在台北的第七，八，九天

在火车上熟睡了一个多钟，总于回来了台北，将行李交待在taipei hostel后，洗个脸，便开始悠荡了。今天的天气是我从花莲带来的雨，一整天都湿漉漉的。



今天的目标是故宫。诺大的故宫也没法子好好地照一照相。况且内堂是严禁摄照的，就只有走走看看，扮文人了。带着讲解的听筒用了3 个多小时来欣赏，或了解中国的文化等等。或许是下雨天，里面的游客人来人往，不同的导游用着不同的语言来尝试让游客对古物有个大略的认知。我们一直往人少的地方去，但，不消一下子，人潮又涌过来了。偶尔，我们也偷听一下免费的质询。



这是很酷又有点张震味儿的巴士司机，他们都很专业的穿着西装，打着领带。每到一个站，这位酷酷的先生就会用带点磁性的声音播报下一个停靠的站名。



士林站前。



红楼剧场。在一大片霓虹闪烁的现代建筑中央有显突出也可以有点不明显。有点老上海的感觉。但过了一个街，就是闻名的西门町了。这里你会体验到台湾哈日的疯狂。基本上这里没什么好玩。好奇的只是这竟有数间小电影院，才播那么一两部戏依然可以生存。



这是学生推广戏剧的其中一个法子吧。愣着犹如画中的人物出现在路上。引来不少人围观。

第八天的早上,天气开始热了.


从捷运出来，通过这一小段路就到闻名地标-自由广场了。



老实说，这种地标就是会来留个照，下次不会再来的场所。



接着我们往桃园那个方向的莺歌陶瓷老街去搜索了. 坐了一段短程火车出来,经过这个墙壁
就到了.



跟着主人的小鸟.

原来短时间内是无法感受一下人鬼情未了的浪漫的.因为要尝试做好一个陶瓷,至少要2个星期. 我们惟有到处逛逛,也买了一整套的茶具送给妈妈,又精致又便宜的陶瓷. 此外,我们在某小店吃完小食后,他竟叫我们连碗也带回家.好神奇.

莺歌美眉.

离开了莺歌,我们竟然要远途去另一个方向的猫空. 其实,如果可以的话,这两个地方是不可以安排在同一天的,很浪费路程.但,因为我们的时间所剩无几,又想去两个地方,所以就东西跑了.

猫空对我来说除了名字唯美之外,根本就是另个小云顶的感觉. 所以,如果你坐过云顶缆车,这也没什么需要来了,可是唯一不一样的是,他缆车的长度好长,所以我坐了好久,感觉静静的呆在缆车里思考也蛮好的.而且,这里有美美的日落和浪漫的台北夜色.

本来以为可以在这里慢慢的,又浪漫的品茶,然而,冷风实在太冷了,倒出来的茶也不需一分钟就变凉了. 再加上,这里的食物都超贵....一点都不享受. 如果不是因为最后一天,我也可以省下七十多元的点心加茶水了.因为真的蛮奢侈的.

也忘了这是哪一个晚上在夜市拍的照片. 就是想分享照片的力量.你看,和尚在夜市发功力. 两旁的人都朦朦胧胧的.哈哈. 这是我蛮喜欢的照片,但我还是不明白,北传师傅在晚上托着钵,在闹市中央站立着,想干嘛?

过了这个晚上,第九天就是回程了.

想不到,最后一天在台北车站还和小马哥擦肩而过. 虽然看不到真人,因为要赶飞机,无法逗留,却看到,一大班的警察与传媒在准备,守候着整个台北车站. 蛮壮观的. 哈哈...

在台北-花莲的第六天

在花莲的今天原本就不在计划里。然而，他们的热情挽留却让我们走多了一趟花莲纵谷游。同时，住宿还免费呢！当然带游费还是必需的。
因为花莲就在中央山脉和海岸山脉之间，所以有纵谷之称。这里的地很大，人却很少，该是都往外跑了，到台北去了。


你猜，这是哪里？





这是花莲的第一所大学，国立东华大学，风景优美，绿油油的与世无争，这里有很大的草地，校舍建筑却很少，这里也渐渐的成为必要观光点了。听说，也有许多婚纱照在这里拍摄呢。



