Enhai Cottage Nantou

... Temple, and Lalu Island, and that if you made a wish there it had a higher probability of it coming true - we’ll see about that. It then started to rain and we took refuge in a nearby hotel, that also doubled as a chocolate store. It was ridiculously out of the way from everything, and I guess if you’re into seclusion that it’d be the place for you. We wondered if they got any business from the festival the weekend before. To our surprise, the ...

... and the lack of supply of villagers in the mountains different civic and religious groups have initiated supply missions in addition to government and military efforts.

So, when I got home I packed my backpack, not knowing what to expect, with sleeping bag. At 5:10pm I got a bus to Chiai, where I arrived at about 9:00pm. Here I met a friend who had already a mission on Friday. We take a taxi to a village, where we stay in the wooden ...

... we got some lunch and headed back to Taichung to end our weekend!

It was great to get away for the weekend and I am already looking forward to the possibilities of where I can go! I am perfecting my scooting skills so maybe I will be able to scoot somewhere. But first I need to get through my first week of teaching! YIKES! I can't believe it is here already! Well I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Until later.....love ya and miss ya!

... party to celebrate a birthday and the end of the school year. I am excited to go out and celebrate with the staff. I also get to have scooter lessons from my "Super Buddy" Katie so that I will be able to drive her scooter when she goes back to WI for the month of July. I am sure there will be some great stories from that giving that a scooter is a little smaller than the big white beast I have driven since I was 16!

Until later...Love ya and miss ya!

... front desk where there is a security guard. We met them and they seemed really nice.

From there Joanne, who's real name is Tzu An, took us to her family's noodle house. They have a very popular and successful noodle shop about ten minutes by car. We walked into an older, run down and unacceptable according to American health standards restaurant and sat at the nearest wooden topped table. As we walked in we went right past a cabinet ...

... nature in mountain, relax a mind. Cilan Forest Recreation Area Be located on distance to Cilan an orchid about an hour, road of 100 the lines are Lin2 Dao4's 12 kilometers and among them, the ancient cypress forest area whole distanceseses are 1968 meters and travel over time about 2 hours;Physical strength worse person can get into a short distance route of travel from the department Ma3 Qian Ju4's wood and the whole distanceses are 902 ...

... the modern day. An age with wine fragrance of almost one century long, Yilan Winery is getting more fragrant as time goes by. When you come to the Yilan Winery, it's like flying back with the time machine, the old style building, and aged production lines induce yearning for the past. 15:50~16:10--Companion hand gift "Orange country" It's the first one in the whole country ...

... se Thoranita ptala, jak mu rikaji pratele, kamaradi. Doufala jsem ,ze mne obdaruje nejakym kratsim jmenem. Ale ne, pry Thoranit. A ze se mi to zda dlouhe, to je pry divne. Taky jsme ho se spoluzaky pri konverzaci nachytali, ze prijel na Taiwan kvuli zdejsim babam. Otazka totiz byla, proc jsme prijeli studovat cinstinu prave na Taiwan. Temer pokazde, kdyz cekam na zastavce na autobus do skoly, setkam se tam s obyvatelkou naseho domku. Jiz jsem o ni ...

... bambusy, snad eukalipty, ale nejsem si jista, jakesi druhy jilmu, travy, palmy, nejake lopuchovite rostliny, potom takove ty pnouci, co mame i u nas. Kvetou filajove a zlute. A potom spousta neznamych druhu stromu. No, moc jsem vam to asi nepriblizila, ze. Jinak ze zvirat jsem narazila nejspise na dva gekony, potom je tu spousta hmyzu, ruzne poletuchy, vazky, stonozky, velici sneci s moc pekne barevnyma podlouhlyma ...

... Therefore for years the government refused to build a school. Then, when the government was willing to build the school, the village refused as they wanted a school which reflects their Atayal identity. They decided to build the school with their own means. The original plans began already 10 and more years ago, but remained a dream for many years to come. Today is this proud day. Pride also and especially because it will be the first ...