Taiwan Hotel Changhua

... before ).<br>- Visit the second historic house in 3 sided Fukien style, which is now recognized as historic site. We get a tour around the house by a local historian.<br>- Visit a third historic house in same style, but still used by relatives of Charles.<br>- Having dinner in a Tea House/ Restaurant " Tea Work" in central Changhua. It is built in the building of an old former textile factory.<br>

... some of the interesting/disgusting food here. I don't know that I will ever be brave and try some of these things! <br><br>I have started to become really good and expressing what I need through pointing. I feel like a toddler all over again. There are some places where you can find people that speak some English but not everywhere so you have to rely on pointing and hoping they understand. We had gone shopping and bought what we thought were sheets and a ...

... I watched as many of them leaned it at angles I hadn't really thought of to catch drops I hadn't even seen or felt coming until it was too late. The next day Tania convinced me that two umbrellas were the only way for us both to attain these incredible skills the Taiwanese have and reach umbrella enlightenment so I purchased another umbrella at the day market, so far that $3 would be better off in my belly as it hasn't rained since.

... Taichung is not on the coast of Taiwan and has very, very low risk of being affected by any tsunami that could happen. Additionally, the last severe earthquake that caused a lot of damage was in 1999. That does not mean that an earthquake cannot strike at any time and cause significant damage, but it happens very rarely and the buildings here are constructed to withstand strong earthquakes. Another typhoon has ...

... secured with a simple double knot. I began to sweat, not only at the fact that it was such a simple "safety harness," but the fact that I have never been able to tie a knot very well (in fact, it took me until third grade to learn how to properly tie my own shoes). I began to shake. However, the walk-through went fine and thankfully everyone survived. You could definitely tell that there was a certain level of panic inside of all of our staff ...

... a concoction of items involving an umbrella and rope in an effort to keep the hole covered. The umbrella held up quite nicely until 4pm when the winds knocked it all over the place and shot it right back through the hole in a variety of pieces. We are going to begin pressuring our landlord tomorrow to get this thing fixed asap. So, things here are okay and I am safe and sound. Again, thank you all for the concerned e-mails and prayers as it ...

... It is a relatively touristy town that was built in the 1600's near a major trading port along a now-dried up river. It is well-known for its markets and Chinese lantern shops. Our first stop was the town market, where we visited the Tinhou Temple, which is a building that was built in the 1600's. There were a lot of people who were visiting and worshiping at this beautiful temple, and it is always impressive to be in a building that has been around for such a ...

... s office where she explained that she had some concerns with my class. Due to the fact that some second grade teachers were teaching classes of 15 -18 students, she felt that it would be good if I worked with another teacher for the month of July and combined our classes together. We could team-teach for three weeks until a majority of my students return from their summer break on August 4th. I was not opposed to the idea of team ...

... over and threw my helmet off and ran toward the wreck. I started trying to remember back to CPR class regarding what to do in such a situation because I completely expected at least one or both of them to be unconscious. Thankfully, when I got there, they were both completely conscious. We asked them if they had any broken bones or extreme pain. They said that it was nothing too serious, and that they were just a little shell-shocked. So ...

... Rayne, have been teaching in Taiwan for seven years and they are quite established there, with two cute little daughters and two cats and a dog. They were back in Canada for the month of December, so we had the house to ourselves (and Chris and the pets, of course). We also had access to a scooter all week, which we both enjoyed thoroughly. Ian did the driving, as Mel was too chicken, and he has decided that he really wants a scooter to get around ...