CHEER.chou

Dear all, I didn’t expect that I will raise so much money for shopping. I thought it will only be 1,000 – 3,000. but after 3 days, I got totally 10,150 NTD for shopping…. (if I knew it’s so easy to make money, I didn’t need to work so hard. Haha…. ) Anyway, thanks for your supporting, but due to this AMOUNT, it causes some problems as well, so I need to make things clear here.

1. those who didn’t say how much they want to donate and also I can’t find them to ask, I will only count 100 for you. And for those who wants to donate over 1,000, I can only count in 1,000.
2. due to this huge amount, I think I might not able to buy all your gifts here (in Mexico). One reason is, I might not able to carry them around. And another reason is, even there are many interesting things here, but I would got all that I like and still have some money left. I don’t think you will like me to buy 20 same handicrafts for each of you, I don’t want to do that too. So, if I am not able to spend all your money here, I will try to do it in NY, UK or Spain. IF, I still failed to buy all your gifts, the gifts will go to those who left their messages first. Please see below to find the donation list. (Sorry, those told me on msn will only be listed last.)
3. for those who I don’t see you a lot, or I didn’t even see you before, please keep your eyes on my blog and see when will I come back in Taiwan. If you don’t show up to ask for your gift in two weeks, I will give them to someone who really want them. (though I will not get the money too.)
4. one notice here, things here are not really that CHEAP in Mexico, especially the good ones. but I only want to buy the good ones, so don’t expect you will get a BIG gift if you donate just 100. but for sure, I will try my best to bargain for you (and for myself too).
5. just another notice. I mean it and I will find you to get the money. And also, there is no refund, so I hope you remember these rules here!

Have a nice day!!!

DONATION LIST

I need someone to sponsor me for shopping here!! it's amazing just to see the handcrafts here!!! if anyone want to donate some money for me to shopping here, I can guarantee you will get a very nice reward!! I mean, the money you donate will become the gift you get!! the more you donate, the better things you get!! (but don't donate over 1,000 NTD, I can't carry so many things.) I just need more budget to go in the market again and buy everything interesting!!!

so, if you trust me and want to sponsor a shopping manic, please leave a message and say "I want to donate 100 NTD!" (I can promise you will get things worth more than that.) I am serious and will find you to get the money when I go back Taiwan, and at the same time you will get your gift (but no refund). The sponsor call is from now on to end of May. you guys have only 3 days to think about it!!! so, let's DO IT!!!!

Now i am in Egypt... NO, I am in Mexico, but there are pyramids in Mexico too. the most famous one is Chichen Itza. But now it's competing with MachuPicchu and Eatster Island... etc. for the New 7 Wonders in the world, so I think it's too busy to visit. Instead, I went to Teotihuacan, just 1 hour by bus from Mexico City, very easy going!! and it has two pyramids (sun and moon) and lots of temples to see!! so worthy, itsn't it? And guess what? it's not built by Maya, neither by Aztec!! so, WHO THE HELL DID THIS?! doesn't matter, check the albums please.

btw, there is a on site museum in Teotihuacan. it is totally as crazy as those INKAs. but they don't do much paintings, they LOVE figures!! check the album too!!

我去祕魯的亞馬遜叢林繞了一圈回來了。最原先的計畫是去玻利維亞拜訪阿媽爽的，但後來事情有了變化、事情總有一點變化。然後事情又有了變化，事情又有一點變化。總之，這一切不是我原先所想像，也不是我後來所想像，但還是以它自己想要的方式發生了。結論就是我去了亞馬遜叢林一趟。

這一趟很難說是爽還是不爽。好像一開始很爽，然後很不爽，然後有點不爽，然後有點爽，然後不知道是爽還是不爽，然後就回來了。所幸是整隻好好的回來了，沒有被食人魚吃掉，反而是把食人魚給吃掉了（原因很奇怪，是因為雞被偷了），沒有被鱷魚抓走，反而把鱷魚給抓了（但是沒有走）。

Kings of Convenience -- Homesick

是的，光陰似箭 歲月如梭，六十天咻一下就過去了。隨著漫遊行程到達中段，小的南美行程也即將告一段落。在接下來一週的亞馬遜之旅後，我就要飛到墨西哥去了。兩個月的時間雖然不夠生一個小孩，但是發生的好的壞的事情也夠多了。之前有人說，在經過這一段旅行之後，我應該會變成一個不一樣的人吧！但是我看，江山易改，本性難移。除非把我終身監禁在這南美大陸上，不然我看是狗改不了吃屎，牛牽到南極也不會變成企鵝。就像我雖然不想當死觀光客，但是我想我永遠也不會變成很厲害的背包客。但也無妨，總之走一步算一步囉 ...

