Tripping Over Taiwan, Day 4

March 12, 2011: Our first stop was at a Formosan Aborigine-themed neighborhood, where we were lead into a shop that hawked Royal Jelly and other dried goods, be they honey, deer parts or giant mushrooms. The proprietor was dressed in tribal costume, and after he finished his sales pitch we heard a buzzing sound. Several ladies rushed out from behind the back doors and counters to try and close the sale. One of the seniors even engaged in some flirting by showing his saleslady some ballroom dance moves. Not sure if he actually bought anything, though.

Tripping Over Taiwan, Day 3

March 11, 2011: The morning trip to Leo Foo Safari Theme Park was more of a quick inspection than a literal day in the park. The cold weather and time alotted wasn't agreeable enough for any of us to wait in line for any of the rides, much less go around and see the whole place (the travel agency's printed itinerary devoted 90% of text descibing the park for our third day, w/c was 90% less than what we saw). Not that we would as all the seats on the good rides were wet from the rain. All that didn't stop the schoolkids that were already there, though, stuffing their faces w/ junk food and wearing giant sandwich bags for raincoats. Basically we were there because the theme park's cafeteria/retaurant was the closest lunch stop we had, but from the food they served obviously not the best stop.