶 Papilio castor formosanus
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up toward Stone Bamboo Shoot Peak 石筍尖 at 520m and Shu Lang Peak 薯榔尖 at 622m
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back toward Jingtong 菁桐 and Pingsi 平溪
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butterfly
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unfurling tree fern frond
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Tammy is collecting lantern skeletons
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Dan
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Tammy
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female Staff Sergeant 單帶蛺蝶 Athyma selenophora laeta
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Tammy coming down the stairs
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Cobra lily 天南星 Arisaema
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tree fern frond
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mushrooms
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Philip at tunnel entrance
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Tammy
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Philip above parked motorcycle
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Tammy
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toward Stone Bamboo Shoot Peak 石筍尖 (is dangerous)
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flowers
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skink
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figs
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butterfly
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La Vida Loca
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Dan
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toward 四分尾山
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Dan talking to a farmer along the trail
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grey-cheeked fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia on tree fern frond
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toward Sijhih-Pingsi Highway 汐平公路
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toward Row Baan Ridge 肉板? at 549m
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Dan
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uncurling tree fern frond
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Short-legged Japalure 短肢攀蜥 Japalura brevipes
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mushrooms
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相鄰小孔菌 Microporus affinis
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dragonfly
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black mushroom
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coal
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coal on the ground
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Cobra lily 天南星 Arisaema
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Native Zanthoxylum
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Corydalis tashiroi Makino 台灣黃菫
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Tammy coming up the stairs
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stairs
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new groth on tree fern
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tree fern frond
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tree ferns used for protection of planted crops
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Dan at the crossroads
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organic vegetable garden
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vegetables, bamboo and bananas
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chives
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Early spring leafy vegetables
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Taiwan Heliophorus 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae (Hoa-gi)
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raised beds treated with fermenting organic compost
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typical Asian vegetable growing config. leafy vegetables below with climbing fruit over
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passion fruit and flower
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Furong (a kind of hibiscus)
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Dan at first stairs
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Native taro growing in confluence of village run-off and stream
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Pinghsi turn-off
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heavy traffic on tomb sweeping weekend

2009

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looking up restored slope area
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Patricia monitors the site's changes; papayas and dragon fruit planted slightly more inward.
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other low bushed (osmanthus) and Taiwan cypress along bottom edge
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endemic 茄苳Bisxhofia javanica Blume trees recently planted along edge
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stable back area, dog path at bottom edge
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dog path to the forest below
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side view looking toward adjacent farm/garden
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slope top side view
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whole tangerines are removed to the nearby forest (cleave and toss instructions needed)
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bird's-eye view of restored slope (bottom)
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bird's-eye view of restored slope 3/14/2010 (top)

2010

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area at the bottom of our neighborhood
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mushrooms
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from Cingtiangang 擎天崗 toward Pingdengli 平等里
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Mimi in the stream
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Bruce and Mimi
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new broad-leaf fern 雙扇蕨 Dipteris conjugata
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toward Cingtiangang 擎天崗
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coprophilic mushrooms
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potential compost site near girl scout camp gate and top of path to two sections of residences
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path of slate salvaged from a nearby renovation project
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field aflower
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通泉草 (tōng quán cǎo)
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broad-leaf plantain with 蛇梅 (shé méi) in the grass of field above our house
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饑荒草 (jīhuāng cǎo) wild chrysanthemum growing in medium at Xinhai road near Taidian MRT station
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green stick bug in edible purple plant
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celery stalks harvested from our home terrace garden
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aquaculture
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蛇木 (shé mù)
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close look at ancient tree fern species
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sweet gum 楓香 (fēng xiāng) Liquidambar
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looks like a stone but is a seed
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fern spores
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comparison of normal 孔雀豆 and 小實孔雀豆
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seeds used for jewelry and accessories
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銀葉樹 (yín yè shù) leaves
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name of book showing evolution of cultivated fruits
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study of fruit sectioning and seeding from original to cultivated form
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Fans - most to least environmentally friendly and functionally efficient - traditional palm fan, paper/wood fan, plastic/wood fan, plastic fan
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discarded nest of a parasitic insect of the 小實孔雀豆
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Orchid cultivation with more natural materials
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cycad 台東鐵樹 (táidōng tiěshù)
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first floor back classroom
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side conversation among construction people prior to stakeholder meeting
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stakeholder meeting participants
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city gov building planner and construction firm people
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Scaly Thrush, White's Ground Thrush 虎鶇 Zoothera dauma a winter resident in NGC
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male Plumbeous Water-redstart 鉛色水鶇 Rhyacornis fuliginosa
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mushrooms on the trail steps
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Jason and George
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a small landslide
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Tammy
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Peipei and Huck
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Peipei and Huck
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Tammy and Jason
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Jason and Tammy
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Jason and Tammy
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Huck and Jason
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Huck
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Philip
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Peipei
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resting at the stream crossing
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Peipei crossing a bridge
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mushrooms
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figs
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Tammy
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Mindy and Kevin
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strawberry and sweet marjoram
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more growth in the garden - let's eat
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late Jan. growth
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view down the stairs
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cherry trees blossom in front of our landlord's front door redesigned as the face of a clown
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Lucy
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Mimi, Lucy and Lucky on the girl scouts' field
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end of razor grass seeding
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added cherry blossom color
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view from kitchen
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clown in the cherry blossoms
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landlord's clown entrance above us
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flowering pineapple sage
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Open Space Technology preparations
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hiking group warms up at MRT plaza
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small landslide behind Girl Scouts camp
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stairs viewed from kitchen
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Elijah passes away on 2/5
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microcosmos
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carpeted stone
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construction fail
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visit Alan, 1/24
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red ivy, green wall
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pregnant papaya
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datura
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cherry blossoms 1/24
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gulps of red wine
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drinking and toasting all around
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dance number by CISA staff
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entertainment by CISA staff
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Philip and rhino at Pristine
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sign
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bamboo in the snow
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Philip and Mike
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Philip and Mike recirculating
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Alishan Gentian 阿里山龍膽 Gentiana arisanensis
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Bruce and Mike
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Mike before Taoshan 桃山
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Bruce
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3.5k to the Taoshan 桃山 trailhead camp site
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First at Syue Mountain Trailhead 雪山登山口 2140m
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TaiDa Bamboo sculpture at night
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Tammy at Mary Jane's
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Elijah 1/15
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Baboo
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test shots wtth Powershot A570 IS
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test shot with Tammy's new Canon Powershot A570 IS
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Puyuma known for their cross stitch patterns and other stitching techniques
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Lots of flowers in the Puyuma designs
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Basket (traditional?)
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Traditional pouring vessel
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Small number of Turuku speakers
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Paiwan traditional and updated fashion
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The Amis in their dance friendly clothes and flourescent fringe.
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nettle leaves
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papyrus flowers
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parsley bloom
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nettle flowers
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rosemary, nettles, basil, peppers, dandelion
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giant dandelion plant
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swiss chard, beets, lettuce, comfrey, parsley and peppers
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mid-winter garden on west corner
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looking at drawings, plans
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local vegetables
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forest area to the north
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Recycling station near SongDe
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Tammy crossing the Girls Scouts' field
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maple leaves
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Mimi checks construction
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Taiwan maple near our place
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second bedroom

