Back in Taipei!

I was up early and had quite a few things that I wanted to get done.

People had left things by my scooter, which I brought back, washed and posted. I also wanted to steam mop the floor... Alan did go over to paint the old house after playing tennis... The whole house looks great!

I had people come to pick up things... including two suitcases and toys! YEAH!

I went for my run and after a shower, I was out to Costco! There were plenty of people... but I just went in to pick up the items on my list and came back home to cook! 

I also went to pick up a bottle of perfume from someone on Buy Nothing Taipei.

The day flew by extremely fast! Overall, I thought it was a fulfilling 'free' day!

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A Short Post... But A Long Day!

I was up... and did one more run in Tainan!

Alan and Isaiah were up and Alan was working on packing up... We decided just to eat in the hostel our leftovers and check out at 11am. I took a shower and tidied up the place and ate our breakfast!

At 10:55, we were out and loaded up our stuff to drop off at the scooter place while we rode around some more. 

And ride we did... 

At the AnPing Old Street, we bought drinks and more snacks... and yes, it was crowded! There are so many temples in Tainan... the smell of the incense gave me quite a headache!

We were back at the scooter place at 3:10 and Isaiah took off to meet up with Fenny and her family! He was properly introduced to everyone!

We went to the mall nearby and there were these nice massage chairs. 20 minutes for 80NT$. I napped in one... 

Then it was dinner at Burger King. Alan said he had enough of night market food... I would have enjoyed more!

We walked back to the scooter place and picked up our luggage and waited for our train. 

It arrived very on time and we arrived in Nangang by 10:56 and found our scooter and was home by 11:45! We unpacked and I did a load of wash! Alan was in bed by 12:15 and I was in bed by 1:15!

We have a free day tomorrow! YIPPY! I'm not meeting up with the YWAM group as they are leaving to head down to Kaohsiung. Their train is at 10am. Alan might go over to start painting but it's almost all finished! So, we will see what we do tomorrow!

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Another Full Day in Tainan!

I was up and had my time... 

Then I went out and did the usual run... 10K. I decided not to go longer as we wanted to leave to ride around.

And that's what we did... 

We went to the TaiJiang Ecological Park. It was huge... There were several videos to watch and I quite enjoyed them. We then rode around these small roads along the dike and it was so windy. I don't know where we went but we rode for a long time... stopping all along the way!

We went to the baseball stadium and I walked across to the 7/11 and had a cheese hot dog and bought two drinks. 

Since Alan has a discount, he went into the National Historical Museum... Isaiah and I cruised the souvenir shop! That was fun!

We then went to catch the sunset by the beach... Wow... and walked around that little 'island' before hitting yet another night market! And it was so crowded! But of course, tremendously fun... We ate a lot... And yes, more tea drinks for Alan!

We didn't get home until 9pm... 

What a day...

Oh, we did go to the train station to ask if we can get earlier tickets... standing room only so Alan said NO. We will head back late tomorrow night!

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ChiMei Museum & More...

I was up early and went down to the kitchen to have my time... 

Then I went for my run... just 10.4KM. I could have gone longer and I might try a longer route tomorrow. The traffic was great... NOTHING WAS OPENED!

I got back and Alan had gone off... to ride around the area! He found a supermarket and his favorite dessert! While I was waiting for him to return (he needed to message me so that I can go and open the door for him downstairs), I finished my ppt for this coming Sunday! YIPPY!

We got Isaiah up after I had finished my shower...  And we were off... Our first stop was the ChiMei Museum. It's a private museum which the guy made to look European. The special exhibition was the Egyptian Display from the British Museum. We weren't that interested in the special display as we had seen the 'real' things... We just bought tickets to see the regular exhibition! YEAH! Just to walk through that took more than two hours!

Next Alan and Isaiah were hungry and we went in search of something simple. We went and bought fried noodles, fried rice, fried oysters with eggs, fried shrimp with eggs and an onion egg pancake. Obviously we ordered way more than we could finish. Alan also bought two tea drinks!

