Kaohsiung

We went to Kaohsiung a few weekends ago because Christoph and Alex had a football match. We rented scooters and went on a ferry to a peninsula to the beach and up monkey mountain.

On the ferry.

Arriving.

Taiwanese students at the beach.

Us at the beach.

These people with signs came onto the beach and made a beeline for the group of white people!

Teddy's day out at the beach.

Wild zombie dogs up monkey mountain.

The monkeys on monkey mountain!

View from a cafe.

Katrin's parking.

Buddhist temple at a female monastery. 

Dog in shoes at the dog park.

Dog in a nappy at the park!

Schoolbag dog.

"There's no baghdad".

The football pitch.

Playing in 35 degrees in the middle of the day!

Doireann came for the weekend.

No poultry on the Metro please!

Chiang Kai-Shek memorial hall. In memory of a former president of the ROC

Guard

Changing of the guards

National theatre and concert hall

Doireann & me

On the way to snorkel

We went swimming here in Longdong

On the way home.

Turtle island

Thelo and Christoph's new hats.

Playing cards in Tatung.

Picture of the lantern from Shifen.

Getting out of the way for the train in Shifen.

Wild dogs in the Science Park.

Wedding invitation from Jacky.

Ferry from Green Island.

Green Island

Spider in the hostel on Green Island!

Sleeping Beauty rock.

(Hint: look for the neck)

On the boat ferry back from Green Island.

Train to Taitung with no back.

One last swim before coming home.

Swimming in a harbour on Green Island.

Tsunami Evacuation Route

Hiking.

Christoph's birthday cake.

Signs on the train.

The doors on the train didn't close, so we spent the 6 hour journey hanging out the back of it!

Coconuts at the Taitung night market.

Use a large knife...

...et voila! Coconut milk.

Waiting for the ferry to Green Island.

Scooters queuing at the only petrol station on the island.