2009

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young White plum blossom snake, Formosa wolf snake 白梅花蛇 Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati in a gutter hear home
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home orchid
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female Glassy Tiger 姬小紋青斑蝶Parantica aglea maghaba in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
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Dan and Tammy inspect a discarded screen
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Dan collecting trash
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praying mantis (photo by Dan)
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Philip
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back toward ZhiTan Mtn 直潭山 or 2.6k to Barefoot Orchid Mtn 赤腳蘭山
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Forest Bureau work manifest (photo by Dan)
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Philip photographing Tammy (photo by Dan)
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AnBaoJian Mtn 暗寶劍山 680m
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flowering orchid
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flowering orchid
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Alpinia sp.
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Dan
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red berries
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Dan and Philip
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Dan and Philip
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endemic Tongeia hainani 台灣黑燕蝶 in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
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male Purple Sapphire 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
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unfurling frond
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zhu2bo2
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iridescent beetle in solanum
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Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
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Saturday morning - Tammy, Dan, Baboo and Elijah
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tea with Alan and 孟蕙
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flowering passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis vine flower
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Mimi on Adrian's doorstep
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yellow orchid flowering at front door
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female Indian Fritillary 黑端豹斑蝶 Argynnis hyperbius
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Sarah and Mantou 饅頭
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Common Grass Yellow 荷氏黃蝶(黃蝶) Eurema hecabe
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female Common Hedge Blue 台灣琉璃小灰蝶 Acytolepsis puspa myla on a bergamont bloom ?
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Sarah
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flowering passion fruit 百香果 Passiflora edulis vine flower
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flowering lemon verbena 檸檬馬鞭草 aloysia triphylla
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horsetail 木賊屬 Equisetum bud greeting
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sprouting driftwood in the terrace garden
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Taoist temple emerges from the clouds
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home gate
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door orchid flowering
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fruiting Shell Ginger 月桃 Alpinia zerumbet
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roadside weed
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Sunset from the terrace
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traveler resting on mushroom (photo by Dan)
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Jonathan and Tammy
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grass seed
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Tammy and Jonathan
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Dan
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Jonathan (photo by Dan)
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Philip in front of Yellow rattan palm 黃藤 Daemonorops margaritae (photo by Dan)
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Tammy
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Tammy
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Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 Matrona cyanoptera, male 雄 endemic 台灣特有種
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Formosan Jewelwing 白痣珈蟌 Matrona cyanoptera, female 雌 endemic 台灣特有種
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Tammy
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shelter
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washed out road facing
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Spangle 黑鳳蝶/黑鳳蝶 Papilio protenor (photo by Dan)
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相鄰小孔菌 Microporus affinis
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Stejneger's grass lizard 蓬萊草蜥 Takydromus stejnegeri
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Formosan Piedwing 中華珈蟌 (北台亞種) Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus (male)
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Dan, Jonathan, Tammy
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elder 冇骨消(蒴翟) Sambucus formosana Nakai
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Leopard Spot 黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia hypselis scatinia
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crickett
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Triangle Skimmer, Lesser Blue Skimmer, Libellula melania 鼎脈蜻蜓 Orthetrum triangulare
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救一救
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victms of Morakot must take care of themselves
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disasters can catch people in the streets in their pajamas
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three judges of the kangaroo court
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flowering and fruiting papaya
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new dog rules
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drainage from the farm
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inspecting the farmhouse
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Tammy and Alan
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Sometimes a great teacher comes up the mountain
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Greg - steep descent to Guishan 龜山
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Two Dragons Mountain 二龍山
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homestead at the end of the road
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GuangXing 廣興 below
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Gate to front of another host's place
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Post-site inspection good-byes
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Picking guava
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environmentalist Liu Li-lan 劉麗蘭 and two other local hosts
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T-shirt message: "The heavens are watching what we do."
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beautiful organic garden/farm (Li-lan's) in Zone 3
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Local nature workshops and car recycling
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Nice organic farms in Zone 3
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Lotus pond in Zone 2 associated with legend about baby crying and saving the brass
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building remains with older and newer constructed walls
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Bunker building from the side
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Aquaculture (mosquito breeding?)
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Another structure up on a hill overlooking the area
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Lilan and George under the hoops
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Bunker building from the front
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Supposedly surveilled
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Forested paths between the buildings
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Walking toward one of the bunker buildings
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Walking to two other structures/location considered for conference use in Zone 1
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Robin and Li-lan 麗蘭 introduce the area and history
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One of our local hosts
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Robin and APGN gang meet up at Tucheng Armory Depot 土城丹藥庫
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flowering Tropical Almond 大業欖仁 (other names:枇杷樹、雨傘樹、龜仔樹楠仁樹、環保樹) Terminalia catappa L.
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Sarah at KGBs
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Philip in the elevator at Pristine
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flowering papaya
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flowering Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula
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fruiting betelnut
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the road cuts through stone
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farm pond
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mushrooms
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filed of cassava 木薯 Manihot esculenta
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coordinates
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animal shelter? off the road
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tire stairway
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machinery tower on Zhitan ridge
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Dan
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making the wish
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Gloria and Stefani
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banana fruit and flower
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beautiful Julong 巨龍
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the river rages by below
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intermission gathering spot
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Dan in cold water
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Tammy - almost 46C
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Stefani chills
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Dan gets hot headed
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view upstream from our room
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lower Guishan bridge 下龜山橋 at 燕子湖
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Stefani and 小范 in Atayal bamboo home
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Tammy
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Stefani
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小范
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Tammy
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Tammy on the watermelon
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Stefani
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小范
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Tammy
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Stefani
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fishermen and couple on opposite bank
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Tammy, Stefani and 小范
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Tammy, Steffani and 小范
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Klaus
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Mari and Katherine
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Stefani
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小范
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Algis
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Patricia & Jacques-Yves
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Patricia
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Liling & 小范
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leave at 5:30, we drive back to Taipei in heavy rain
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Philip
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Peter eating dragon fruit (pitaya) 火龍果 Hylocereus
