Travel Blog

I’ve decided to keep my main blog under Travel Blog because, after all, life is one big journey. 

Tonight, I made a breakthrough here in my new home in Kaohsiung.  I’ve been back in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for exactly one year now.  I spent at least three quarters of my time here bitching about how  boring this place is and how I miss my life back in SF and DC. 

So a few weeks ago, I decided to stop bitching about it and to do something to rectify this situation.  (I love the word RECTIFY).  So tonight, I signed 2 contracts to promote parties here in Kaohsiung.  The first will be Halloween at the biggest hiphop club in Kaohsiung called Dreams on Oct 29th.  The second will be to fly DJ Tasc from Canada down to Kaohsiung for the weekend of November 26th and throw a gigantic hip hop party.  Now for those who know me, hip hop isn’t really my thing.  But the city government has been busting and closing down all the house/trance venues in town due to it’s relation to chemical goods.  So hip hop is the only game in town.   

Kaohsiung has a population more than 3X the 750K in SF.  But it’s primarily and industrial "blue collar" city.  With China’s manufacturing black hole, Kaohsiung has fallen into an emploment slump as factories move their assets to the mainland for better labor advantages (FYI - the average labor cost per hour in the Germany is US$31, in the US it’s US$26, in Taiwan it’s US$5.6, and in China it’s US$0.92).  Yes folks, 92 cents per hour.  That’s the key to cheap Kmart, Walmart, and Costco goods.  But I digress.

So Kaohsiung, being the second largest city in Taiwan next to Taipei, definitely has some untapped potential.  By God, I’m going to be the one to tap it.  So for those of you (like Adam Croan from DC) who have the gumption to visit me out of the blue from yonder, you will see first hand my handy work.  I welcome all to visit exotic Taiwan.  And for those who are in Taiwan, I welcome you to come down and see Kaohsiung in a brand new light.