MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jan 11, 2012, 9:09 pm
Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! Recently my brother John visited Taiwan, but we weren’t able to blog on his visit in real time due to a couple of technical difficulties that are now resolved.  So, without further delay, we bring you installment #1 of his visit! This is John arriving ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jan 2, 2012, 5:45 am
First, it was a problem with the update that broke a vital plugin.  Now my main computer has broken and is in the shop for repair.  My brother was recently in Taiwan for 19 days so we have a lot of things to show you, so please be patient with us.  Thanks!
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 4, 2011, 12:26 am
Mobile phone food photos by MJ Klein Well, dear readers, we apologize for the time interval between posts of late.  There is lots going on that has been demanding our attention, but not much going on that is blog-worthy.  However, as we’ve said before, Hui-chen and I photograph nearly every mea...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Nov 2, 2011, 7:16 am
Photos by MJ Klein Recently more work went on behind our house and on the main roads in the area.  This time, the traffic island was jack-hammered to pieces, removed and replaced.  I have no idea what was wrong with the old traffic island and why it needed to be replaced, but I was fascinated t...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Oct 13, 2011, 10:51 am
Photos by MJ Klein Warning:  In this installment, I documented the preparation and roasting of a pig in the local village.  If such images disturb you, I recommend that you do not view them. I talked with my friend Sonny, and we decided to throw a barbecue party for his relatives and friends...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Sep 19, 2011, 6:32 am
Mobile phone photos by MJ Klein One of our cars was taken from in front of our house, in broad daylight, a week ago today.  We got a call yesterday from the police in Yong An that our car had been recovered.  Hui-chen and I went over to take a look at it, and the first thing we noticed was that o...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Sep 8, 2011, 1:01 am
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen, including FOOD PHOTOS! Recently Hui-chen and I were invited by a television production company to participate in a new show they were shooting in Taiwan.  The show stars Bob Blumer and will air in Taiwan on a yet-to-be-determined network.  It’s called “World’...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Aug 29, 2011, 11:44 am
Photos by MJ Klein In this article, we’ll travel from Tuguegarao City to the village of Santo Nino.  My guide, Sonny is from that village and I wanted to visit his family and friends there.  Please note that many of these photos were taken from a moving Jeepney without looking through the vie...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Aug 19, 2011, 4:32 am
Mobile phone photos by MJ Klein Recently the almost year-long project on the corner near my house was completed.  Now they’re really tearing up the road again and I have no idea what it’s all about this time. I did see a guy with a metal detector, but I’m unsure about what he was looking fo...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Aug 8, 2011, 11:06 am
Photos by Hui-chen and MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! A few weeks ago, Titty Tea hosted a cookout for their regular customers.  We’re going to show you what we cooked. Now you know that anything that begins with charcoal and a torch is going to be good! Notice the round aluminum grill.  I�...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jul 26, 2011, 1:22 am
Photos by MJ Klein, except where noted Dear readers, we sincerely apologize for the long interval without a new article.  With the recent passing of my father I wanted to leave his obituary at the top of the blog for some time; I’m sure you understand.  But now we must move forward with our nex...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jul 5, 2011, 9:14 am
I’m not sure how to put this, but my father James E. Klein (seen on the left in the above photo) passed away on July 3rd, 2011.  Many of our readers will remember the good times we had with him on our most recent trips to the USA. “Jim” was born January 30, 1923 in Canandaigua, New York, the...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jun 22, 2011, 9:03 am
Photos by MJ Klein Driving around recently, we noticed that some names on highway and road signs have changed: Take a close look and you’ll see the entire name on the left has an overlay, and “Zhu” on the right is overlaid on the sign. But not just in that one spot – it seems that every s...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jun 13, 2011, 2:36 am
