Kenting!

On Monday, we left rainy Taipei and headed South to Kenting for a week-long holiday in the sun. We were going to fly there but when we got to the airport, we found out that our flight was canceled. So we had to go the the train station to take the high speed rail to Kaoshiung, about 2 hrs away from Kenting. We were then going to rent a car in Kaoshiung but when we got there, we found out that we could not rent a car without an international driver's license. We had never needed one before. We've always been able to rent cars with just an American driver's license so that was a big shock to us. We had to change our plans again and book a taxi for the last leg of our journey, which took an hour and 40 minutes.

We rented a cabin that is next to a nature center, which is popular with bird watchers. Apparently this is a rest area for migrating birds so you can see lots of birds all year round. The cabin is really nice, probably one of the nicest places we've ever stayed in. The owners have twin boys who are 4 years old and they were shy at first but I got them to play wit me pretty quickly.

Here is a photo of us on the high speed rail. I asked my mom to paint a butterfly and a flower on my face. I got a lot of attention because of my face paint!

From Kenting Xmas 08

The owner at the cabin was really nice. Because we couldn't rent a car, we were kind of stuck at the cabin so she drove us around town to show us the sights. In between, she did a little bit of errands. Here we are at an organic farm picking vegetables for dinner. This is as fresh as fresh gets!

From Kenting Xmas 08

From Kenting Xmas 08

There was a movie that just came out of Taiwan called Cape No. 7. It was Taiwan's entry to the Oscars for best foreign film this year. It also won a bunch of film awards from Taiwan this year. The film was set here in Kenting and the owner took us to the places where the film was shot. Here is the main character's house.

From Kenting Xmas 08