We went off to a nice beach area and ate our late lunch. The wind was pretty strong... but it was nice!

Slowly, we made our way back to our hostel, stopping at several scenic points.

Tonight we had dinner with my cousin, Mitzi, her husband, her two boys and only one wife could come with the grandson. I had not seen her for a year!

After dinner, we went across the street and bought a few items before heading back to our hostel. Tomorrow will be another fun day around Tainan!

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Good Bye Turtles!

I was up early and we went to see the sunrise... 

I saw several people running... and when we got back to our hostel, I changed and attempted another run around the island. I got lost... but still hit 13KM. More than yesterday!

On the way back I saw the two runners I met in the morning at the sunrise pavilion and said hello to them.

We didn't do much for the rest of the morning and just hung out in the room, packing things up. I wanted them to go ride around, but they were tired.

We checked out, returned the scooters and got on the 12noon boat for Kaohsiung. And we did the reverse route and took the bus back to the HSR where we caught a regular train to Tainan. After a short walk to the scooter rental, we got two scooters for three days. 10US$/day!

The scooter ride to our hostel was short but the location is in the snail alley... which is an intricate area of many hostels and all the hostels have a special theme. Our hostel is a travel back in time... 1969! And honestly, it is exactly like when we lived in Taiwan... the furniture, the knickknacks, the whole ambiance... walking in made me think of my mom... I wish my siblings were here... this place made me miss them quite a lot... In 1969, Eddie was 6... I was 8. Annie was 10. James was 12. They would have enjoyed this hostel -- our room has an old brother's typewriter and VHS... the tub is like the one we had at JinHwa Street! The kitchen toaster... everything... I just kept snapping pictures.

I went and walked around and most places were closed. Alan and Isaiah stayed in the room.

We went to the night market... 

Tomorrow... we will go to the ChiMei Museum... and who knows what else?!?!?!

Dinner at 6:30 with my cousin, Mitzi!

This has been a very nostalgic trip... filled with many memories...

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Fun Sun Day

I was up early... and Isaiah and I both got a neck cramp because of the pillow...

I had my time with Jesus... and we all got ready and headed out.

First, we found a wonderful breakfast place and bought the food to the church courtyard to eat... And people arrived early for church. Most of the people were quite elderly! The pastor was young... but the average age of the congregation was probably 70!

We had to leave early as we had our snorkeling appointment at 11am. The church started at 9:40 instead of 9:30! It was quite a nice service.

The snorkeling was quite short... but the package included free videos and pictures!

We were finished by 12:30 and decided to ride around. First to a nice rocky reef beach where Alan and I again went in and saw lots of turtles. I was too chicken. To walk out and to go in the water... It was just a bit too cold for me! But standing there, I talked with others and did see quite a few turtles popping their head up!

We left there and went to have shaved ice... and then walked and hiked around a few trails. It was getting close to sunset so we found another point to enjoy that.

Dinner was at a nice oyster pancake place... and then we were back at our hostel! We were out the full day and Isaiah and I got quite sunburned!

It was really a FUN SUN DAY!

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Little Island!

I was up early and we got ready to head out at 6:50! Alan wanted to stop for breakfast so we found a great Chinese breakfast place and bought the stuff to go to HSR.

The train was very on time and we rested.

Then it was a bus ride to the port... and the ferry was only 30 minutes... We would not have lasted any longer as it was quite ROUGH!

The hostel had our scooters ready so we picked them up and got to our hostel. We quite like our room... Isaiah rested and I went for a run. I decided to run the whole island. It's only 12km and even though it was hot, I ran faster than I expected!

I was so hot when I got back... 

Alan wanted to head out to the beach... so after a quick shower, we were off. 

The beach was quite crowded with people doing paddle boats... Isaiah actually saw one turtle... That's what this island is famous for.

We then went and ate ramen... YUMMY... and then headed to the 7/11 for drinks... Alan... OF COURSE! We also found the church which we will attend tomorrow at 9:30. 

We were back at the hostel and after blogging, I was ready for bed. 

Alan and Isaiah stayed up to watch TV.

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