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen Last Monday was a holiday in Taiwan, and our friend Xiao-hui (also spelled “Shao hui” in some blog articles) invited us to join her party at Neiwan, a touristy town in the mountain region. We made our way down under this bridge to a flat area beside the river. I ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jun 7, 2011, 1:10 am
Photos by Hui-chen Saturday night was the first in a series of Open Mic nights at Titty Tea in Jhubei.  I was one of the hosts for the event.  Let us take you through the highlights of the evening: The event was held upstairs in this beautiful room. Mimi started the show off with a reading of S...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - May 18, 2011, 12:00 pm
It seems like it was yesterday when we were talking about the 5th anniversary of TheNHBushman.com, but now it’s been six years since we started! Hui-chen and I would like to thank all of our loyal readers who have stuck by us and faithfully read our articles about our personal travels and experie...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - May 16, 2011, 2:13 am
  Photos by MJ Klein I thought I would talk about how I’m doing with my exercise routine, since I got the new machine a few weeks ago. This is my home gym/music room.  Having the Yamaha PA system directly across from the exercise machine makes it nice when listening to music while working out...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - May 13, 2011, 11:53 am
Photos by MJ Klein Recently, I was in the Philippines on business.  I spent a few days in Manila and then I went up north to the Cagayan Valley.  First I’ll show you what it was like in Manila. Greg (on the left) was our driver, and Sonny was my guide in the Philippines.  Greg is a former Ma...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - May 10, 2011, 3:49 am
Photos by MJ Klein Today I snapped a few photos of the more recent work that’s been done near our home: All that’s left of the work that was being done at night, is this “L” shaped hole, now all patched. Behind where that hole is, we see a big pile of dirt and some plastic pipes that hav...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - May 1, 2011, 8:17 am
Photos by MJ Klein One of the great things about living in Taiwan is all the great deals you can get on locally made items, like this Johnson Home Gym. I have been looking for something like this for quite some time, and then stumbled across it at an exercise equipment store in Hsinchu.  The pric...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Apr 24, 2011, 1:06 am
Mobile Phone photos by MJ Klein Last night Hui-chen and I came home to find more road work outside of our home.  Here we see that the local DPW has dug a huge hole in the middle of the road. They’re in the process of digging it out. This went on all night long.  Today, the work continues.  W...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Apr 14, 2011, 8:09 am
FOOD Photos by MJ Klein Dear Readers, it’s been awhile since we had a strictly food article, and week 14 of 2011 was an interesting one.  So let’s get right into it! Hui-chen and I had dinner at the Rainbow Restaurant in Hukou.  That’s pork/garlic/basil on the right and fried egg Thai sala...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Apr 4, 2011, 1:26 am
Photos by MJ Klein I have one of those popular HD video recording cameras in my car.  Whenever I’m driving I run the camera so it records the actions going on in front of my car.  Here are a couple of still shots from a few days ago: This one I like to call “the truck salmon” as he is on t...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Mar 31, 2011, 12:00 pm
We are happy to announce that Google Inc. has signed a deal to purchase our blog for an undisclosed amount.  Google has hired Hui-chen and I as a writing team for the blog, so the content will be the same as always!  Google, who owns Blogger, has embarked on a new project, aimed at preserving the ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Mar 30, 2011, 1:41 am
Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS This, the last installment of our 2010 USA Trip series, is bittersweet because it deals with one of our favorite countries – Japan.  We wish our Japanese brothers and sisters all the best as they deal with res...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Mar 17, 2011, 2:34 am
Lunch At Costco, originally uploaded by TheNHBushman.com.
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Mar 17, 2011, 2:33 am
Hui-chen’s pizza. We both got Costo chicken salad – they are very good!  
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Mar 10, 2011, 10:36 pm
Photos by MJ Klein – photos are geotagged Hui-chen and I attended the recent Lantern Festival in Miaoli.  The festival is over now but we wanted to show you what we saw. This is one of several parking lots for the event.  There were shuttle buses to take people to and from the event.  This ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Mar 7, 2011, 11:07 pm
Photo by MJ Klein My 12 bottle case of Bootsy BBQ Sauce has arrived in Taiwan, safe and sound! Stay tuned for more BBQ stories coming soon!
