Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tainan: Day 2

On Sunday, we woke up to a wonderful home-cooked breakfast ala Mary Ann =) Then we took a walk around their little village, to Mary Ann's school, and out to the coast to see the Oysters. (btw, the truck you see with a bunch of lumpy lookin' brown stuff, all Oysters, it was crazy!)

We also found this random temple hidden away in their village (that's not unusual here, you can find one in most neighborhoods or villages no matter how small, especially in Tainan which houses the most Temples in Taiwan.)
After our late morning stroll, we grabbed a taxi and headed out to the Anping district.
Our first stop was Fort Zeelandia where I decided to thoroughly inspect the cannons =)
When we crossed the bridge coming back out of the fort, we looked down into the water and saw Jellyfish! It was really strange to see this tiny mote with Jellyfish in it.




Then we looked straight down and found this little guy hangin' out on the bridge watching the jellyfish too haha

Next stop, Anping tree house. LOVED this place. I can't explain what was so cool about it. I felt like a Bernstein Bear lol

Our final stop for the day was in a great Market/Alley in the Anping district where Mary Ann and John introduced us to a great shrimp dumpling place. We did some browsing through the market stalls and then hailed a taxi to take us back to the HSR station.
It was a fantastic weekend with Karin, as always, and especially thanks to our incredible hosts! I would definitely say Tainan is worth the stop when deciding where to travel in Taiwan (If you have a good tour guide, I could see the hundreds of temples getting boring after awhile if that's all you did).

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