Thanks! Mostly it's the scenery... my photography skills largely consist of "point and click."

You should have seen us taking pictures at the fancy restaurants! At least this time, I didn't feel so embarrassed because I was taking pictures of every dish, our family friends were, and so was my dad. So I think I will end up getting three different pictures of every dish in every meal. My food pictures are especially bad because I was attempting to stealthily and quickly take pictures (albeit with flash) while the waiters weren't staring at me.

That way, I would not sully the name of Taiwanese or Japanese tourists everywhere ;).