Hidokt Hotel Pingtung

... end station for the railway in the south, before it was then extended to the East Coast to form a closed circle. The Arts Village was the 3rd warehouse area in former times. The two men were in a class room for Calligraphy study and one of the men has been a calligraphy master for 30 years and a railway director before retirement. He explains to us a lot and the paints for each of us a phrase and ...

... on bannana boats and jet-skis zip about in the choppy water. Others drive a few miles south to see the white lighthouse on the southern tip of Taiwan. There were small waves, but not really enough to surf on.

We stayed the night in a small hotel so that we could enjoy the night market. We headed out on the main street which turned into a long night market after dark. There are dozens of food vendors, games, and even a western-style bar or two. Behind the street ...

... on big wooden signs. Olei explained to us that the ground here is sinking because of the agriculture, which is making the soil more saline, which in turn helps to produce sweeter fruit. We stopped at a fruit stand that sold wax apples, which are very popular in Taiwan. He went to great lengths to make sure that we bought from a vendor who sold their own produce. The apples are shaped kind of like little bells, and are a light red color ...

... go figure... Here is how it works. You order small plates to go with the main hot pot that is set in the middle of the table. The small plates go on the lazy susan and you spin it around and pick what you like. Everyone shares. Its cool! We order some bean curd, dumplings, more dumplings, pig's ear, bamboo, and a bunch of other things I am not sure what they are. Yes, I did have pig's ear. Its interesting, but not ...

We had to take a train to Kaohsiung. And then a bus to Kenting. We spent some time wandering the streets. We ate at a place called Amy's. Later we walked around some more. We found "BAR" which was a bar in the back of a guy's truck on the side of the road. We each had a jagerbomb. Then we headed back to the hotel and got ready to go out for the evening. Sam stayed in, Theresa and Shannon checked out the night life.

... swimming or reading books. However, one of the things that I noticed was that not many people here like to sunbathe. Most of the Taiwanese on the beach wore swimtrucks and t-shirts, or made attempts to cover their skin with clothing from head to toe. This is due to the fact that tan skin is considered unattractive. In fact, we were even warned once we arrived here to not purchase any locally made skin lotion because it contained traces of bleach to make your ...

... the site. The pipes are really a complex system for aquifer withdrawal and injection. Water is withdrawn from a deeper aquifer and can be injected back into the shallow aquifer to help with subsidence, or withdrawn water can be diverted to irrigation ditches if needed. There are several nests of monitoring wells to track the subsurface movement of water. We get back in the car and move on to the Linpien River. The river is very wide (over 2000 ft across at least) and it is ...

After returning from our Spring Break on Sunday, 3/23, we left for Taiwan as soon as we were able to book a flight out on 3/25. We arrived on 3/27. Email below was sent to family and friends. Hello Family and Friends: We made it to Taiwan in less than 30 hrs.. woo hoo! There were several delays and we ended up staying in a hotel overnight in Taiwan due to a missed-flight due to two ...

... Dafu** war das Wett** heute brilliant, kein Woelkchen und 28 Grad. Moechte nicht wissen wie heiss es hi** im Somm** ist. Zum Beispiel kann man den Lotus Pond besichtigen, wo es einige Tempel gibt. D** Teich ist ab** praktisch ausgetrocknet und die Tempel sind ziemlich kitschig (und ich hatte gest**n genug Tempel:-) Das Lant**nen Festival ist hi** ein Springbrunnenfestival. Und naechstes Jahr gibt es die ...

... told us of his magazine (Oceanmagazine.net) that he hopes will promote surfing here in this land of undiscovered breaks. We said our goodbyes and set up a time for a morning session. Once in inside the Surf Shack we met Terry, the guy I had been emailing to set up the trip. He showed us our room and we then sat for a Xmas feast and some Taiwanese beer. We sat with three South Africans and a Canuck from Guelph all teaching here. After dinner we ...