2016年1月31日 星期日

[Taiwan] 高雄,御宿Motel (民族)


這間是我在網路上隨意找到的汽車旅館,一般能找到的介紹似乎都是邀稿較多,所以住的大概都是VIP房,本來也想試著去住住看,只可惜,沒提前預約,還是訂不到的,只住到最便宜的房間。
本來以為離捷運高雄車站並不遠的,真的帶著行李走起來才發現,居然要花廿分鐘以上,這個距離實在太遠了,不適合用走的,尤其此時中間路段在施工,花的時間就更久了,所以,我會建議還是要有交通工具再來住,或者,就搭計程車囉~
I stayed in a nice motel in Kaohsiung which I found on Internet. I thought it's not so far from the Metro station, Kaohsiung Main Station, but I'm wrong. It's really far. It took me at least 20 minutes to walk there. Too far away.



這兒有個很少見的設施,房裡居然提供了一台桌機可以上網,雖然大家應該都有手機或是平板可以使用提供的免費WiFi,為了眼睛,還是用大螢幕會好一點。
There is a desktop in the room for people to get on the Internet and also the free WiFi.


房間很大,很舒服,中間是King size的雙人床,旁邊還有沙發,還有空間可以放置行李,很棒。我比較不喜歡的是電視以及後方的設計,太容易反射室內的景色了,導致晚上看電視的時候,實在是很困擾。
The room is big, very comfortable. I slept really well for the night. The only thing I don't like is the wall behind the television and the television. It reflects everything in the room which makes me feel weird while watching TV. The better way should be like watching movie in a theater, the background should be clean and black.





浴室的大小大概跟臥室差不多,分成了獨立的淋浴間與泡澡區,一個人的旅行,總是會走很多的路,晚上回到旅館,真的很適合在按摩浴缸裡好好地休息,恢復。
The bathroom is as big as the bedroom which means it has space to put a jacuzzi. When you go travel alone, you may walk a lot. At the night, you should really have a massage with the hot water, if it's hot spring will be great, it really helps to recover.  

隔天早上提供簡易的早餐。
It also provides breakfast and don't expect too much.


御宿Motel (高雄民族館):
807 高雄市三民區堯山街51號

2016年1月30日 星期六

[Taiwan] 小琉球,餃神二代水餃

離開小琉球前,決定來嚐嚐網路上評價兩極的店─餃神二代水餃,有人用很誇張的語氣評價這兒的水餃,有人則說沒有網路上傳言的好吃...
Before left Liuqiu, I decided to try the Dumpling Master Junior (2nd generation), this is also a very famous restaurant on Internet. It's famous for the good way and and the bad way. Some love it very much, some say not good enough to name himself as dumpling master. Let me figure it out.


不知是不是淡季的關係,經過的時候都覺得不太明亮,不知是不是有開店,總之,進來問問就是了!
Somehow, it's not a very bright restaurant. If you want to eat, just come in, it may still open.


水餃,對我來說,普通。餡沒有特別多,也沒有特別好吃,或是口味特別。
The dumplings, so so for me. 


牛雜湯,湯頭不錯,牛雜煮得軟嫰軟嫰,網路上有人說它的牛肉煮得不好,改吃牛雜是對的!
The soup of beef offal (from Google Translate) or the soup of beef entrails (from Wiki). Someone says the beef noodle is bad here, so I didn't want to try. I order the beef offal/entrails. It's nice.

對我來說,這間算是有小缺陷的麵店,居然沒有賣燙青菜跟小菜,感覺好怪~
For me, this restaurant miss something as a local noodle place. There are no side dishes or even boiled vegetables. That's really no good.


餃神二代水餃地址:
929 屏東縣琉球鄉中山路83號

2016年1月24日 星期日

[Taiwan] 小琉球,高記在地小吃

小琉球的週四晚上,街上實在沒什麼人,甚至開的店家也沒幾家,隨意挑了一家,似乎有上過電視的餐廳來嚐嚐~
The Kao's restaurant. Not so many people on the street during winter time in Liuqiu. I just pick up a restaurant by random.


光從價位來看,說實話,並不是太便宜,感覺跟台北的麵店差不多價錢。
To be honest, the price is not cheap, maybe similar to Taipei.






