1.28.2006 Mission: Chinese New Year

Week One

Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Dates: now - February 6th
Accomplice: Meghan
Goals:

take at least 10 rolls of film
see Guandu temple again
find the teabaths in Xindian
visit the tea houses on the mountain in Muzha
find a way to climb the mountain in Jingmei that has the temple at the top (used to have a view of this from our old apartment)
go to the hotsprings in Beitou
go to hotpot with Taiwan mom and dad (Hal and Jane)
beat Meg at chess again over a bottle of wine
go roaming around the backstreets and little alleys for some crazy pictures
going scavenging for random stuff
buy a sassy outfit and go out to a nice club to dance my booty off
get caught up on responding to e-mails
start work on my first short stop-motion animation films

personal goals:

not care if people stare at me weirdly as I setup cool shots to take or if I'm engrossed in taking a picture
get up in the mornings (ie not sleeping in until noon, or past noon)
feel absolutely satisfied with how little, or how much I got done at the end of each day.

Week Two

Location: Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand
Dates: February 6th - February 12th
Goals:

Bangkok:

cool city shots
a cool restaurant
not getting too lost

Phuket:

taking at least 20 rolls of film :)
swimming
sleeping on a beach
swimming
riding an elephant
swimming
sleeping on a beach
go to a temple with a reclining buddha
swimming
sleeping on a beach
buy some cool jewelry
swimming
sleeping on a beach
get lost
swimming
sleeping on a beach
Thai massage (specifically by a blind massuse, I guess this is a specialty in Thailand)
swimming
sleeping on a beach
kayaking and or canoeing
swimming
sleeping on a beach
boat tour of the cool nearby islands
swimming
sleeping on a beach
and eat lots and lots of yummy food

This is all really exciting for me because this will be my first vacation in Asia, and my first time in a country outside of Taiwan in Asia. Hopefully the first of many trips to come.

Labels: taiwan, Thailand

posted by cat @ 1/28/2006 07:03:00 PM 1 comments |

1 comments:

At 2/03/2006 09:40:00 AM,

Stephanie Daigle said...

Have fun on your trip Catherine!!