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Tammy
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the tung trees have been removed from the forest, the ground is now overrun with heartleaf hempvine 蔓澤蘭 Mikania cordata
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view of the L shaped plot
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the farmers
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Tammy
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Daiwen picking guava
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second student's plot, 3:20 PM
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driveway test as we leave, 2:15 PM
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Hsuhua's dog
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薑荷花
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view out from shelter
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Short-legged Japalure
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Short-legged Japalure 短肢攀蜥 Japalura brevipes
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dew on web
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fern
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aiyu 愛玉子 Ficus pumila L. var. awkeotsang (Makino)
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Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
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flies on elder
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butterfly on elder
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web covered plant
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betel nut
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local earth god temple
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Gourian Clematis 串鼻龍 Clematis gouriana
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野杜虹
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composting toilet
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Hsuhua presents his plan
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Yarong driving
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school gate, 10:30 AM
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ladybug in the camphor
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tree hug
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approaching Tongluo township 銅鑼鄉
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Philip
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trail head rapids
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at the beach, 2 PM
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Russ
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frog
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Greg
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Philip
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wild tomatoe
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back in Fushan , 4:45 PM, construction progress
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recently repaired foot bridge, 4:35 PM
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bamboo groove
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recently logged area
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trail up to parking lot, 4:15 PM
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up to the trail, 3:35 PM, just beyond 2.5k
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group jump, 3 PM
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Greg
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pre-flush
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Bruce scouting below the weather station landslide, 2PM
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Greg swimming
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Greg
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Big pool, noon
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big and deep pool
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Bruce contemplates plunge, 11:45 AM
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Bruce and Greg coming downstream
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first narrows, 11 AM
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Philip
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down to the water just below Lumen stream 露門溪, near 4.5k at 10:30 AM
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looking NW from the trail over the Nanshi stream 南勢溪
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Greg, Jacob, Nicholas and Bruce
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construction over the Nanshi stream 南勢溪, 8:30 AM
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Greg, Bruce and Nicholas
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Bella and Ophelia
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Christopher with Bella and Ophelia
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Bella and Ophelia on the road home
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SouthEast Cement from the HSR
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on the bus to the subway
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looking for the bus stop
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the party picks up
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Erow wins Obama paper dolls book
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Josh of Kaohsiung DAT stirring raffle tickets
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the bar thickens
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Tammy, Erow and Steffani
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Graham, our host at the bar
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Shu-min
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George, Anne-Marie, Phelan, Crickett, Marc
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Megan, Miria, Crickett
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Marc's summer garden
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Bella visits Ohio
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Phelan inspects a mushroom
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George, Phelan and Marc at camp
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Bella at the spring
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More bus routes and new MRT station nearby
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Dahu lake in distance
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Dahu Park
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Looking south from parking lot up the hillside
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Abandoned construction?
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walking back to the parking area
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Another view looking SE? of access road/pavillion
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Retaining access road with curb
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Signs of flooding, poor drainage
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Concrete pavilion structure at the very end
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Thin strip with trees below steep hill area in SE "bottom" of property, recycling area to left
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Walking to the SE tip of the property,
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Evidence of generational cultivation
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Stream and signs of flooding in the past
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Nice farm gardens
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Signs of land use, compaction
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looking right along road through cleared areas, gardens
15396
Good, healthy vegetation
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Looking down toward Dahu lake, left turn ahead follows stream, gardens
15391
Further down the road toward middle of property
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Another view looking SE from entrance road
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Looking left halfway down the entrance road
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Patricia holds home-made A-frame level used to map contours
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making seed balls - Patricia and Suzi
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Joshua in the bamboo
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the Nanshixi 南勢溪 river below
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Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道 head bridge over Yakongxi stream 軋孔溪
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15307
the trail back
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15298
mountain boar stew
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Christopher
15291
Joshua
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Joshua engages the fishermen
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fishing Taiwan shoveljaw carp 苦花 Varicorhinus barbatulus Atayal: tmmanquleh
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Atayal fishermen
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Joshua
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Formosan Sugar Palm 山棕 Arenga tremula flower
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Tammy
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Josh crossing
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Christopher, Laurie-Beth and Tammy at the waterfall
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Dan's new Toyota Zace Surf
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urban garden
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David, Philip and Tammy (photos by David Ma)
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Dudu and Lucy
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dates
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compost tumbler with castors
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hazy sunset from the terrace
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illuminated field in front of the Girl Scout Training Center
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Tammy and Baboo at the temple on the lower forest path
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trail leading back to the farmhouse
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Farmhouse
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Elijah and Baboo in the Bamboo
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Formosan beauty berry 杜虹 Callicarpa formosana (Amis: chi-hak)
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Shanna, Tammy, Philip, Jason (photo by Russ)
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Tammy demonstrating rocket stoves (photo by Russ)
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auctioning the banana circle (photo by Russ)
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(photo by Russ)
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solar ovens (photo by Russ)
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seeds and plants (photo by Russ)
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(photo by Russ)
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(photo by Russ)
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compost bins (photo by Russ)
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Tammy presents rainwater harvesting (photo by Russ)
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Peter, 一善, Russ and Tammy
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一善 presenting edible landscapes
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Peter presents composting (photo by Russ)
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(photo by Russ)
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(photo by Russ)
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Joshua (photo by Russ)
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Philip (photo by Russ)
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Laurie Beth (photo by Russ)
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Peter showing solar ovens
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seedling starters
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15011
the original guerllia garden
15008
Sand/silt washed down from the slope
15007
water pump/septic?
15006
serious erosion of the slope; gardener has added new soil and tried to seed again
15003
watered area fairing worse than less watered areas
15000
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Some regrowth, lots of chemical fertilizer and signs of eutrophication
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More watering, fertilizer and seeds still not working on the slope
