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taipei, kaohsiung, hualien, tainan, kenting

I had almost forgotten about the 100% humidity and 100F weather, having not been back during summer time for a while. I had forgotten about browsing through every third store just to get some AC, about trying not to sweat while getting dressed after a shower, and about getting the sandel tan line on my feet.

The trip was very nice.

I visited southern taiwan and w visited north. We met friends and relatives; we ate local and not-so-local food; and we visited musuems/aquarium. In the south we drove, and in the north we walked; In the south we visited historic landmarks and famous food joints, and in the north we visited friends' homes and shopping malls (no wonder she kept saying southerners are more cultural =) ). ...Rest of the time was spent in taiwan doing the usual routine: Hualien to visit grandparent -> dental appointment -> new glasses/perscription -> meet up with friends -> haircut. The new event added this time was Chinese medicine clinics + western hospital runs ... went to MaJie general hospital at least half a dozen times last month for follow-up of my illness in China and an X-ray for my back <-- all the Chinese therapists/doctors declared that my spine has two crooked segments, but the x-ray shows that it's perfectly straight ^^;; ... so now i've been drinkin' herbal medicine twice daily for almost 4 weeks now u.u ... 2 more to go.

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posted by wooden @ 7:16 PM