The final onslot of pictures from week two: May 20-27, 2006

Alrighty, I finally updated the blog completely. I hope you all enjoy these next pics. You might (actually, you definitely will) notice a difference in quality. These shots were all taken by Tomek with his super-duper camera. They're all stunning and it was very hard to choose which ones to post.

Enjoy!
love Rach

Kenting National Park, Basia beach at sunset.

A shark-whale at the National Aquatic Museum in Kenting.

A shot from the National Aquatic Museum. This place was unbelivable!

Kenting National Park.

View from Hwy 9: driving across the island from the west coast to the east coast.

Platform of the three immortals in Taitung County.

During our second hike in Taroko. The waters were pristine!

We saw many, many spiders during our second hike in Taroko Park. And, some of them were huge!

A shrine to a buddhist monastery in Taroko National Park.

The BEST dumplings ever!!!! We were famished and had just arrived in Hualien. As we walked down a little street we came across this restaurant and ordered 10 dumplings, soup, and water. The grand total was under 3 Canadian bucks!

Taroko Gorge in Taroko National Park. Tomek and I went on a hike through the 'tunnel of nine turns'. It weaved in and out of caves which overlooked the gorge. Spectacular!

Lychees: Yumm! One of our favs.

My wee birthday cake on May 25th! We also celebrated with champagne!

Chang Kei Shek Memorial in Taipei.

Longshan Temple, Taipei.

Snake Night Market in Taipei.

A monk chanting at Longshan Temple in Taipei.

View of Taipei from the world's highest building: Taipei 101.

 

A view of the east coast.

 

A cloudscape: how dreamy.

 

The SuHua Hwy.

 

The SuHua Hwy.

 

Driving along the SuHua Hwy towards Taipei from Taroko National Park.

 

Our last dinner together in Taipei.

 

An auction in downtown Taipei.

 

Various grilled treats at the night market: a very typical snack here.

 

Grilled squid at the night market in Taipei.

 

Longshan Temple: Tomek captured this moment, what an incredible shot eh?

 

Some shots from week two of our holiday: May 20-27, 2006

Below are some shots that I got with my camera, or that Tomek emailed to me already. There will be plenty more soon.
April and I celebrated our 25th birthdays together. It's always so nice having a joint b-day party with a good friend. She even decorated the apartment with balloons and a "Happy Birthday" banner. What a gal!

April and Rachel cutting our birthday cake. We specially pre-ordered this puppy a week in advance to our particular specifications. It was covered in pink coloured white chocolate and had a cream/fruit filling. Very, very delicious.

 

After dinner, we all headed back to the apartment for cake, champagne, and presents. There's (from the left) Heather, Lisa, Matt, Desiree, and Cindy. Afterwards we went dancing till the wee hours of the morning at Rooftop.

 

Desiree and Rachel at Hi Thai for the double b-day party: May 20.

 

Matt, Lisa, April and Dan at Hi Thai for our birthday dinner.

 

Kenting National Park: oceanview.

 

Kenting National Park. We hit the beach and rented a jet-ski. Whoooeee!