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Feb 28, 2011, 5:00 am
Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series This post is for people who love real smoked BBQ! On our last day in the US on this trip, I wanted to use the wood smoker again.  It had been so long since I had cooked with one that I needed the practice to get back on ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Feb 22, 2011, 10:19 pm
Photos by MJ Klein Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series I know we’ve dragged this series out longer than any other we’ve done, but we’re coming to the end!  After this installment, we’re going to show you what we did on the last day, and then what happened to us on the way home, so there will...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Feb 13, 2011, 5:00 pm
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series After New England, we returned to North Carolina, where we had 2 weeks until our return flight back home to Taiwan.  We spent quite a few days relaxing out by the pool and enjoying the local cuisine. We checked out the new downtown b...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jan 31, 2011, 8:22 am
Photo by MJ Klein Some of our loyal readers have been asking what is going on, since we haven’t had an update in some time.  We sincerely apologize to our loyal readers, but something was going on that I’m about to tell you now.  There were a few updates on Facebook recently that told some of...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jan 13, 2011, 12:04 am
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including some FOOD PHOTOS at the end. As soon as Hui-chen and I got the car and started driving away from the North End area, the rain stopped!  This was very similar to what happened to us when we visited Salem a few days earlier.  But by the time it stopped rai...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Jan 3, 2011, 10:57 am
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! As we head into this new year, we’re coming to a close on this series soon.  On our last day in New England I wanted to take Hui-chen to the North End, the famous Italian section of Boston.  Years ago I lived in the North End, on Charter Str...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 30, 2010, 9:51 am
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! There was another place that I wanted to take Hui-chen.  We had seen this place on TLC in Taiwan, and Hui-chen expressed an interest in visiting there.  So, naturally I had to take her.  Where are we talking about? We headed to Revere, Massa...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 24, 2010, 7:54 am
Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! It’s been some time since we went to Yong An and the famous fishing port, so Hui-chen and I decided to head up there for lunch.  Yong An has some of the best and freshest seafood in Taiwan. We went to the restaurant area and were immediately besieged�...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 21, 2010, 6:32 am
Photos by MJ Klein The other day Hui-chen found a new tea shop (new to us, that is) in Jubei.  We decided to check it out. We were very glad we did, because it’s a delightful place with a great menu, excellent quality food and drinks, and the staff are all good conversationalists (they put up w...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 19, 2010, 9:46 am
Photos by MJ Klein It’s been awhile since we’ve had a story about grillin’ good food, and also been awhile since we partied at Xiao-hui’s place!  So, the time has come for us to bring you this article and introduce you to our favorite BBQ sauce, Bootsy BBQ!  Bootsy BBQ is known as the “...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 10, 2010, 1:45 am
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series UPDATE: Hui-chen reminded me that I forgot to include a photo taken on the way into Salem.  It’s now at the very end of this article. Hui-chen wanted to see more of Salem, as it certainly is a beautiful and remarkably clean city. �...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 1, 2010, 4:00 pm
Photos by MJ Klein Good friend and blogger, Andre, recently purchased a new vehicle.  The one he chose is awesome, utilizing technology to solve many driving issues.  He bought the Luxgen SUV, which was designed and produced in Taiwan.  Not intending to be a review of the vehicle, here are some ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Dec 1, 2010, 12:33 am
Dear Readers, It’s that time again – time to vote for your favorite blog in the 2010 Taiwan Best Blog Awards! We’ve done well in the past 2 years and we thank you for that. This year it’s just as easy to vote. You can click on the icon on the right hand column to go to the voting page. ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Nov 27, 2010, 12:05 am
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series We have lots more photos to show you, so we decided to do sort of an intermediate article about what we did on the evening when we returned to Mass from NH’s beautiful North Country. After conferring with our friends Fred and Mary...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Nov 17, 2010, 10:59 pm
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen, including some FOOD PHOTOS I took some of my Chinese language classmates out for lunch the other day.  Where did we go?  To Xiao-hui’s! When we arrived there was very loud karaoke going on inside, so we opted to sit outside.  It turned out to be a good choice be...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Nov 11, 2010, 7:51 am
Photos by Hui-chen & MJ Klein with some FOOD PHOTOS! Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series After spending time in the Mt. Washington area, and taking the cog up to the summit, we continued north to the very northernmost parts of New Hampshire. We passed the entrance to the Mount Washington Auto Road o...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Oct 31, 2010, 11:34 pm
Photos by Hui-chen Last weekend Hui-chen and I went to a very nice place in the Jian Shi area of Taiwan.  We wanted to show you what it was like to be there before we get into our next installment of our US trip.  We’ll let the photos do the talking. This is very typical of a river in Taiwan, ...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Oct 17, 2010, 10:25 am
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series Dear Readers, we took a fantastic trip up to the top of Mount Washington on the Cog Railway.  We have over 100 photos to show you in this article, so get ready to go along with us as we head up the mountain! Not far up Route 302 fro...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Oct 11, 2010, 8:00 am
Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen, with some FOOD PHOTOS! Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series After exploring the sights in Maine, Hui-chen and I awoke to perfect weather for traveling back to New Hampshire.  We headed out Route 302 from Maine into New Hampshire and went through those beautiful small to...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Oct 4, 2010, 8:57 am
Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen – including FOOD PHOTOS! Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series After taking a day off from traveling, Hui-chen and I headed up east to the state of Maine. We crossed over this bridge into a new state for Hui-chen.  I’ve been to Maine several times and all up and do...
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MJ K. posted an article on TheNHBushman.com - Oct 1, 2010, 1:09 am
Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! UPDATE: Please see the last photo in this article for an update. Dunkin’ Donuts is a global phenomenon and it’s reached Taiwan. Known throughout the United States, and primarily New England, Dunkin’ Donuts is rather new here and people are discov...
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