Today is gonna be extremely picture heavy for 2 reasons:
1) I went for a morning walk around the hotel I stayed at – super nice.
2) Nightmarket in 高雄!
Itinerary: 日月潭云品酒店 – 日月潭边 – 赤莰楼 – 台南 – 延平郡王祠 – 高雄 – 六合夜市 – 爱河 – 高雄莲潭国际酒店
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- 云品酒店 had a pretty boss game room with sofas and go/chinese checkers/chinese chess
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- … and fooseball!
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- There was even an attendant playing piano at night!
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- Nice view early in the morning! (Around 5AM)
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- So to get a better view of the lake, I decided to go on a journey!
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- Boats and Debris Islands
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- There were these nice observatorial every once a while on the path around the lake
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- The benches up close
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- A dock for trips around the lake during the day
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- What a beautiful view!
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- Walking back…
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- Sat here for a while…
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- Of course, there are latent hazards around (that big dot in the middle is a spider)
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- After returning to the hotel, I found that there was an alternate route that had some more interesting things
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- The exploration continues!
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- A nice deck that leads to a rock climbing area (scales the side of a the hotel)
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- A patio overlooking the lake! I had the urge to go back and get some tea – but that would’ve been too hipster of me.
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- The view from the patio
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- The view from the hotel restaurant balcony
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- Super nice restaurant
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- Sorry, got a little angry…
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- So, we continued on south
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- And in the middle of nowhere, there was a rest stop – with a full blown food court inside
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- Of course, there was a 7-11 too – with EVERYTHING.
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- Koi Mobs!
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- … everywhere!
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- This was an old street where a lot of fortune tellers resides – now, there are only people who 算八字
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- The awesome thing about Taiwan is that in someone’s backyard…
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- There is a freaking temple.
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- Some food place in Tainan!
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- Had some Milk Tea at an upscale tea house
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- And them some 棺材板 (kinda like chicken pot pie in toast instead of a pie) at a small street vendor
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- Then, per Anthony’s suggestion, I found a 50岚 and got some black milk tea latte
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- A pretty cool museum that didn’t let me take pictures inside
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- Oh yeah, most of the bathrooms in Taiwan are labeled “cosmetic rooms,” which explains quite a bit…
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- And then we went to 高雄 to the most famous nightmarket in the south – 六合
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- Pork Kidney…
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- Fried foods!
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- Meats stewed in soy sauce! (卤）
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- Raw seafood!
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- They also had these shrimp in an egg custard kind of things…
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- Bought some fried mushrooms (tastes almost like 盐酥鸡)
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- Taiwanese Stinky Tofu!
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- Oyster Pancakes (蚵仔煎)
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- Kebabs! (I got a 鸡心，鸡胗 and a 米血糕)
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- Multicolored 烧卖
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- Rabbit buns
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- Of course, tons of exotic fruits! (well exotic in America)
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- OMG CORN DOGS THAT WERE FRIED WITH YAM PIECES, CRISPY NOODLES, ETC.
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- Some unique wallets
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- Awesome night scenery!
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- Wish you were here!
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- Mystery of the Day: There was no flash – why did I blink?
Some other things of note:
1) I heard about 槟榔西施 (pretty women selling betelnuts) in Tainan, so I decided to look around. Found a couple betelnut stands but all owned by 大妈 (imagine Susan Boyle). Am I doing something wrong?
2) I think I’m going to start reading more about Taiwanese history.
3) I want a blunderbuss (saw one at the museum that did not allow photography)
4) 90% of females in Tainan wear mouth masks with varied designs. Is this a new fad?
5) 5 was added in here because I like round numbers and 4 didn’t cut it for me.
Until next time!
Answer to myster of the day: you were farting.