Visiting family in .tw; picture of a train platform at HSR Zuoying station near Kaohsiung, Taiwan. There's a ubiquitous Hey Song vending machine.

This is all fine, and the High Speed Rail service in Taiwan is very good and affordable.

Only issue is that we were supposed to be at HSR Chiayi station instead, but took a southbound express instead of a local from Taichung.

Oops.

#Taiwan #Taichung #Chiayi #TSHR #Kaohsiung

"Water levels in the #TsengwenReservoir serving the southern #Tainan and #Chiayi regions plummeted below 10 percent this year, the third such drop since 2018, leaving reservoir beds cracked and exposed.

The #Tsengwen serves as a primary water source for a massive foundry making the island's precious #semiconductors... and also supplements the region's #rice-growing plains." #ClimateCrisis #WaterCrisis

#Taiwan tribe despairs as #drought shrinks #bamboo crop
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230602-taiwan-tribe-despairs-as-drought-shrinks-bamboo-crop

Produzione artigianale di salsa di soia nel villaggio di Xingang.

Ho scattato questa foto nell'estate del 2010 quando ho trascorso un mese a dipingere nelle campagne attorno a Chiayi, che si trova nella parte centro-meridionale di Taiwan.

#Taiwan #Chiayi #Xingang

RT @scheeinfo: (2/n) If we look at road fatalities per 100k inhabitants, we found...

1) #Taitung 24.4
2) #Chiayi 23.5
3) #Ilan 22.4
4) #Hualien 22.0
5) #Miaoli 21.0

Taiwan avg: 12.1

Neighboring countries (2018): Australia: 4.5, Japan 4.1, South Korea 6.5, Vietnam 24.5, Philippines 10.5 https://t.co/HfF0Ge1xZc

RT @TaiwanBirding: Does your city have an official #bird?

• White-eared Sibia: #Taichung
• Taiwan Blue-Magpie: #Taipei City, #Taoyuan City, #Yunlin County
• Swinhoe’s Pheasant: #Chiayi County
• Oriental Magpie: #Hsinchu City, #Miaoli County

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RT @TaiwanBirding: Does your city have an official #bird?

• White-eared Sibia: #Taichung
• Taiwan Blue-Magpie: #Taipei City, #Taoyuan City, #Yunlin County
• Swinhoe’s Pheasant: #Chiayi County
• Oriental Magpie: #Hsinchu City, #Miaoli County

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