裝潢很鄉下,很簡單的壁紙,開放給食客留言或是畫圖,整間畫得滿滿滿,在等菜的時候,讀讀他人的故事也是滿有趣的。
This is one kind of local styles for a restaurant, every customer can try to draw something on the wall, kind of message board. And during the time waiting for the dishes, that is a topic to chat about with friends.




鬼頭刀炒飯,挺好吃的,鬼頭刀丁也滿大塊的,可以吃得出魚味,只是覺得口味偏重,沒特別看到胡椒,或許是味精加得較多吧!
The fried rice with mahimahi. It surprise me while writing this, it is mahimahi that I eat a lot in Los Angels. The taste is a little bit too strong.


炒高麗菜,高麗菜滿甜的。
The fried cabbage is really sweat.


鮮魚湯,我喜歡這兒的鮮魚湯,調味輕淡,魚的鮮味有出來,正是我喜愛的。
The soup with fish. It's good that the chef doesn't put too much ginger which still keep the fresh sweat of the fish.

高記在地小吃地址:
929 屏東縣琉球鄉中山路33-1號

2016年1月23日 星期六

《安德闇影》,歐森.史考特.卡德(Orson Scott Card)著

本書是《致命兒戲》,或說《戰爭遊戲》的外傳,《致命兒戲》我在2013年年初看完,電影版在2013年年底上映,又過了兩年多,才從圖書館借了這本外傳《安德闇影》,其實,本傳的角色已經忘得差不多了,根本就不記得,曾經出現過「小豆」這一個角色!

在《致命兒戲》中,讀者看著安德與成人之間的對抗,如何一步步喪失純真,又保有一點真靈(自我)而能不迷失自己,但在《安德闇影》則沒有這樣的掙扎,小豆是個擁有超高智商的孩子,靜靜地從線索中推導出隱藏在背後的真相,然後再採取對自己最有利的方式對應一切,給人一種從上帝視角觀看的優越感,這也是另一種挺不錯的感覺!

或許由於這兩本書寫的是同一個故事的不同視角,但如果只是單純轉換視角,只會給人解說謎題的感覺,如果能做到連角色的個性,心路歷程都不同,才會有機會帶給讀者不同的感受,甚至感動,最終在亞馬遜的讀者評語中才能得到那麼高的評價,從中也可看出作者的功力,真是厲害!

2016年1月17日 星期日

[Taiwan] 高雄,旗津 (Cijin)

下午從小琉球回到高雄,寄放行李之後就決定到旗津走走,時間差不多,稍微逛一逛就可以欣賞落日了!
Leaving Liuqiu, back to Kaohsiung. I took another cruise to go Cijin where is very famous for the sunset. Since it's still early, around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I went to some other places first.


一從港口出來,直接就到了夜市,就隨意地走走看看囉!
Just leave the harbor, it's the night market you may buy some food.




旗津天后宮,試著拍拍看太陽光的星芒,挺有趣的。
The Tianhou Temple. The sunlight pierce the roof seems interesting for me.






來到夜市,還是像旗津這樣的港口夜市,不自覺地就想吃烤小卷,走到中後段時,發現這家20老店,是這個時間唯一有在排隊的烤小卷攤,就決定排隊買了,真的很好吃,很Q很香!
On the way to the beach, I found this is the only one there are some people waiting in a line. And the board says it's opened for more than 20 years. So I bought one.




在海灘邊,邊賞景邊吃熱呼呼的小卷,真是一大享受~
Enjoy the warm sunlight in winter with the hot squid, is so wonderful. Nice holiday.


接著打算上燈塔看看景色,因為不知道路,就先回到港口再沿著指標趕路,大約花了我20幾分鐘才到,本來還打算就在這裡等到日落,景色挺不錯的,沒想到管理員五點就來趕人關門了。
Then I went back to the harbor and go north to the lighthouse. It's located on the top of a hill which might take me 20 minutes and it closed at 5 o'clock which is so early. I planed to wait for the sunset here but obviously, I can't.








往高雄方向的景色。 
The view of Kaohsiung from Cijin Lighthouse.




在網路上查到似乎山下有個小海灘是賞落日的好地方,找了一下才發現是在往砲台方向有條通往海灘的小路,接近海邊的地方會有個怪怪的隧道,穿過去就到了。
After doing down to the start, at the sign to go lighthouse or Cihou Fort (or Cihou Battery). Go on the way to Cihou Fort but don't go up, there is a trail to going down to the beach and then go through a weird tunnel, you may find a place where I took above photos.