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Return to site after three months in April looking down from Patricia's place
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last three
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carrot harvest
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matress
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turn off to Kalamoji and Ma-An villages
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"no hunting" sign at trail head (photo by Dan)
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Atayal wildlife names
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(photo by Dan)
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giant lingzhi
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Jeff and Dan over landslide
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八角蓮 Dysosma pleiantha
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Dan, Jeff and Tammy
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Tammy at the Kuai Shan turn-off 3PM
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An old Japanese era glass bottle has accumulated soil and moisture and gets just enough light to support a mini terrarium of life.
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Dan at Kuai Shan 檜山
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(photo by Thomas)
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Tammy making lunch (photo by Thomas)
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Dan, Jeff, Ching, Tammy, Philip and Thomas (photo by Thomas)
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Dan, Philip and Tammy at Kuai Shan (photo by Thomas)
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(photo by Dan)
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Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
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Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
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Gray-sided Laughing Thrush 竹鳥 Garrulax caerulatus
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Dusky Fulvetta 頭烏線 Alcippe brunnea
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forestry sign attached
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new growth in Bird's Nest Fern 台灣山蘇花 Asplenium nidus
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Bird's Nest Fern
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bug
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Tammy
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insect nests in the ground?
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Strobilanthes formosanus 台灣馬藍
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14821
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working uphill (photo by Dan)
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Philip on the trail (photo by Dan)
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Yellow three stipe 黃三線蝶 Symbrenthia lilaea formosanus
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mushroom
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Panus rudis 野生革耳
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nettles 咬人貓 Urtica thunbergiana
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14810
Woodland Beauty 七葉一枝花. Paris polyphylla flower
14809
14807
turn off to ChaKengShan 茶懇山 9:45
14805
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(Dan)
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Jeff and Philip (photo by Dan)
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Dan at Fu-Ba trailhead 福巴越嶺古道 in Fushan 福山- 9 AM
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Sarah the toy seller
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Jessie and Tammy
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Tammy making pizzas
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Peter, Jessie - cooking
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sky burial
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garden calendula 金盞花 blooms
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CKS Memorial Hall MRT station
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Greg driving iinto Taipei
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dandelion 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng) taraxacum seed
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seeding plantain 車前草 (chēqiáncǎo) Plantago lanceolata
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cherries
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immature cherries dropped by warming weather
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Jimson Weed, angel's trumpet 曼陀羅, 喇叭花 Datura suaveolens
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Jimson Weed, angel's trumpet 曼陀羅, 喇叭花 Datura suaveolens
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flowering wax apple 蓮霧 (lián wù) Syzygium samarangense
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flowering wax apple 蓮霧 (lián wù) Syzygium samarangense
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flowering mother-of-pearl 石蓮花 (shí liánhuā) Graptopetalum paraguayense
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Chinese Hydrangea 華八仙 (huá bāxiān) Hydrangea chinensis Maxim.
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Elijah worried
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Rung-shan, David, Alice, Philip, De-wei (by David)
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David, ?, Philip, Alice, De-wei (by David)
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roof-top garden and compost
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rain-proof ventilation
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slanted kitchen roof draws out hot air
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
12194
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
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Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
12179
Darmalan Cultural & Art Troupe 達瑪巒文化藝術團
12176
Discovering Bakulas 發現巴庫拉斯∼布農天籟
12172
Amis Musical group、Moyen ㄚ米史劇團、莫言
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Amis Musical group、Moyen ㄚ米史劇團、莫言
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Amis Tribal song 阿美族古訓
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The legend of Tashan -Tsou tribal battle dancing - Avai 塔山傳奇、鄒族戰舞
12159
Alice, Dali Sayum and Tungtung
12156
Seediq 賽德克族 - Tungtung 東冬 賽德克族
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Truku 德魯固族 musician Pidelo Wukah 彼得洛烏嘎
12152
Dachoy Watan 達少.瓦旦 Thousands of Atayal years 泰雅千年∼泰雅古訓
12151
newly tattoed - Atayal Dali Yealo and Sayum Votu 達利.伊洛、撒韻.否度
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Host: Bunun from Hualien, Alice Takiwatan 花蓮縣萬榮鄉布農族 - 亞磊絲.泰吉華坦
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Atayal weaver
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chocolate buyers
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Jiajiu 加九 ridge east saddle
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Philip at the saddle point
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Thomas
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30 mins back up to the saddle and 150 minutes down to Red River canyon
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Philip and Dan
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at the saddle point
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Thomas
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Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia
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Thomas and Dan reading the old sign
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at the Youmu 有木 trail head - 7:15 AM
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jalapeno
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lettuce regrown after being harvested once
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lettuce at home
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Peter and Tammy come out onto Xikeng Rd
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Greg and the Orchid Hunter on the XiKeng Forest Road 西坑林道
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tabacco?
14458
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orchid
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orchid
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orchid
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orchid
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orchid
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orchid
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Greg feeding our companion
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Tammy and Greg at A-Yu-Xi Mtn 阿玉溪山
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mushrooms
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Tammy
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Lapu Mtn 拉璞山
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Gene Lee - the Orchid Hunter
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sign
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Greg and guide
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frog eggs
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Chinese ramie 青苧麻 Boehmeria nivea
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Yuhina rump
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Maroon oriole 朱鸝 Oriolus traillii
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bees in the cherry blossoms
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bees in the cherry blossoms
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cheese omlette
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Tammy at breakfast
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habaneros
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cherry trees blossoming at home
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vented hat
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where the slope levels off some and where the site's main water source is on the building
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Bamboo creeping in
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Mix of typical pioneers and other natives
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Natural growth, in adjacent undisturbed area only cut back a few times a year
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gardener attempted to plant small bushes on edge
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beautiful flowering Spider Flower 醉蝶花 Cleome spinosa
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More edge erosion
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signs of erosion even before any heavy rains
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longer view of flatter area of site
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Peter and Patricia take in the scene; existing trees mostly kept after land filled in with rubble and sandy topsoil
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Looking back up the slope and driveway
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Seeded area covered with net tarp
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driveway connecting to sloped area
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steps leading down to driveway
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steps to the right of the building lead down to the area to the side and back
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Looking northwest from park in front of Hanbilou, over water drainage ditch
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vacuum cleaner
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gas water heater
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stair dogs
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14208
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maple colors
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Gray-cheeked Fulvetta 繡眼畫眉 Alcippe morrisonia
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Greg and Tammy at So Free pizza
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imacat
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butterfly
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Philip and Tammy
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beetles
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orange moss on a tree
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mushroom
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Steffani and Tammy at the weather tower
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mushroom community
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cut-off north to Wulai mountain 烏來山
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ginger
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Strobilanthes formosanus 台灣馬藍 (táiwān mǎ lán)
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moth

