ANGELA B. PAN

The Chih Nan temple is on top of this gorgeous mountain side. Looking it up on Wikipedia now and it says that it if unmarried couples visit this temple together they will break up. Woah didn’t know that when I visited it. All I knew for sure was that it was this gorgeous temple that pointed south.

I got in a little bit of trouble taking a picture similar to this one. You can’t be directly inside of the temple but you can stand outside of this cool circular door way and shoot in. Kind of doesn’t make sense but all good none the less.

Most nights you could find me at the night market. It’s so much fun to walk in these streets and just look at all the food stands. They’re always pretty packed though. Not only are there tons of people but motorcycles are constantly zipping by right next to you. You’re constantly looking over your shoulder to make sure one isn’t about to run you over before you take your next step. But the food is delicious! They’re called “little eats” and my favorite thing to get were these buns with meat and veggies inside with soup. Oh the soup would be sooo good and HOT!

Home from my trip to Taiwan. I had such a great time visiting my grandparents and hanging out with my mom and extended family. But I’m also glad to be home. By the way, when did it get so cold?

This particular image was taken one night on top of Elephant Mountain. Shout out to my mom for climbing up all those steep steps with me. She really didn’t have to do it but she loves me and likes going out to take pictures with me 🙂 My grandparents used to live really close to here and I even remembered climbing up the same steps when I was younger. My mom told me that my grandfather used do this climb everyday as exercise. That must be the secret to a healthy life because he’s 99 years old!

An iconic view of Ponte Vecchio in Florence but I think its even cooler to walk across it. Theres all these little shops and people playing music on the bridge. The doors seem so tiny. Like how can anyone fit merchandise in these little stores?

The main reason for me going to San Francisco was to attend Trey Ratcliff’s photowalk. So much fun to hang out with my Arcanum friends and meet new ones. This image was taken along the walk. Pretty awesome POV along the Embarcadero.

Another awesome view of from Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Its fun to bring your zoom lens up there. You never know what compositions you’ll find. I love the layers upon layers in this image. Something you probably won’t see in Virginia. HAHA.