到了那才發覺,我根本就繞了遠路,我應該在吃完小卷後,直接沿著海灘北上,走到底就到了,這樣可以節省一點時間,就可以在燈塔待久一點了~不過或許會變只待在這個海灘等落日,根本就不會上燈塔了也說不定,呵~
When I back to the harbor, I just found out that I went the farther to reach there. I should go straight north along the beach, then I can arrive the foot of the hill. And that can save some time.




五點半左右打算回高雄了,沒想到碼頭上已經是滿滿的人潮,至少排了五十公尺的隊了,幸好船班密集,可載運的旅客也多,倒是不用等太久。
When I planed to go back to Kaohsiung, the line is almost 50 meters away the harbor.

2016年1月16日 星期六

[Taiwan] 小琉球,旭日亭

在小琉球的東北方,相對於落日亭,這兒有旭日亭,應該是個看日出的好地方,只是我這趟旅行是個完全放鬆的行程,不想設個鬧鐘強迫自己來看日出,所以就算了;從告示牌的說明來看,這兒的日出有點小特別,由於小琉球與台灣本島非常近,在這兒是看不到太陽從海平面昇起的,太陽會從遠方的中央山脈昇起,若天氣好,或許就是海,山,日出,似乎別有一番風味~
At the north-east of Liuqiu, there is Sunrise Pavilion for viewing the sunrise. But this is a lazy trip for me, I don't want to set an alarm to push me to do anything. From the board, there is one thing special to watch the sunrise here. The sun will not rise from the sea level, it will rise behind the Central Mountain Range because Liuqiu is so close to Taiwan, only 20 minutes away by the cruise.




我來這兒逛的時候,差不多是下午四點半,陽光已經變得柔和,再搭上下方海岸的碼頭,是一幅很美的「回家」。
When I was here, it's around 4:30 PM. The sunshine is very soft and with pier down to the coast. It's so beautiful.

2016年1月10日 星期日

[Taiwan] 小琉球,蛤板灣(Geban Bay)



蛤板灣,是小琉球島上最美的沙灘,雖然沒有很長,不過看著乾淨的白沙,曬著溫暖的冬陽,聽著平靜的潮水,真的是很舒服,很美~可惜我把小說留在房間了,在這兒靜靜地閱讀一兩小時,會是難得的享受~
Geban Bay, some people also call it Venice Beach. I haven't had a chance to go to Venice Beach, I don't know how to compare them. For me, the Geban Bay is a beautiful sandy beach. And maybe it's Friday during the winter season, not so many people came here. It's really peaceful and relax. It's so pity that I left my book in the hotel. It's really a nice place to read a book with the warm sunshine.

2016年1月9日 星期六

[Taiwan] 小琉球,相思麵

相思麵店,感覺上似乎是小琉球島上名氣非常大的麵店,我週四來時,雖然店家沒開,但我仍看到有其他人也來這兒想吃麵,跟我一樣,到了才發現沒開,在一旁滑手機,尋找下一個建議,呵~於是我在週五中午又來,才終於吃到!
Xiang-Si-Mian, which might be the most popular restaurant I tried in Liuqiu. When I came here on Thursday, it was closed and I noticed there were some other people also came. So I came back again on Friday.


發覺菜單風格跟「社區麵店」有點像,於是就點了一樣的乾麵,還有昨天沒吃到的豬血湯,至於小菜跟燙青菜更是在台灣麵店必點的配菜。
Since I tried a similar restaurant yesterday, I had the Dried Noodle again and Pork Blood Soup which was sold out yesterday.


乾麵加了一顆滷蛋,這兒的麵的份量跟「社區麵店」差不多,不過青菜比較多,肉塊也比較大,口味上倒是差不多。
The Dried Noodle with a stewed egg. Here have more vegetables and a bigger cut of pork. Which might be better than yesterday.


中規中矩的豬血湯。
The Pork Blood Soup.


我很喜歡店家在燙青菜中還加了蒜泥,讓口味有更多的變化。
The Boiled Vegetable. I like they also provide some mashed garlic with the vegetable which can provide more flavor of the vegetables.


小菜有豬頭皮與豆干,醬油多了點,還不錯吃。
Some side dishes.

相思麵地址:
929 屏東縣琉球鄉上杉路31巷7號