2008

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Nic, Tammy, Sarah and Greg
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Greg and Sarah
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Greg
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Chiufang
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inside nic's temple
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rinpoche inspecting vintage mid-chant
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dispersing obstacles
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bread for breakfast
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Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower 王爺葵 Tithonia diversifolia
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Tammy and Tree Marigold
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mushroom
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13967
野杜丹, Melastoma candidum
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13957
Tree Marigold, Mexican Sunflower 王爺葵 Tithonia diversifolia
13955
unfurling tree fern frond
13953
fruit of giant upright elephant ear 姑婆芋Alocasia odora
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13925
spider
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13914
Greg, Sarah, Daphne, Tammy
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Kelly, Nokimi, Tammy
13909
13908
13907
Daphne, Nokimi and Kelly
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Tammy
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Eileen, Kelly and Sarah
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Nokimi and Sarah assemble tree
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13888
early morning flight
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citrus orchard
13885
13884
Christopher
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family portrait
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sun through the Spanish moss at 11528
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13871
13863
bonfire after dinner
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Marc and Christopher
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sunset on the Santa Fe
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Gordon and Patty
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Lily Springs
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Marc and Jim on the Santa Fe
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Philip riding Brogan
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Jim riding Brogan
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Allison at Blue Bird Landing
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Marlene and Christopher
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Allison and Jo
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Sarah on Brogan
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Allison and Jo
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Felman clan
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13802
cutting firewood at 11528
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San Felasco Hammock
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San Felasco Hammock
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San Felasco Hammock
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San Felasco Hammock
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San Felasco Hammock
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Marc
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Christopher at the sinkhole
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Christopher
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bees
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Marc in San Felasco Hammock
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mushrooms
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Christopher at the gate
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blowing hay
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mulching the roadway ditch
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office
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11528 woods
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mushroom in a drainage hole
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Thomas and Dan
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pristine corn
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nature books
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orchid near home
13544
Dan
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Thomas
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Grey Wagtail 灰鶺鴒 Motacilla cinerea
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female gray-chinned Minivet 灰喉山椒鳥 Pericrocotus solaris
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Steffani
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Common Mapwing 石牆蝶 Cyrestis thyodamas
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Striped Blue Crow 端紫斑蝶 Euploea mulciber barsine Fruhstorfer
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Silver grass, Sword grass 五節芒 Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex
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Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 Macaca cyclopis
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Tammy with Elijah and Baboo on the terrace
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terrace garden
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habenero
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home terrace at dusk
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beetle
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Tammy and Baboo on the terrace at home
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13465
Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula
13463
chickens
13461
Hibiscus
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Formosan beauty berry 杜虹 Callicarpa formosana (Amis: chi-hak)
13453
farmer
13450
ants on flower
13447
Blooming vine
13443
wild ginger
13440
ants on guava
13436
fruiting pineapple
13435
fruiting yuetao (ginger family)
13417
king and gang
13415
13412
Guangxing bridge upstream from Chuchi
13410
old snail
13409
frutiing betel nut
13405
glass and screen repairman
13404
Tammy and Baboo
13393
Gray-chinned Minivet (灰喉山椒鳥) Pericrocotus solaris in acacia crown
13372
13371
13370
13369
elder 冇骨消(蒴翟) Sambucus formosana Nakai
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elder flowering and fruiting
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Laka Rd 啦卡路 and Tongho River 桶後溪 before Wulai mountain 烏來山
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Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica
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Taoist temple from terrace
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Poison bulb 文殊蘭 Crinum asiaticum
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water treatment plant
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Philip
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looking down into the stairs from the terrace
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Tammy in the kitchen
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office beginnings
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down the stairs...
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across the field...
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Elijah
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Baboo
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many trips with Dan's truck
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Dan
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Xiaofan, Steffani and Dan singing at Dan's
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moving in countless trips
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Tammy painting the kitchen
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Philip at Sayun's house
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Maya, Sayun and Dorcas
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Dorcas and Sayun's loom
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Sayun weaving in her curtain
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Sayun demonstrating band weaving
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lunch at Taiya Popo 泰雅婆婆 in Wulai 烏來
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Madonna Catholic Atayal church in Wulai
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lunch at Tequila Time Mexican restaurant 仙人掌墨西哥餐廳
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Tammy on the terrace
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The Qingtan Stream 青潭溪 is turbid from the typhoon
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Tammy painting
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Tammy painting the bedroom
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Tammy and the fruit seller at the NGC bus stop
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Sarah and Jessie having dinner
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Greg, Julia, Jessie and Daphne
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Greg and Sarah
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Greg, Julia and Jessie at Asiadnet
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bougainvilleas
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drongos in New Garden City
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office tomato crop
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Tammy in the office pepper forest
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pristine sunset
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young Formosan blue magpie 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea
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Formosan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇 Myophonus insularis
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magpie nest
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Girl Scout's field
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Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 Cassia fistula
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front door and stairs down to road
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Mimi
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view out front door
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view from terrace into living room
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second bedroom and bath
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second bedroom
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view from kitchen
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kitchen
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master bedroom
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Tammy and Ms. Tsai on the terrace of the new house
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Elijah
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Tammy's caterpillar sting from 7/13
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wax apple 蓮霧 Syzygium samarangense
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Celosia argentia 青葙
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young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea waiting for food
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Formosan Blue Magpies leaving the nest
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Gray Treepie 樹鵲 Dendrocitta formosae
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Arrowroot 食用美人蕉 Canna edulis
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garden at Lan Yuan Rd 蘭苑一路 house
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Poison bulb 文殊蘭 (wénshū lán) Crinum asiaticum
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Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 (táiwān bǎihé) Lilium formosanum
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young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 (táiwān lán què) Urocissa caerulea
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young Formosan blue magpies 台灣藍鵲 (táiwān lán què) Urocissa caerulea
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Magpie nest above Road 2
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Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
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Bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
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Greg
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sun on fronds
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Bruce
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Tammy in the river
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Frisbee rescue
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Josh
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Sarah amd Greg
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dragonfly
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dragonfly
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Sarah
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Bruce and Tammy
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preparing to jump, Greg and Bruce
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Philip
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lunch time
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Greg
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Bruce and Greg
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P&J sandwiches
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following a side stream down to the river
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home garden
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home tomatoes
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Tammy
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dragonfly
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papayas
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frangipani
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coffee bags in the sun
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collecting coffee bags
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construction at Xindian subway terminus
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spider
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back up to the trail
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Sarah
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Daphne on the damaged bridge
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pizzas
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spying on the kitchen
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Tammy and Chandra
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inspection
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sunflower
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corn flower
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Chandra
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Ou Ji-fu
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garden squash
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Tammy gardening at home
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Shida market 師大市場
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Peter demonstrates a rocket stove
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Elijah
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Larry with event government sponsors
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Larry and De Wei flank event officials
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Philip, Paul and Peter
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Tammy making pizza
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Eagle and Peter work with the new oven
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NGC Park
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from above
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Bongo's
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Delphine and Zoe
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Road 6
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New Garden City 3/24
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fisheye on home office
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edible chrysanthemum 茼蒿 (tónghāo) Chrysanthemum coronarium
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edible chrysanthemum 茼蒿 (tónghāo) Chrysanthemum coronarium
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edible chrysanthemum 茼蒿 (tónghāo) Chrysanthemum coronarium
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Common mapwing 石牆蝶 (shí qiáng dié) Cyrestis thyodamas
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Common mapwing 石牆蝶 (shí qiáng dié) Cyrestis thyodamas
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short Green 3 @ NGC circle, 3/15
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Thomas - We turn around at this stream
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side trail down to the stream bed (we don't take)
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Parked car along the old road
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chickens
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Elijah
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horse
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duck
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Taipei train station

