Monday, September 26, 2011

Random musings on all things Taiwanese

Despite its natural beauty, open space, miles of coastline, abundance of sunshine, and very friendly people, Taiwan is virtually unknown to the Western world. Tourism was non existent comparing to other neighbouring countires until recently, but most of that are mainland tourists.
My tiny little blog here has generated a lot of interests from westerners wanting to know more about Hualien in the past two years, and I have made many new friends from email contacts, and meeting some of them in person upon their arrival here. A young lady(ABC) who is currently visiting Hualien has started a website, dedicated to share the going ons of Taiwan to the outside world, in English. What a wonderful idea! Here is the link: http://taiwan543.net/

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Ocean park in Hualien

These videos were taken in late August, just before school began again and therefore, taking Frankie and her friend to Ocean park for some R &R.




Frankie loves rides, especially the roller coaster.....




The sea lion show is always good....




And the dolphin show is even better than before. Ocean park hired a whole bunch of Russian swimmers and acrobats and they have become part of the show. It was a hot day with temp around 35C.




It is now mid September and perfect temperature, around 28C.