Back From the Beach!!

We're back from an incredibly nice and relaxing weekend in Kenting. Before I get to that - beware that there are 3 new photo albums up on the right. Our day trip with some friends to Jiaosi where the hot springs place was. That was still a lot of fun. Then another one of some random photos of all the Christmas lights up all over Taipei. It really is pretty, especially at night. Despite it not really being a Christian country, they do go all out to celebrate Christmas. It's actually "Constitution Day" here in Taiwan on December 25th.

Kenting - we had an early train ride on the High Speed Rail that gets us from Taipei to Southern part of Taiwan in an hour and 30 minutes. EXPRESS!!!! What every country needs to cut back on unnecessary congestion on the roads. We did have to hire a cab to take us the rest of the way to Kenting which is on the southern most part of Taiwan. We arrived around 11am to the small community that is Kenting. It was about 85 degrees and clear skies on Saturday. So needless to say, we enjoyed the beach and ocean life very much. In fact, since we were lucky enough to check in early and the normal checkin is 3pm (don't ask) - we had the ENTIRE private beach to ourselves. Seriously - check out the photos. The water was warm (no sharks) and the sand was very soft..... just like it should be. The water amazingly blue and clean - just like Heaven.

We had some fun meals in town - the best being the night market that the main drag turns into after dark. Sarah and I decided that a corn dog has never tasted so good. It was so good, we went back the 2nd night for another one. We also had probably the best donuts EVER! There were a lot of shops selling all sorts of suvineirs of course, surfing type themes all over town. Our room over looked the ocean, we kept the windows open to hear the sound of waves crashing in all night. Much better than the sound of scooters and car alarms like we hear in Taipei. We had a door in our room that takes us off the deck and about 20 feet from the beach. So yeah, a very nice room at a nice hotel! Enjoyed the spa, pool, hot tubs..... they had everything. Too bad it was "out of season" for the outside bar to be open. We just brought our own from 7-11!!! The sailboat was in action on Saturday but it filled up before sunset. We had intended to go on Sunday, but it was far too windy to go out on that day. The waves were good for using the boogie board to surf with!

You'll see a video of Sarah enjoying the massage chair. Best 20 NTD that I've ever spent!!! And she says no, it doesn't feel very relaxing or whatever it's supposed to do. Those things are everywhere though!

Sunday was windy, but we still enjoyed the hot tub and pool areas. Made the sound of the waves coming in even better! We'll be headed back there very soon I hope! There are a lot of things to do other than the ocean, but we'll save those things for another day!

On a side note, Chizik is gone from Ames..... what the hell??? He didn't do anything! So now we're looking for another coach. Who's available?????? Who wants to go to Ames? I know someone that builds houses for coaches in that area right before they get fired!

Still no senator from Minnesota - what a freakin' mess!!! Not sure how this thing will turn out but again shows the need for some changes. I did call and my vote was received and legit he said. He also could have been feeding me a line of crap, but how would I know?

We'll be coming back on Friday to the US of A. Yeah, the main reason we are flying home is so I can get my Chipotle fix. Christmas is 2nd on the list.

Have a good Monday. Need a strong showing from the Cleveland defense tonight to hold my Fantasy Football opponent to under 34 total points (2 players). If so, I take 1st place for the regular season, if not, 3 way tie for 1st.....