9 Days Taiwan

Getting to Taiwan was a painless 1 hour and 40 minute flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Taiwan Sungshan Airport. Even better was the ride aboard the EVA "Hello Kitty" themed plane, which was pretty entertaining for the kids.  It was about time we were introduced to Shay's old mission stomping grounds and more recently his frequent business travel destination. The weather was beautiful:  Not too hot, clear blue skies and fall breezes.  Here are some highlights from our October family trip:

Military Ballet:  Morning changing of the guard at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial in Taipei.

Crowd interested in laowai (foreign) children Addie and Elijah at CKS Memorial.

Strangers snapping pics with the kids.

Batman on location in Taipei

Outside view of  CKS memorial hall.

Shay's colleagues Terence and Allen treated us to a great lunch
at the original Taipei Din Tai Fung and we had mango bing afterwards for a sweet treat.

We found the Mormon Temple in Taipei and walked the grounds.

Elijah outside the National Palace Museum, Taipei

Addie at the National Palace Museum, Taipei

With lion at the National Palace Museum.

T-cat at the National Palace Museum

Room with a view in Yangmingshan

Addie on hotel balcony at Tien Lai Hotspring Resort

A & E with local workers we met on our hike

We found an old gravesite along the hiking trail 

Black and blue:  A boy meets his match in a butterfly

The kids had a ball on the kiddie slide at Tien Lai.  We were the only
ones at the pool so they rode it continuously for about 1 hour!

Addie and Parachuters at the AMAZING Ju Ming Museum

Family pic in front of Tai Chi Arch, Ju Ming Museum

Sign on drive down the mountain from Yangmingshan back to Taipei

Taroko Gorge, Hualien

Tourists in Taroko Gorge

We borrowed bikes from our hotel (Silks Place, background).  Child seat was
in front which made it very hard to pedal and the bike needed a tune up!

Shay and Addie rode a double "attached" bike.  Our ride didn't last too long
as the hills were steep and the roads dangerous with tourist traffic.

Feeding baby calves at the MEGA farm resort

Dinosaur Blues

How to train your dinosaur

Nan de -- Nu de

Feeding Peter Rabbit and family

Parade we passed on the drive to Taitung

Crazy "baby-head men" in parade.

A graveyard town on a hill.

Tea  harvester

Lady selling Buddha-head fruit at roadside stand.

Taiwan east coast drive south of Hualien to Taitung

Barlow and Yang Family together in Kaoshiung.  Shay taught and baptized them as a missionary. 

With Shay's friend Dennis at the night market in Taipei

Together with the Hsu family in Tainan.  Shay also taught them as a missionary.

Unlocking the temple door

Amazing beef noodles and shrimp dumplings at a restaurant in Taipei, behind the Sherwood Hotel.