The weekend before this one I went with my kickboxing friends to Fulong Beach. It's not too far from Taipei (about 1.5 hours on train) on the northeastern coast of Taiwan. We hung out at the beach and camped at a campground not too far away. The weather on Saturday was just about perfect for a day at the beach (the sun went away during part of it).
Us at the beach, having a relaxing time. Technically we couldn't go swimming (I guess by Taiwanese standards the waves were too big), but we'd go swim in ten minute stints while the guy with the whistle wasn't around.
That night after setting up the tents and eating dinner we walked down to the beach to have a campfire. On the way there was a wedding party. They invited us to come along and dance. They played "It's my life" so I started singing along to it.
Us at the campfire. I am talking to someone behind Anders. Note that Anders, yet again, has a guitar in his hands.
The next morning it started raining. We were originally planning on going to the beach to hang out for a little bit but those plans got scratched and we just went back to Taipei.
The next week was pretty busy for me, but luckily it was only a three-day week (I got Thursday and Friday off for Tomb Sweeping Day). On Thursday I headed down to Kaohsiung with Kyle, Jennie, and Stephan (all students at Shida with me). On Thursday night we stayed at Kyle's aunt's extra place (her aunt bought a place for her mother but she hasn't wanted to move in, so that's where we stayed). That night we met some British classmates of ours at the Love River, one of the main tourist attractions of Kaohsiung.
That's the bar we drank at. I approve of the colors, but I disapprove of the lack of Packers-related memorabilia.
The next day Kyle and I went to see what touristy stuff Kaohsiung had to offer. We went to the British consulate and Kyle snapped some photos.
More proof that I am not Asian-sized.
Coast near Sun Yat-Sen University.
Afterwards we hopped a bus to Kenting. It was an especially busy weekend in Kenting because there were at least three separate music festivals going on. We hung out a lot by the beach and ended up meeting up with a lot of friends in the city. It would be nice to go down to Kenting for a little bit more relaxing weekend when it isn't as crowded, but I still had a great time. Most of the hotels there were booked, but there was a small campground that we stayed at when we were there (about 15 minute walk from Kenting called Stonybrook farm (石牛溪農場)), which ended up working out really well.
The second day we were there (Saturday) we spent 5-6 hours at the beach. Kyle and I rented a jetski and got to hit some of the waves. We met up with some more friends, threw around the frisbee, went swimming, and all in all had a great time. I only got a little sunburned.
That night a group of us went to one of the music festivals in Kenting, Spring Scream. Although it had a wide variety of music, it was more rock-based (other festivals were more hip-hop or more electronic). There were a lot of Taiwanese bands and a few bands composed of foreigners from Taiwan or Hong Kong. The music was good and we had a fun time.
After the concert I hung out with some other friends who went to a different concert (apparently, Fat Joe was supposed to be at the hip-hop concert they went to but he canceled at the last minute). My friends had all left the campsite already, so I finished packing up and took the overnight bus from Kenting to Kaohsiung then the morning bus from Kaohsiung to Taipei.
I did get the opportunity to catch some shut-eye on the bus, but it apparently wasn't enough: I ended up falling asleep at 7 PM and waking up at 2 AM the next morning (hence the odd time for the journal post). I think I'll use this time I have right now to do my laundry for the weekend and do all the homework I was supposed to do.
As for comings-up, I do foresee some more traveling in my future. While I recently lost the tent I've been using (a hole got burnt in it), I have a trip to Yilan (surfing) in the planning and some more trips (probably Kenting again and Hualien/Taroko Gorge) when Will comes at the end of April. Stay tuned!
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