I’ve been uploading vacation pictures to WikiMedia since 2015. I call some of my vacations Wiki Vacations, because I go to places with an explicit intent of taking pictures, processing them afterwards, and then uploading them to WikiMedia, for use on Wikipedia articles. I don’t actually know how other Wikipedians refer to this mode of vacation. But I do know the official definition of WikiBreak, nicknamed Wikivacation, means almost the opposite.
Regardless of the terminology, I do find the experience rewarding. As reported earlier in Some of my Most Popular Pictures, time spent getting good, useful pictures for Wikipedia is more than made up by seeing some of these pictures widely distributed online, with or without credits. Here I posted a few of my favorite Wiki Vacation pictures. Not all of them are well appreciated though. But it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This is from my trip to Taiwan in 2009. Hey, it’s on the first result page of Google image search.
CiSingTan Bay with the Central Mountain Range in the background, in Hualien County in Taiwan
This is from the same place a few moments later.
CiSingTan Bay with fixed-net fishing operations close to shore
And this picture ended up serving as the banner picture for this very same website.
A strange stone sculpture I found
Formosa Express, a five-star tourist train, races sedans running alongside it on highway in Ji’an Township.
Formosa Express, a five-star tourist train, races sedans running alongside it on highway
A picturesque roadside cemetery with the Central Mountain Range in the background.
Zuocang Cemetery
Spectacular view of the Taroko Gorge on the Central Cross-Island Highway.
Spectacular view of the Taroko Gorge
Biking uphill on the Central Cross-Island Highway.
Biking uphill on the Central Cross-Island Highway at Taroko Gorge in Taiwan
Magnificent building at Tzu Chi University.
JingSi Hall
Garden of the Generalissimos, part of the Cihu Mausoleum of Chiang Kai-shek.
Hundred after hundreds of status of the same guy
It’s a strange sight indeed
Green algae on rocks at ShihTiPing (giant stone steps) coastal area.
Green algae on rocks
Same place, but slightly different perspective. Look at those two crazy dudes in the background.
Green algae, plus two crazy dudes in the background
Maybe I can better explain it by showing the same scene from yet another perspective.
Rock fishing at ShihTiPing (giant stone steps)
Two seconds after the above picture, this is what happened to me, standing on a relatively tall rock.
This is probably a tourist-killing spot
I’ve already touted the watermelon on this article. Now’s time for the Elephant ear taro by a mountain road to shine. Check out the first page of Google image search result.
A multi-story-high statue of Guan Yu at Jinguashi.
Giant Statue
A stray dog at the same place.
Stray dog
Houses built on a hillside.
Citiscape view of the Xindian City
Waste containers at the National Theater at the Liberty Square.
Stylish waste containers
I took this picture because I thought the background was great.
A firefighter in a hydraulic platform during a fire drill.
Farmers painted a water buffalo using flowers.
Picture of a water buffalo at FuLi Town
It is easier to recognize the water buffalo from this angle.
Water buffalo
Interesting scene at a night market.
Night market in Hualient City
Beautiful residential community.
A residential community in Hualient City
Bicycling for recreation is very popular.
Bicyclists tour through the FuLi Town
The end.
