Taipei has had a couple of days where 「raining cats and dogs」 would be the least you could say but recently it’s been more cats and pigs that have found themselves in the camera’s eye. In fact, this month has seen rhinoceros, giraffe, elephant, koala, panda and camel, but the bigger beasties were spared the prying lens. I’ll just say that giraffe and elephant are amazing and very chilled out; baby rhino are very cute, in a ~300kg sort of way; and koala have the most fantastically fluffy ears! Special thanks to 雅熒 and 婷潔!

I had a lovely last lunch and dinner with colleagues and friends in Bristol, a couple of big cups of tea, and then flew away…

I was always told that with regards to travel that Daddy Jarvis said 「Take half as much stuff and twice as much money!」. Whilst muddling around our planet this is something I’ve tried to stick to and in almost all cases things have worked out well; there were two Christmas days in České Krumlov where I would have done anything for an additional pair of thermal trousers and a circle around Switzerland that started well but ended up with almost my own weight in wine and chocolates in my backpack (perhaps that is what twice as much money is for though?). I’m finding though that Grandfather’s motto should be applied travelling or otherwise, at least the 「half as much stuff」 aspect.

Transition 前進樂團 - Lost Cowboy / 迷路的牛仔

2013 is the year of the snake~~~ A year that promises to be different from those that came before. Have a good one and enjoy your adventures!

Last weekend Taiwanese star singer A-Mei (張惠妹) came to London as part of