Taiwan
Lingshan Si

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    • Day 55

      Lambai island exploring. Turtles galore.

      November 23, 2019 in Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      All finished breakfast by 9.10am! Maybe a heavy booze night makes you feel more awake in the morning. Will have to further test this theory.
      Straight to the north west corner to see a big ball rock thing called Vase rock. (Dad called it Chodyknobend rock). Did the usual Le Poidevin move of walking a further 10m to everyone else and having a bit of beach to yourself.
      Straight into the water for a dip. A strong current, lovely and warm water with Turtles everywhere. Great visibility. Lovely!
      Tried to find a cafe for a while along the coast. Eventually found a coffee shop which made an excellent tuna sarnie and latte float.
      Down to another beach for a glorious swim, so warm! Turtles and lion fish. Plus swarms of Chinese people all with life vests on, tied to their leader.
      We cruised down the East coast seeing the harbour and more tropical coast line. Everyone here drives motor bikes.
      Up to the 7-11 to pick up some more red wine and beers and back to the balcony for sunset and drone flying 😁.
      Curly fancied a pizza so we took the bikes along the coast road. Got lost a few times, I asked a random shop were the pizza shop might be and we got some rough directions. Found the Luna pizza van which did fantastic pizza, including a banana and chocolate one for dessert. Yes yes yes!
      She gave us some recommendations of what to do on the way home, including looking at flowers which only open at night and crab crossing. Half way to the flower place, my electric battery on my bike died. The bikes are very heavy, and not really suitable for just pedalling. We were not that far from the rental place, so I rode it back there. They then swapped all our batteries just in case.
      Loads of night time tourist groups on scooters seeing random sights on our way back. Like hells angels does 50cc tourism. Funny to see.
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    • Day 22

      A special day

      November 23 in Taiwan ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      🇬🇧| The origin plan was to make two boat dives because we wanted to explore the under water world further out in the open sea. But in the night we got a message that there were no more slots on the boats available. So a plan B needed to be created. We decided to make a further shore dive, but not a usual one. It should be our first night dive.
      We used the time until afternoon to visit the „known“ sightseeing spot „vase rock“ and one more hidden place on cliff to spectate some turtles while eating 😍🐢

      🇩🇪| Der ursprüngliche Plan war, zwei Bootstauchgänge zu machen, weil wir die Unterwasserwelt weiter draußen auf offener See erkunden wollten. Aber in der Nacht bekamen wir eine Nachricht, dass es keine Plätze mehr auf den Booten gab. Es musste also ein Plan B erstellt werden. Wir beschlossen, einen weiteren Ufertauchgang zu machen, aber keinen üblichen. Es sollte unser erster Nachttauchgang sein.

      Wir nutzten die Zeit bis zum Nachmittag, um den „bekannten“ Sightseeingspot „Vase Rock“ und einen weiteren versteckten Ort auf der Klippe zu besuchen, um beim Essen einige Schildkröten zu beobachten 😍🐢
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    • Day 24

      A regrettable departure

      November 25 in Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      🇬🇧| Bye bye south! Five nights after arriving at Liuqiu it was time to say good bye. But it was the right moment to leave because the weather was changing. What a timing 🙃

      The same procedure as for arrival only in reverse order. Scooter, ferry, bus, HSR and MRT. Meanwhile we know nearly all public transportation systems 😅 Hmm, we've never needed a taxi until now. 🚕 🙏🏼

      Taipei is waiting for us. Again…

      🇩🇪| Tschüss Süden! Fünf Nächte nach der Ankunft in Liuqiu war es Zeit, sich zu verabschieden. Aber es war der richtige Zeitpunkt zu gehen, weil sich das Wetter änderte. Was für ein Timing 🙃

      Das gleiche Verfahren wie für die Ankunft nur in umgekehrter Reihenfolge. Roller, Fähre, Bus, HSR und MRT. Inzwischen kennen wir fast alle öffentlichen Verkehrssysteme 😅 Hmm, wir haben bis jetzt noch nie ein Taxi gebraucht. 🚕 🙏🏼

      Taipeh wartet auf uns. Wieder...
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