我想我大概太久沒用中文，所以相當之語無倫次。但也無妨，總之，看相簿囉！

yeh, you might not know where Uyuni is, but I bet you have seen a print AD of MUJI, in a totally white falt, a small man (actaully a local girl) stand in the great white. yeah, that's a photo taken in Salar de Uyuni, one the the most famous ¨must go¨ tourist spot in Bolivia now.

I have been to Uyuni and took a three days tour, but it was awful. we only spent 3-4 hours on the salt flat, and in the rest of the time, we were sittng in a jeep, driving from here to there in a great desert to see volcanos and lakes and volcanos and lakes. I felt so bored on the last two days so when I return to the small town, I took another one day tour only on the salt flat!! (I warned the agency seriously) and I even got a chance to see the sunset on the salt flat!!! it was amazing!!! the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen in my life!!!

Hola Amigos! Yes, I just went to Machu Piccho yesterday and back. It was a wonderful day to visit Machu Picchu because there was lots of mist in the morning, and then it rained, and then the sun came up and the weather got extremely hot! You can experience everything in one day! Isn´t it wonderful?

And, yesterday I was the first one to enter Machu Picchu!! Yeah! Call me ¨Light of Taiwan!!¨

I met a dog looked very like 周多多 in Conpanaconde, Perú.

uploaded some other pics, checked out the album (cute girl inside!!) please...

see? I am so skinny now!!

dear all, it's a long time not updating my blog. now I am in Cuzco, the former Inca capital. and I will go to Machupicchu soon. but I will not go by Inca trail, because it's fully booked until July. so I will go by train.... being a tourist!!! yeh!!!

Dear all, it's Apr.13 in Taiwan now. also it means, it's officially one month after I took off on my journey. Some of you may think that travelling around is just fantastic, seeing different things, meeting different people. but after all, Pinky Lin knows me well. travelling alone for such a long time is really not an easy task. I even joked with Mancer that I envy you have weekends!!

yeh, you have weekends!! even you hate your job, all you have to do is bored yourself for 5 days and then it comes the weekend, then you can recharge yourself with these two days off. but travelers don't have weekends. after travelling for 5 days, you still have to find a place to stay, get something to do. it's not because I run a tight schedule, actually my schedule is quite loose. it's that when you feel tired of travelling from here to there, and you want to settle down for some rest, things go worse.

if I took two days off, doing nothing here, I would like to kill myself here. well.. maybe that's a little bit exaggerated, but I mean it. what can you do here when you have two days off? hanging out with friends? well, I don't have many here... watching TV? well, even if I got one I don't really get the joke. surfing on internet? yeh, when you are awake, your amigos are sleeping like pigs. all I can do is reviewing all the boring News on Yahoo! (yeek)

Talking about Perú, you might think about Machu Picchu, or Nazca lines, or the ancient Inca Empire. You might not hear about a place called Haucachina before. neither did I, before I came here in Perú. it's just a small oasis in the dessert, but if you come to Perú, never miss a chance to do the sand boarding and dune buggies here!! it's way too fun!!!

Sand boarding is like snow boarding, but on sand, of course! and you can choose to stand on the board or crounch on the board, and then go sliding down the dunes, some are more than 100 meters high!!! EXTREMELY EXCITING!!! even you may fall in the sands many many times, and get sands in your mouth, nose, ears, everywhere, however it's all worthy!!!!!

watch out! art designers!! take some lessons from native americans!! I think they are just unique! you just can't figure out what were they thinking when they make these potteries, plates, and figures. they just have the craziest shapes and patterns on them! make sure to check out the album.

公獅屍


母獅屍

 
this is the taken from the wall of a trendy hotel in Puerto Natales called "indigo". I like it quite much. This type of this alphabet looks like a upside-down "!". Sometimes the most simple kind of design just delivers more possibilities for you to imagine. That's the thing.

usually, when I don't have much plan about a city, I just walk around and take some photos, that's a good way to kill time too. there are more photos taken in the streets of Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas, check out photo album!