So I accidentally mentioned the Dalai Lama today. My tour guide was talking to me about the different religions in Taiwan, he asked me if I was Buddhist because I' vegetarian (I'm only a part-time vegetarian but I guess asking for chicken and not porj put me in some-sort of vegetariab category), and then I mentioned how the Dalai Lama eats meat sometimes. The response I got was "He's not a Buddhist. He's something else" in a kind of stern tone. Oops. Sorry I forgot that the Chinese hate him, and I guess the Taiwanese are strongly influenced by popular Chinese ideas. I'd love to delve deeper into the anti-HHDL psyche, but I haven't founf the appropriate time/person as yet.
The photo is from my taxi. Those small koalas bloody make it everywhere - it's unbelievable. I saw 3 westerners all day, yet I see 2 Australian koala keyring thingys.
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