unexpected views

while traveling around taiwan i get to see many things. i often come accross some of the most beautiful views. i feel like they should be on a postcard.

sun moon lake

these are some of the beautiful around sun moon lake.

biking to sun moon lake

i meet some really nice taiwanese bikers over the last month and we kept saying that we would go on a ride together. i was thinking a small ride starting from douliou lasting a few hours. but because of a communication error we ended leaving from shuelli and bike up and up and up to sun moon lake. i didn't make it all the way up, but my friend was kind enough to drive me to the top so i could see the lake.

the place to be

the best place for foreigners to hang out is roxy's.  this is one of the two bars in douliou that caters to foreigners.  it is an awesome hang out, much like cheers.  i can walk in and everyone knows your name.  they host trips to other towns, hash runs, and weekly soccer games.  many nights you can be drinking along side an american, canadian, swiss, french, south african, taiwanese, and english bloke.  it's awesome.

the taiwanese love to dance

in taiwan children are trained from a young age to perform.  every event/holiday becomes a reason to dance.  my students, although very young, had a good time showing off on stage.  the older students had completely choreographed routines to thriller and the like.

staff enjoying halloween

the victoria english teachers had a good time dressing up.  maybe just a little too much fun.