2009

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(photo by Laurie)
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Begonia blossom (photo by Laurie)
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Philip and Joshua at the waterfall (photo by Laurie)

2007

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Baboo crossing the stream
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Tammy and Baboo on the trail
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trail shrine
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Small Dragonroot 申跋 (shēn bá) Arisaema ringens
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cutting butter
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Goldie 12/27 in the yard
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Permaculture kids
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Chinese tallow
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trimmed avacado resprouts
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Formosan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇 (zǐ xiào dōng) Myiophoneus insularis
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mushroom
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the trail not taken
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Wendy and Mimi
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Bruce and Hank
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Bruce
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Elijah
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Joshua photographing spider
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spider holding baby
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bee in ginger blossom
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Laurie, Elijah, Tammy
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farmer
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mushrooms
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Tammy, Brenda, Paul and Cindy
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scrappy-doo
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Philip and Kendall
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Zoe
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Kendall and Tammy
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Kendall preparing rocket engines
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Brenda, Cindy and Tammy
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Brenda, Cindy and Tammy
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Tammy and Cindy
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Cindy
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Brenda and Nicholas
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Cindy and Kendall's work room
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Brenda and Tammy
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hummingbird
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mushrooms
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back in the kitchen
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Tammy, Ken and Gayle
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Ken at Mark's
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turkeys
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house view from the east side
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Carthage market
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Tammy and fire truck in the shop
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at work in the kitchen
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meeting of friends
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Marie-Claire, Pierre, Anne-Marie
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duck
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kingfisher
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kingfisher
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egret
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Santa Fe river
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Marc, Philip and Christopher
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Pierre and Anne-Marie
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Tammy
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Marc and Philip
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Marc, Philip, Anne-Marie
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Pierre
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Tammy, Marc, Cindy, Pierre. Atlas, Marie-Claire, Anne-Marie, George
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lizard
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spider photography
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Paul, Cindy, George, Marc, Anne-Marie, Christopher, Marie-Claire, Pierre
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Tammy and Kendall
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Anne-Marie and Marie-Claire
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Christopher and Paul
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Larry meets Harn
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yard after typhoon Sepat
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Taiya Popo 泰雅婆婆, 1:30PM
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Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler 小彎嘴 Pomatorhinus ruficollis
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Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler 小彎嘴 Pomatorhinus ruficollis
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back at the road, 12:30
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spider
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Titanotrichum oldhamii (Hemsl.) 台閩苣苔(俄氏草)
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at the weather station, 10:45AM
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波露溪, return, 10:15AM
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mushroom
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dragonfly on begonia
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ottom of the stairs, 8:30AM
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mushroom
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Fashion show
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Bergamot
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peppers
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agrimony flower
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guava flower
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Lanxi stream 蘭溪
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typhoon Sepat approaches
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Jessie and Greg
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Songde Road
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Highway three enters the Bitan tunnel
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yard before Sepat
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first floor
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Bergamot
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Roof-top garden
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Bergamot 佛手柑 starting to flower
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in the Spanish Flag 馬纓丹 (五色梅)Lantana camara
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Chinese Peacock (Swallowtail) 烏鴉鳳蝶 翠鳳蝶 Papilio bianor thrasymedes
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Formosan Magpie 台灣藍鵲 Urocissa caerulea (hit by car?) at the head of Rd. 6
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bicyclist motion
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bus passing
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101 reflected at the end of the day
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Taipei 101 from Zhongquan park
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spider in the agrimony
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new helen (Fitch)
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Pristine building innards
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spider, Fudekeng 福德坑
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spider
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Alpinia uraiensis 烏來月桃, 大輪月桃, Fudekeng 福德坑
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leaking ceiling
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male Lemon Butterfly 無尾鳳蝶Papilio demoleus
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New Garden City 花園新城 Taiwan Lily 台灣百合 Lilium formosanum
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hog tied
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wet drongo
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squirrel
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marigold 金盞花Tagetes erecta
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白花藿香薊 Ageratum conyzoides
6024
文珠蘭 Crinum asiaticum at home
6012
winter cherry bug 瘤緣椿橡 Acanthocoris sordidus eating flowering peppers
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Lemon Butterfly
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Bergamot 佛手柑 Citrus aurantium at home
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Tammy helping Michelle
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Tammy
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Sarah and Jessie
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Sarah and Greg
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Jeff, Sarah and Greg
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Taiwan Lily
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Taiwan Lily
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New Garden City
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coming home on the green 3
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flowers on the train
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flowers healing
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returning the flowers
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returning the flowers
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Tammy, Linda and Albert
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Joshua and David
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daughter and mom
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Brody family and Joshua
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Lavender Gardens
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Lavender kitchen
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Philip and Joshua
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Philip and Jonathan, Don and Christopher
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Joshua and Albert
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young McClays
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Julia Brody
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Laurie
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female Indian Fritillary 黑端豹斑蝶 Argyreus hyperbius Nymphalidae
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female Pale Grass Blue 沖繩小灰蝶 Zizeeria maha okinawana (Matsumura)
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gaya@sparq
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Shida area 7/7
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Shida area 7/7
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Laurie and Joshua at their favorite "temple"
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Philip in Spanish-flavored arch with Southeast Asian iconography
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Kuan-yin (Guanyin) in the Grass
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Lotus Meditation IV
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Lotus Meditation III
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Lotus Meditation II
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Lotus Meditation I
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Granite Meditation
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Tantric Kuan-yin (Guanyin)
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Reclining Kuan-yin (Guanyin)
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Buddha and Buddhist Saints
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Kuan-yin (Guanyin) manifestations
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ne of several halls (tings) with a different Buddha or Bodhisatva
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cold tea for the drive to the snorkeling beach
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views from the roof
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Joshua and Laurie's pad
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glass fishermen's buoys
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locust
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so many people
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intricate ceiling
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old bridges
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2006