看这些奇怪的姿势，哈哈。。。摄影会让人忘我。



路上看到美丽的花圃，急忙下车摄得痛快。



这些人都是被花莲人取笑的台北人，因为他们都是趁着假日老远从台北赶来这里给钱摸蚬。早年台湾河川四处都有他们的踪影，如今，随着河川被污染，只有来这里付钱体验一下。



这是花莲的其中一个六星级的酒店一角。忘了什么名堂了，总之就是贵。。。



去着参观阿美族文化村的路上，鲜少有人，到处是回归自然的村落。



与静静的街道和屋宇。我们就是坐着这两小货车到处游。



第一次看到真的，挂着的葫芦。

这是还保留着让人参观的阿美原始草屋。里面简单的一眼看完，就厨房，睡房都在一起。

他们的邮箱都很有特色。

这是难得回来家乡帮忙带动与发展阿美文化的年轻人和他的新婚妻子。这位姑娘有点眼熟哦。

超帅的小阿美朋友。看他的轮廓，真是很想捏一把。冷冷又喜欢对着镜头。有点像陈冠希吧。

到处自然生长的白合。

阿美语言，你也会念的。

原来他们还带我们去看蛇，看虫与蝴蝶。其实这是极力发展自然生态的一环。云水阿姨是生态老师，他们的课程会教小朋友自己看顾一些幼虫直到兑变为蝴蝶，记录过程。

这是曾经很热闹的林田山庄一角，一场大火过后，人烟都没了。而且，这里出土的木质都是上等的质料。现在只是沦为观光景点了。

在瑞穗牧场，我们还亲自喂食鸵鸟和乳牛，蛮有趣的经验。这里还可喝到很新鲜的热奶，奶酪蛋糕。我不敢喝奶，第一次尝试鲜奶，还挺不错的，没什么腥味。

夜里看完了花莲夜景，我们隔天一早大约5 点多就得搭火车回台北了。最缺少睡眠的一天啊。

Thai tiger temple a con job, says wildlife group

上两个星期看到这篇报道。感觉有点不是滋味。

Thailand's famed tiger temple, where monks walk around with tiger -- and make money from tourists is facing accusation that it is a con job, where tigers are traded on the quite Laos in violation of the law.

Making the claim is the Britain -based conservation organization Care for the Wild International (CWI), which this week released a report based on the basic extensive investigation of Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannsampanno in kanchanaburi.

The 28-page report-- much of it a contribution of a volunteer working undercover at the temple - details extensive abuse and exploitation of tigers.

It also warns of a grave risk to tourists from tiger, which, though physically weakened and psychologically cowed, are stressed out and therefore volatile - and have been known to injure staff and volunteers.

The report also reproduces a document showing a deal between the abbot of the temple - which styles itself as tiger rescue center - and a tiger trader in Laos to exchange a tiger for breeding purposes. Such a deal is illegal under Thai and international Law.

The report was given to the Thai authorities last November, said Mr.Guna Subramaniam of the CWI's Bangkok office, a reply was promised, but it never came, He said. Neither has any action been taken.

That led to the CWI's decision to release the report.

The temple has, in recent years, become kanchanaburi's primary tourists attraction, surpassing even the famed bridge over the River Kwai.

Based on the number of visitors, entrance fees and the price for having a picture taken with a tiger's head on your lap--1000 baht (S$40) - the CWI estimated that the temple earned about 45 million baht to 50 million bath per year.

The estimates did not take donations into account.

Despite claims to the contrary, it added " the tiger temple makes no discernible contribution to tiger conservation".

It said that the genetic make-up of the tiger is unknown, and the temple did not meet minimum standards for captive breeding for conservation.

Monks and staff let an average of about 10 of the 15 or so tigers out of their cages daily at 1pm. The tigers are walked on short leather and chain leashes to a small abandoned quarry, where they are tethered on short chains, and tourists are allowed to have their photographs taken with them.

The report said the tigers were kicked, poked, beaten, punched, dragged around by their tails, and had their ears and whiskers pulled.

In added that the abbot and staff control the tigers - which were malnourished and keep in small concrete cages - by spraying tigers urine in their faces.

The psychological tactic, which mirror’s tiger spraying of urine to mark their territory, aggressively establishes dominance and keeps the tigers cowed.

Though the temple does not have the necessary license to breed tigers, it does so anyway. But the CWI said it was impossible to say accurately how many tiger cub had been born at the temple, and how many had survived.

" It is clear that (the temple) is not a sanctuary for tiger cubs rescued from poschers but a commercial tiger breeding center. Most of the animal at the temple now have either been bred on site or were brought in from the tiger farm in Laos,” it said.

The report recorded cases of tigers disappearing overnight, and in some cases being replaced, in what appeared to be deals to exchange or sell tigers with a tiger farm in Laos.
Even some of the original eight “ rescued” tigers which formed the nucleus of the big cats at the temple eight years ago were not rescued – but bought from a wildlife trader, who confirmed this to the CWI.

Conservationists told The Straits Times that they were not surprised.

The conservation community had long suspected something was amiss at the temple, where the tigers seemed oddly docile. Allegations had been made in past that the animals were doped, but this had never been proven.

Attempts to investigate such allegations had always been resisted by the temple.

Animals exploited, abused and traded illegally, reports undercover worker.
By Nirmal Ghosh, Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok.

给那些拜访过老虎庙，

给那些即将拜访老虎庙，

给那些有一天一定会拜访老虎庙的你们。

真的是这一回事吗？老实说，我真的还是不怎么相信。。。