IT-stories. Part 1
Keelung is based on Mars
Keelung; 23.05.2004
Holidays at last! No meetings, no hardware rigs, no notebook! I sit at the computer for so long that all the left organs of mine will soon atrophy.
At the weekends, Taiwanese prefer going out to the ocean. Those who are better off book hotels on the coast and move over there for two days with their families. Those who are even richer than that cruise around their mistresses put up over various hotels of the shore, spending a day with each for a change.
We are common people - a pair of salmon sushi pieces at 50 cents each make us happy, sate, and pleased. In short, we are riding over to the coast with Vika to Keelung for a swim, sunbathing, strolling around mountains, trying fish cafes.
Buses travel back and forth to Keelung from Taipei Main Station (there is a small barn right opposite the "Nova" computer shop - that's the bus stop). It takes one hour to get there, and the ticket is 45 rubles (1.5$).
The bus arrives at the central berth of the city, and to get to the beach you have to take another local trip.
The word "beach" is too much of me to say. Taiwanese hate swimming, which is understandable - ocean is not sea. Even in the windless weather, sea waves are huge. The ocean will either drag you away or burst you at the rocks and break your bones. Formosa is a volcanic island. Mountains loom up straight by the shores. It is not an easy task to find a sandy beach and flat coast.
You have to jump a lot over the coastal boulders until you get to the water. How can you lower your body exhausted by heat to the water? The trick is dangerous and hard enough - I would not recommend repeating it to anyone.
Viktoria KulikovaBut the sightseeing around is incredible - absolutely Martian landscape. For thousands of years, wind and water have washed up all the soft tufa and slags, stripped and polished the fossilized lava streams to luster.
To prevent locals from heart attacks and mass jumps from the rocks, Vika was sunbathing following the rules of the Chinese morality - in a small skirt. But only until another wave has covered her. So we had to make off into the mountains for drying up shirts and skirts.
As we rounded another mountain enjoying the magnificent views and squealing with delight, our legs deadly tired and sweat flowing down in streams, the day was coming to an evening.
We finished our adventure at the berth, sitting at a sushi bar stretching legs and savoring the past day - fantastic!
- Hey, Vika, when are we having the official launch of i915?
- Don't dare ask me that - you know that better than I, you announced it on the web site in yesterday's news!.
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