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Tammy and Wendy
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mushroom
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seven who will walk down
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the trail is wiped out here
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trail workers' camp
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View north from our room in the Rose Hotel
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Tammy talks to "Big Love" back in Shangbaling
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abandoned home
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Atayal-style bamboo shelter
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Jung-Hua Reservoir 榮華水庫 (rónghuá shuǐkù)
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Philp, 1695m, 2PM
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Bruce
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Jialuohu 加羅湖, 2250m, 12:30 noon
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forest fire in April of 1999
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3.5k on the Siji lindao 四季林道, 1260m, 9:00AM
19876
19872
19869
19868
19867
19866
19865
Jack
19861
19850
Tammy
19845
19841
Tammy appraoches picnickers
19839
Jungle Queen 環紋蝶 Stichophthalma howqua formosana
19830
Wulai waterfall
19813
19810
Linwangyan Mtn., above Fushan, 4PM
19800
19798
19795
Philip checks out the path to Fushan
19794
Eric and Bruce at Beichatianshan 北插天山, 1728m, noon
19791
19790
19786
19785
Beichatianshan Nature Preserve
19783
19781
Entering the park 滿月圓國家森林遊樂區, 8AM
19769
19761
19760
19715
bug on chrome
19714
NGC 6/21
19693
Bruce exploring the Fushan church
19673
19668
19667
19666
Down to the river
19658
19656
19655
microenvirons
19651
conference of frogs
19637
19635
19633
19632
Zingiberaceae 月逃, NGC, 6/11
19625
19622
young whistling thrush 紫嘯鶇 at home

2005

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down to the river bed to cross
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new bridge at Jiajiuliao 加九寮
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up the Xiongkong stream 熊空溪
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Bruce, upstream from the Xiongkong bridge 熊空橋
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Dan and Gloria
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Philip photographing Tammy and Dorma
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Dorma, Tammy and Philip
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small-leaved lasianthus 圓葉雞屎樹 (yuán yè jī shǐ shù) Lasianthus wallichii
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pine forest
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180 mins to small Jiaohsi mtn.
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Tammy and Dorma
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Tammy followed by Dan and Gloria
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桶後林道 Dan, Dorma and Tammy
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The Tongho stream 桶後溪 flows west to Wulai 烏來
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Xiaoyi Police Station 烏玉檢查哨
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No aquariums - the mountainside in front of the station has collapsed
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a place to swim
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Greg
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Nuca going down to the river
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Sarah's first hike
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Cat's Whiskers 貓須草 (māo xū cǎo) Orthosiphon aristatus
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Cat's Whiskers 貓須草 (māo xū cǎo) Orthosiphon aristatus
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Tammy and Elijah
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dinner in Wulai
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Nanshixi 南勢溪
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no poisoning, electrocuting or netting fish...
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Fushan bridge
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out, 16:15
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Nanshixi 南勢溪
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Fushan bridge
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abandoned civilization
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bamboo
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Phoenix and Zephyr
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Russ and Phoenix
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McClays
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construction begins
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Dorma
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Lanhou waterfall 蘭吼瀑布
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Dorma and Tammy
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Elegant five-lined skink 麗紋石龍子 (lì wén shí lóngzi) Eumeces elegans
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Grasshoppers in the Thyme
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Walking Stick 竹節蟲 (zhújié chóng) Phasmida
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on the Wulai bus
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hot pot
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sharks in Mucha
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2m Landsat of Sanguang River 三光溪
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Tieshan waterfall 鐵柵瀑布
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Bruce jumps
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Swimming at a waterfall and pool
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Bruce swimming
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big rocks
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Jack crossing on a tree
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Confluence of Galahe 嘎拉賀溪 and Sanguang 三光溪 streams
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Confluence of Galahe 嘎拉賀溪 and Sanguang 三光溪 streams
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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Bruce watches Jack flush down
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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climbing over a slot
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Jack on the Sanguang River 三光溪
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a waterfall
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Sanguang River 三光溪
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short break before getting in the river
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transition form hiking to tracing
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almost down to the Sanguang River 三光溪
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down into the gorge
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Crocus Tritonia 觀音蘭 (guān yīn lán) Crocosmia crocosmiiflora
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at the Xuanyuan 萱源 trailhead
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2m Landsat of Fushan area
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Taiwan barbet 台灣擬啄木 ( táiwān nǐ zhuómù) 五色鳥 (wǔsè niǎo) Megalaima nuchalis in the Bougainvillea 九重葛 (jiǔchóng gé)
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Farewell Mexican dinner in Taipei with Dan and Gloria
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lunch
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wedding ceremony
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Amis
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Aborigine performances
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On the Aborginal Cultural Village bus
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view from hotel in Puli (埔里)
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We have a simple lunch in DaYuLing (大禹嶺)
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DaYuLing (大禹嶺) at 2565m or 8415 feet
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hiking trails off the highway
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adaptive road engineering
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Brahmin moth 枯球籮紋蛾 (kū qiú luó wén é) Brahmaea wallichii insulata Inoue, 1984 endemic
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climbing back up to the road
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downstream from the bridge
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upstream from the bridge
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DaSha River (大沙溪) canyon upstream
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hotsprings from bridge
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Entering Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園) on the East Coast highway
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self-portrait
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vertical view of the east coast near SuAo (蘇澳)
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The BeiShi River runs through Pinglin
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traditional medicine shop
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view of old street from the temple
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BaoPing (protect PingLin) Temple
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traditional shop
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drive from Taipei (台北) to Pinglin (坪林)
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back home
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Gongguan (公館) market
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Philip
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home
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returning in Dan's truck
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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tea eggs
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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"ghost money"
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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Chih Nan Temple (指南宮)
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papaya fruit
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Tian En Temple
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Tian En Temple
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subway back home form Taipei (台北) to HsinTian (新店)
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ShiDa (師大) market
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ShiDa (師大) market
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ShiDa (師大) market
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ShiDa (師大) market
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ShiDa (師大) market
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bus from Garden City (花園新城) to HsinTian (新店)
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juice break in the shopping center
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observation deck on 86th floor
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800 ton mass damper to counter earthquakes and typhoons
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damper Taipei 101
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view from Taipei 101
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Philip driving
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Guandu Nature Park
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Guandu Nature Park
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guanyin 觀音, goddess of Mercy
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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Guandu Temple 關渡宮
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on the subway
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lunch
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watermelon and pineapple juice
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Bitan suspension bridge 碧潭吊橋
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man with a snake
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Bitan 碧潭
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Bitan market
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Bitan market
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Bitan market
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Bitan 碧潭
5547
5543
5539
5538
5528
5519
5516
5507
5494
5488
5478
5477
5472
5470
Five fingers 鵝掌藤 (é zhǎng téng) Schefflera odorata
5469
5467
farmers friend 咸豐草 (xiánfēng cǎo) bidens pilosa
5466
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DSCN5440

