We went camping with my friend Billy and his Landrover club a couple of weeks ago at Tien Shr Farm in central Nantou. They have a pretty nice camp area set up, with lots of shade trees, but since we arrived pretty late in the afternoon we had to pitch our tents out in the [...]
We recently had a 3-day weekend here in Taiwan for the ‘Double Ten’ (Oct. 10th) celebration of the ROC national day, the equivalent of the US 4th of July. A friend of mine, Billy, is a well-known 4×4 driver and Landrover mechanic, and he invited me to join their Landrover Club for a camping holiday in central [...]
After letting my new teapot soak for a week in the toilet tank (see Pot Cleaning Part I), I took it out for inspection and a good scrubbing. I found a very soft scrub pad (Scotchgard brand) that touts itself (in Chinese) as ‘safe for teacups’, so I’m giving it a go. So far it’s [...]