Getting prepared: different angles of taking a photo

It's getting close to my nude hiking and I must be prepared. One of my greatest regrets is I take too few photos. I take many more photos than the average person but they are never enough. If you see a beautiful lake and you think you have taken enough photos of it, you are almost certainly wrong. There are many angles from which you can take a pic and when you look at Google Images, you will be surprised to see that another photographer has taken the photo of the same lake from an angle you have not even thought of at the time.

It rained heavily this evening and I thought it was a good idea to take a pic from this angle. As it turns out, it is quite an artistic angle, don't you think? The light and the way I composed the photo give a mystical air to it, or is it just the imagination of one who is totally devoid of any drop of artistry, a deficiency which my wife will readily attest to.

Two weeks to my annual Alpine nude hiking.

Many naturists love to show how richly tanned their skin is. Naturally, if you go about your daily life in the nude, it makes no sense if you have tan marks which are a dead giveaway that you are clothed most of your life or if you look deadly pale which may suggest that you have not exposed your skin to the sun. I may look quite tanned when I am alone in a photo. All my friends and family think of me as extremely dark and of course I am; I live in the tropics. But when I am with some of my more tanned naturist friends who live in countries where the sun hardly peeks out of grey clouds, they almost always put me to shame.

Before my annual nude hiking, I always make it a point to expose myself to the sun as much as possible. I think this year, I have done a great job. One can hardly get more tanned than this. And it's only two weeks more.  I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone again.

Volcanic activity.

There is a great deal of volcanic activity in Taiwan and one result of it is the many hot springs the country has. I'm now in a hot spring bath in Beitou, Taiwan. There is a persistent smell of sulphur or some chemical in the water.

I've been to many public baths in Beitou and elsewhere but none of them allows photography. For the purpose of this blog, I have to settle for a photo taken in the private hot spring bath in my hotel room. It's the same water from the same volcanic source without the usual bathroom chatter. and without the filth from other men too!

I love Taiwan

There are many reasons to love Taiwan. The scenery, the food and the people are all simply amazing. The people here are far more progressive than all other Asians put together. Taiwan is the first Asian country that accepts same-sex marriage.

There are additional reasons why I love Taiwan. The people here speak the language I'm familiar with from birth. And even the beer suits my palate. It's mixed with fruit juice and it's only 2% proof which is just right for the common Chinese inability to metabolise alcohol.

I'm now on holiday in Taiwan.