This illustration of what might happen to you if you try to crawl out of the stopped elevator always strikes me as hilarious.
Meet fresh. Garss jelly. And Retrospective tea.
Oh, yes, let's.
One of the restaurants switched dishes and is selling the old dishware outside the front of the restaurant.
I think he's supposed to be shushing people, not picking his non-existent nose.
Walking towards Yuan Shan over one of the many bridges.
One of the many bridges.
Another one, although my first thought was diplodocus.
These flowers are everywhere.
A ladder to...
One of the staircases toward Yuan Shan. This one was associated with the Grand Hotel.
Always?
The stairs we took.
I was pretty taken with the flowers the whole way.
And the bizarre little structures that were no longer in use. George told us they were part of an old army encampment.
I admit I thought immediately of Studio Ghibli.
A stand of bamboo in the wild.
A brief glimpse of Taipei from the way up.
No idea what these are, but I wasn't about to taste them to find out.
Fuzzy snail!
Ladders to nowhere seemed to be a pattern.
More flowers.
And more Taipei.
There were little almost-gardens all over the place, too.
They attracted the butterflies.
George said this was a radio station.
More Taipei from above.
The light through the leaves was lovely.
More Taipei.
The marker that showed us we'd reached the pinnacle of the mountain. About the size of my forearm.
One of the butterflies.
George and Katy.
The spread offered to Katy and I when George took us into the clearing.
Everyone was very nice.
If minimally clothed.
They were very happy.
Cards.
While the women chatted over coffee (Katy and I had tea).
One of the left-over structures from the military encampment.
This spider was enormous. Probably 8-12 inches leg span.
Green happy moss.
One of many deserted courtyards.
It's weird to see this everywhere. This was around the temple.
Might want to review the use of the slash...
The Grand Hotel
Controlled mayhem off the MRT. (Read: construction)
In the Tea House with Larry.
If he ever writes a book, I hope he uses this picture.
