My Fulbright Year in Taiwan

We got out of the city this weekend. Evan was feeling a little stir crazy, and wanted to see some nature. So on Sunday, we rented scooters, and got out of the city. First we went to see the ocean.

The ocean is only about 3 or 4 miles from our apartment. That’s a fishing boat in the background. The beach was a little dirty, so I won’t show pictures of it here. The boys had a nice walk along the shoreline.

Because Taiwan is closer to the equator, the sun is really punishingly hot here. The local choice of headgear does a good job of keeping the sun out.

Then we got back on the scooters and went to the mountains.

Taiwan’s mountains and geology have created some beautiful waterfalls.

Taiwan’s tropical climate has produced some really scary spiders.

But the beauty of the waterfalls makes it worth the spiders: