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| It sure was nice to have an extra adult on the airplane |
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| We found the kids can sit perfectly on top of the suitcases. |
Brooke was terrified to ride the Peak Tram up the mountain. It was a pretty steep climb, but with quite the view at the top. I think this one was taken on the way up.
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This is the view from the Harbor during the day. It was pretty incredible. I can't believe the size of this city.
Took a quick walk down the Avenue of Stars. This was one of the very few names we recognized (Jackie Chan).
I love that Spencer wants to be like his dad. He always looks up to see if Curtis is doing the same thing.
This is the view at night. Spectacular. We sat in this little alcove waiting for the light show. You would have thought we were a bunch of beggars by the looks we got from people. Maybe Chinese people don't sit on the ground outside.
The best part of both countries was being able to go to the temple. We went four times that week- what a blessing.
Taxi's are pretty cheap and we didn't need carseats so we squished in the back seat. I think the kids really enjoyed not being buckled in carseats. When we first got there we tried to catch a taxi to the peak tram. I am not sure if they had something against Americans or if we were in the wrong spot to catch one but we could not get them to stop for us. Finally one stopped and we asked if he could take us to the Peak Tram. He waived his hand in disgust and drove away. Lesson learned: get in first, then tell them where you want to go.
It sure is nice that the temple housing has these big areas where we can hang out, cook, and meet other members. We became friends with a little boy from China. I loved learning that there were many saints in China and that they can come to Hong Kong to hear the gospel, get baptized, and then take the gospel back to their family.
We bought these outfits for the kids at the Hong Kong Ladies market. I kinda love them!
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Chiang Kai Chek Memorial (forgive me if I can't spell the Chinese words) was just down the street from the temple housing. It was fun to watch them change the guards and lower the flag- quite the ordeal.
Curtis learned how to do these panoramic photos- they turn out pretty cool.
We went up the steps to this building and watched some teenagers do a sign language dance presentation.
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| One of the buildings in the Chiang Kai Chek square |
Taipei Taiwan Temple. They have a giant chapel next door which has a distribution center in the basement, a small bookstore across the street and the temple housing/mission office.
Taipei 101- the 4th tallest building in the world. Visitors can go as high as 89 floors and the elevator gets you there in 37 seconds.
Walking down the streets. The fact that both of them are walking and not being carried in the second picture is quite unusual.
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| I love that Spence has his hand on her back. |
We sure wore these two kiddos out!
Waiting for our pizza at this little stand across the street from the temple. (We didn't too well at eating the local food- pizza, subway, McDonalds and pb&j for us).
The last thing we did before going home was to walk around a night market that was just down the street from our hotel. I was amazed at the kinds of food they serve there. We will just say that most of us were not going to try any of it and my nose had never experienced such an array of odors.
Here are some pictures of the things we saw...
Last, but most importantly, we got to celebrate our 5th anniversary while in Taiwan. I sure love this man and I am glad I get to spend the rest of eternity with him!
