A JAPANESE ROAD WARRIOR FROM LEXUS

Lexus is always the symbol of high performance (and high price) Japanese car; the sedans and LSUVs of Lexus are quite popular in Taiwan, and compete with European luxurious brands such as Mercedes and BMW. But Lexus has never offered a super sport car to compete with European super sports car, such as Porsche or Ferrari.

Now there is a Japanese road warrior from Lexus. The LFA sets the new milestone and gives people a new brand image of Lexus. This super car is truly a monster based on the Formula One experience and technology of Toyota. LFA will be another hot shot for super car fans or collectors, since there will be only 500 cars produced.

To promote the brand of Lexus, Lexus Taiwan brought one LFA to Taiwan for a road show. Now they are working very hard to get few LFA to fulfill Taiwan market. So we may see this super car on high ways in Taiwan soon.

BTW, the price of LFA is about €375,000

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THE BEAUTIFUL EAST COAST OF TAIWAN

When people visit Taiwan, most of them visit the major cities on the west coast of Taiwan, such as Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung. They hardly go to the east coast of Taiwan to visit Hualian and Taitung, due to inconvenient transportation.

Hualian and Taitung give you a very different feeling of Taiwan compared with those cities on the west coast. Because the beautiful mother nature and the indigenous cultures. I love Taitung most, because I can see beautiful Pacific Ocean and the magnificent Central Mountain Range, also the pure air the easy life style.

If you have a chance to Visit Taiwan and have some time to spend out of major cities, I do recommend you to go to Taitung to experience the different Taiwan.

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END OF LOTUS SEASON

I was supposed to avoid the burning sun yesterday, but I just wanted to test my new toy, the Sigma 18-50 F2.8 EX DC Macro lens. So I grabbed my gear and went to AnKang Farm of National Taiwan University(台灣大學安康農場) to take some photos at the end of lotus season.

Thanks for the burning sun, I got some nice photos, also sun tan.

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A NICE RESTAURANT TO ENJOY YAKINIKU

My wife and I always enjoy yakiniku (the Japanese BBQ) whenever we visit Japan, because the Japanese beef (Wagyu beef) is really tender and juicy. The real Japanese beef is not legal in Taiwan, so a restaurant imports the Australian Wagyu beef instead. We visited this place when we celebrated my wife's birthday. All I can say is "As good as what we had in Japan!". It is really a nice place for special occasions.

This yakiniku restaurant group named "Kanpai"(乾杯), but only 2 locations named "Kanpai Classic"(老乾杯) serve Wagyu beef.

A GREEN CAR FROM BMW

Recently BMW had an event in Taiwan to promote their hybrid technology and the new hybrid power automobile, so they brought the new concept car "BMW Vision EfficientDynamics" to Taipei.

It was a nice experience to get a close look at this high tech concept car. But I also have a different thought on recent hybrid automobiles. Green power, energy efficiency, and environment friendly are all import issues to us. We do want to show our passion to support hybrid technology. But when we take a look at the car market, only luxurious models offer hybrid engines. It seems we have to be rich, then can be a environment friendly person. Hope governments and automobile manufactures, and maybe petrol companies can put more efforts on cost-down of hybrid cars, so not only rich people can support this green technology.

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