Kaohsiung

A few pictures I took at the Kaohsiung International Airport before I boarded the plane to return to the U.S. via Taipei. One thing I noticed about Taiwan on this trip is the pathetic state of the news media. There was little, if any, reporting of anything consequential. Nothing about world events. Worse yet was the imitation of Al Gore's discredited Inconvenient Truth, with no mention of ClimateGate (well, it's not any better in the U.S., but at least we get to read about it in WSJ and Investor's Business Daily, as well as the blogs). There was much fuss about cutting carbon footprints, environmental protection -- which not bad in itself, but the whole approach is farcical. It's not clear if anyone is doing anything about it anyway (there are, of course, those who always talk). Anyway, here are the pictures.

Some New Year themed decorations near the check-in counters.

An aquatic-themed mural:

The lighthouse is a 3D model, not a painting:

Some pictures at an exhibition of an environment-loving painter: