Ging-Lun Sun Spa Resort Taitung

... for a long time. We were amazed that we were feeling another one. I couldn't believe that I felt 2 earthquakes in one day. They are the strangest thing to feel. You don't know when they are coming or if it will only get stronger as it shakes. There is also not really anything you can do to protect yourself because they happen so fast. Well I can now say I have felt an earthquake and I don't need to feel another one! <br><br>For my weekend adventure I went with 9 other teachers to ...

... we had arrived deep in the mountains. It might have been my favorite place we visited on the trip because I am a mountain girl. While I like the beach, the mountains bring me to a place of serenity and familiarity. We were told about the hot springs that were attached to the hotel, and as I was brought up to love hot tubs and Jacuzzis, I was instantly jetting for my swimsuit when we got to our rooms. Olei told us that we were meant to shower ...

... der schoensten Dinge, rauszukommen, und am Meer zu chillen. Dementsprechend gemaechlich ging auch alles zu, aber erlebt haben wir troztdem einiges. Nachdem wir Samstagabend erstmal kurz ins Meer gehuepft sind, sind wir in den Wald gefahren um Hirsche zu beobachten (Deer watching) und tatsaechlich konnten wir im Schein einer ziemlich starken "Taschenlampe" von unserem Guide einige Tiere schemenhaft ausmachen. Gross und aufrecht standen sie wie ...

... beside the stairs on the grass. As it had rained not long time ago many small greenish-yellow lizzards are lying on the way and flee in panik, but still observing the intruder, when I come. The real trail is pretty nice with different kinds of forest vegetation. The steep stairway down is pretty challenging with my bike on the side. The view onto the ocean and coastline is very rewarding and I sit down for a while to ...

... factory bar. The concert has already started and big surprise - aboriginal singer yes - aboriginal music no; english and chinese oldies, goodies, but not what I had expected or wished for. The owner said it correct, but I had my wishful thinking directing my thinking ). I decide not to go in, just don't feel like it and I am also too tired, to the point of light dizzyness. At 9:00pm I am back at my tent, but here the same problem - no wind ...

... make high fives, then they all want to hug me ( better my legs, as they are still young and too short ); they push so hard that I have difficulties to keep my balance. Then I take a picture of the kids ( see photo galary ) and each and everyone wants to be on it. What a feeling! Once in my life feeling like a star. I then say good bye and we wave until I am around a corner. The village had been very much destroyed during a hundred years' taifoon in 2005 ...

... included some of Andrea's sculptures and the lack of their spirt. The next stop after our coffee is Chiao Yelio ( the smaller sister of the main Yelio on the North Coast near Keelung ), a beach park with special beach stone formations. The park also includes a pretty nice camping place. At the entrance I buy some things to eat and to taste for Neal: Frozen Bolomi, which he does not like so much as the She Dja ( Buddha head ) and Luo Shen Hua ( red flower ) ice ...

... I confirm with the owner of the shop, a lady I know from previous visits , that most people at this event are against the new freeway. After the official concert a man takes the guitar and sings songs with his two children, also excellent and so pure.) With the voices of singers to follow, now in the dark, Kurt and I make our way down the hill, and out again the next morning, out onto the open road. ( Kurt: Half way down two men from Taitung give us ...

... way Neal calls that he has missed the correct bus and after some back and forth he is on his right way on the 10:30am bus of Hualien bus company.He shall call me at about kilometer 100, so that I can stand beside the road with my yellow covered backpack and opened blue umbrella - so he can easily recognize me among the many other foreigers standing along the ( lonely ) road ( just a joke ) . At 10:45 I am at Shihyusan beach park. Having quite some time ...

... big, grinning and absolutely un-missable. Certainly it showed their pride in me - and that is sweet. It's just quite jarring to see that when anyone comes to their house in Taitung Taiwan the first thing they will see is me and GW. As usual, lots of drama.... My biological father, who gave me up 30-odd years ago cos they were too poor and wanted a boy, went out and had an affair awhile ago and finally got a boy. He has brought that boy ...