2004

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shrine for local guardian spirit
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Elijah
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Elijah, Baboo, Tammy
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Qingtan stream 青潭河
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10/6, Qingtan stream 青潭河
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Dorma, 9/30
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Xindian, Carrefour
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roof-top garden, 9/17
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9/12, Qingtan stream 青潭河
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squirrel
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Liugongjun 瑠公圳 canal memorial
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DSCN4839

2005

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2004

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dogs in the machine
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Gongguan
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Pristine elevator
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DSCN3258

2005

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2004

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Zhitan water plant and Xindian river from NGC
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3rd F balcony
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Delphine and Tammy
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dog kiss
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Flowering chives in home garden
7-5-031
at German Culture Center event
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DSCN3110
view of block of houses we live in
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Tong 桐花 litter
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Dan horizontal
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Dan coming up to the meeting point
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Feihong coming home
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coming home
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Lilacs flowering
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Feihong and Tammy
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Tammy and Feihong
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Tammy and Feihong
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ChaTian Preserve 插天山自然保留區
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塔曼山
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to Tamanshan (2130m)
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lunch break 12:30
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KwaiShan 檜山 turn off
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Jeff and Dan
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Dysosma pleiantha 八角蓮
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to WuGuShan 勿古山 (1457m)
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Safety
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looking north
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Feihong and Dorma in the Lanxi 蘭溪
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Dorma and Feihong

2003

2568
Atractomorpha sinensis.pinkwinged grasshopper.紅后負蝗 on.Coriandrum sativum.Cilantro, Chinese Parsley.芫荽
2495
Chuck and Bruce
2486
2451
Black-collared Starling 烏領椋鳥Sturnus nigricollis
2422
2416
Light-vented Bulbul 白頭翁 Pycnonotus sinensis
new_025
at the German Culture Center
1640
Gina leaves Pristine 10/3
1594
ZhiTan 直潭 9/28
1580
溫州公園 9/21
1388
HsinTian from NGC
1376
1373
1370
1366
1364
1351
butterflies
1346
Neil
1343
1229
1220
Dan's Birthday at the Tandoor
1216
Dan's Birthday at the Tandoor
1190
sunset from the roof
1179
home
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Tammy climbing out
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Jessie
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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a perched tree
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Greg
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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back upstream
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back upstream
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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a side stream
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Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
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Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
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Philip
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Dan
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marker
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frog
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Philip
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Tammy and Dan resting
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Dan checking out the signs
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Tammy on the path
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toward HuangDiDian 皇帝殿
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up the road from ShiDing 石碇

2002

ft14
spider's web in the rain
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shelter has collapsed
2029
Jack and Shantih at Lala 拉拉山
2026
Lala 拉拉山 old trees
3005
trail head (to JianShan 尖山) going north off of BeiHeng (293236 2726758)
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Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
0007
Alida and Nico
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Tammy
p5050003
Dan swimming
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applying for mountain passes..in XinXian 信賢
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Dan at XiongKong - HongHeGu.saddle point
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
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four directions: trail South towards 逐鹿山 and 拔刀爾 (巴特魯山)
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sign to 逐鹿山
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Dan at turn off to JiaJiuLing
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old sign on 紅河谷-樂樂谷 trail
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Dan at the HongHeGu - XiangTianHu..trails connector
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to 平廣路一段361巷
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sign warning of poison
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rat poison to protect seedlings
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poisoned Red-bellied Tree Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus 赤腹松鼠 (膨鼠)
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瑞興宮
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Common toad 盤古蟾蜍 (台灣蟾蜍) Bufo bankorensis
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Lion's Head ridge
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Dan on steep trail
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Rock on narrow trail
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Looking north toward the FeiTsui reservoir
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Following layers of sediment deposit
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into the silty reservoir
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Philip coming down the stream

2001

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Michael and Susie
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p1010003
p1010015
Swinhoe's frog 斯文豪氏蛙 (sīwénháo shì wā) Odorrana swinhoana
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p1010001
P1010047
back to Fushan 福山
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cicada?
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bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shān sū huā) Asplenium nidus
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Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道
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Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道
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Fu-Ba trail 福巴越嶺古道
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Kabir, Lulu and Tammy
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walking back to FuShan
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Bruce and peach vendor
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Siling village 四陵
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Kabir and Bruce
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coming back
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coming back
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Lulu and Tammy
P1010027
Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Rainy
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
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Sanguang river 三光溪
P1010016
Sanguang river 三光溪
P1010015
Rainy
P1010014
Tammy
P1010013
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
P1010012
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉
P1010011
Siling Hot Springs 四陵溫泉

2000

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Patsy and Matthew
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p1010019
p1010017
Jimmy
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Tammy and Matthew
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
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starting near shuanghai
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GuangXing 廣興 bike ride

1999

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Morning Goodbyes
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Morning Goodbyes
sitting
Why is it so slow today?

1998

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Jako & Don
14ktree
14K south of FuShan on the Baling Trail

1996

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0002
0001

1995

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Elijah and John-John
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John-John
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John-John
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Baboo
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Dina and her pups
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Baboo
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Baboo
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John-John and Baboo
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Baboo
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Happy family
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John-John
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Baboo's first swim
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John-John has a black nose
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Baboo

1993

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Denise and DeeDee
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Ken, Tammy and Philip

1992

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yunan_19920720-3-5
yunan_19920720-2-5
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hemp
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peppers in the market
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mushrooms in the market

1991

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printing press
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rice harvest
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bike ride
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bike ride
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school
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printing press
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Bus from Wuzhou to Yangshuo, 6/29
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Wuzhou 梧州
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Kenting
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Kenting, Plank tree, 6/21
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fruit stall along the road
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Aborigine park
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Tainan, Confucius Temple, 6/20
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Sanxiantai 三仙台 (Three Immortals) East Coast
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Taroko, above Wenshan hotsprings 文山溫泉
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Chi-nan Temple, Mucha, 6/26

1974

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Las Vegas, Summer 1974 ?

1973

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Rainbow Springs
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1971

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walking young Gaea
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Philip and Marc with birds at Hayes house
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Marc and Gaea
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Christopher and Marc in Hayes yard
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Hayes house
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playing on the gym set
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gym set
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at Hayes house
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at Hayes house with Gaea and legos
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Hayes house

1968

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1969

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Marc, Philip, Christopher, Hector - Hayes, 1969

1968

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moving out
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1964

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Escondido Village

1963

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car packed
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packed
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1944

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Pierre et Anne-Marie à Caluire, Juillet 1944

2008

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2000

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