AKA: JP & TW - Day 10 thru Day 16
Ok, so you guys are probably wondering what happened these past… 6 days
As for the title of this entry, you'll understand it later on, unless you're one of those who are from RE or named Kalos...
First off, Day 10 was out driving around. Went to take some time to view the sights and get used to the place. He told us about getting ready to plan a few things for us to do. Little did we know it was going to be quite a bit the next few days.
Day 11 started the fun. Ji-Dan Soo-Soo decided to take us bike riding in the morning along one of the coasts in the northwestern region. It wasn’t too hot, which was good, but did it feel good to be on a bike again!!! Before the ride, we went to an archeological museum, which is pretty fun. Talked mostly about the Taiwanese ancients, but it was pretty cool, sort of like our science discovery center back at home. Then we had some ice cream afterwards since it was pretty warm still despite the cool down compared to being in the city: taro and I think peanut…? Not too sure, but I think it was peanut…
_O: Then we went bike riding, which was really nice. Biked a total of about 4 km, which isn’t too bad considering how long I haven’t biked for…
Day 12 we went to the Taiwan 101, the tallest building in the world that’s able to be occupied. We also saw the mass dampener, which looks pretty awesome; around 40+ iron plates make up the dampener, also painted gold for effect… XP After that, they dragged us to a night market, which is… a lot of food… and very lively… X.x For one, if you guys come to these sorts of places in Taiwan, make sure to go with an empty stomach and plenty of cash. You will literally have your entire meal on just one side of the street, then wait another hour before you go on the other side of the street to eat some more, then wait again for more food down the adjoining street, and etc, etc, etc… o.x Seriously, in one night, you can’t even eat all of this… You’d have to take about two or three nights to go through every stall… >>;;;
Day 13 was heading to Keelung, to our Jo-Jo’s place (Mom’s bro). Her hometown is more towards the rural setting: plenty of wild land and lots of humidity. For sure, if you are deathly afraid of getting bitten by mosquitoes, bring lots of repellant… >>;;; There are tons of them here, and are quite… dangerous when bitten… They itch like they burn… x.x;;; Also met my nephew, though we dubbed him the English name of ‘Reyson’ as a play off his Chinese name. Apparently, this kid’s too smart for his own good at times (Even though he has been in abacus competitions every year and brings back a trophy. He’s shooting for first place this year, which will be his first one but also his 10th trophy). He loves to play around, especially with Puma (He’s about the equivalent of 4th grade, so that should give you an idea of what this kid’s like). He’s also learning English, so we’ve been teaching him while we were staying there.
Day 14 was Jo-Jo taking us to the beach area. There’s also a geopark here, where we went hiking for a bit. If we knew it was going to be that big of a hike, we would have brought a lot of water. There is also tons of what is literally translated as ‘sea cockroaches’ because of the way they skitter… x.x Creepy things since they swarm… DX Then we took a stroll along the seaside markets and went to see mom’s old home and high school, which look nice. Then later than evening, we went to another night market, which is actually bigger than the one that Ji-Dan took us to… Oo After like 5 stalls, we were stuffed… I swear, I must’ve gained at least 2 kilos or so from that alone… x.x Chicken hearts, pig intestine rice noodle soup, shaved ice, corn milk ice cream, sugar syrup dipped tomatoes… x.x The list just goes on… DX
Day 15 was more business stuff, so nothing happened too much. Oh! Then we decided to head to a restaurant to eat. Unfortunately, Jo-Jo’s friends came along too (They just appeared out of nowhere basically) and sat with us to eat. It got pretty interesting since these friends were also heads of their own businesses as well as having connections. Jo-Jo then told us that if we were ever in Taiwan and needed some help, we could also call these guys since he said we were to consider them our uncles too. And here I thought having connections in the States was enough… oO They also went through 15 bottles of beer (He also made me drink a bit since I’m over 21, but I only took a sip…
. After that, he wanted to take us to a Karaoke place, but mom said he had too much and needed to go home. We laughed since he even admitted he had too much…
Day 16 we decided to come back to Taipei since mom wants to plan a trip around Taiwan, wanting to show us the Sun and Moon Lake and other fun things. For now, we’re just lounging around at my aunt’s place. Aunty’s gonna take us to walk around at a local market here, so we’ll see how that goes. I’ll continue this day’s entry next time, okies? XD
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… Anyway, from Osaka, we headed towards Nara, where we went to Nara Park to see Todaiji and the Nara Daibutsu. It is here when we saw the great Osaka Castle. An 8-floor building (though the 6th floor is non-existent for some reason), the tour starts at the very top and winds its way down. A definite must-see for those who love Japanese history. 
