We spent the entire day at the beach playing games, attempting to swim in the huge waves, I was buried in the sand and we watched some locals play quite the game! They would blind fold one of their friends and spin him around as if he was playing pin the tail on the donkey. He would then proceed up the beach with a stick in his hands. Mean while another of their friends was buried up to his neck in sand with a scooter helmet on his head. There was also a watermelon sitting behind in head on the sand. I gathered that as the guy with the sticky tried to walk, very dizzy, towards the man in the sand the other guys would dig holes in the sand to make him trip. As alllll of this was happening everyone else was screaming directions to him. (I think! They were speaking in Chinese, after all) Once the blind folded man reached the guy in the hole he would then swing and try to break open the watermelon. He would often miss and hit the guy in the head. After the watermelon was broken they would pull out another and play for many more rounds. When it was broken open they would pass it around and eat a chunk out of it. I think its something that might really catch on back home. I will try it out when I return!
To round out the day we headed home around 8pm. It takes about two hours so we slept on the way back and ended the day by, finally, eating! It was a long but fantastic day!
Today (Sunday) we headed to lotus pond. A Kaohsiung must see. There are tons of Chinese architectural looking buildings, temples and large statues!
I just got home from cooking ravioli, caesar salad and garlic bread with some friends. Sounds like home...however, we cooked it in a Wok so we are still quite Asian!
Here are some pictures from the weekend! The new teachers are arriving this week and I can't wait to meet them all. Here's to another great week here in Taiwan!!
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