Last Day in Taiwan

Hi all,

It's been a hectic two weeks and my last day here has been pretty relaxing. However I discovered a little biting insect that won't stop pestering me so I have over 50 bites from these tiny biting midges and they itch like hell.

Tomorrow I have a 6AM flight to Hong Kong, then I will be collecting data for 3 weeks there and my parents arrive after that.

This past week my aunt and cousin came to Taipei and we went around to see the sights. I have lots of pictures of our adventures, so I'll post some here now. Here's a picture of the MRT here in Taipei. It's really clean and cheap!
Right before they came, I went to visit the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan and took a bunch of pictures. Here are some pictures of the museum.


Here's a picture of us at a Crab Shabu Shabu restaurant, which was yummy and a lot of food.We also went to Taipei 101 one of the tallest buildings in the world.
We also hit of Yeliu Geological Park, where there are all these interesting rock formations that were formed by geological processes. This is one of two dogs kissing, can you see it?
This is the famous rock formation everyone comes to see. It's called the queen's head. The park is next to the water, so I thought I would take a picture of the park.
Here's me on a boat on the way back from the Museum of Archaeology.
Here's the first exhibit in the museum of archaeology.
Here's me in front of the museum.
After sightseeing, we would often go to night markets and get some yummy food.
This is us in front of the National Palace Museum. It's one of the alrgest museums in Taiwan.

I have more pictures to post but I'll do it when I arrive in Hong Kong. Talk to you all then!

One more week in Thailand

Happy Independence Day! Hope you're all having a fabulous holiday with lots of picnic food and fireworks.

There's not much to report here, I think I'll finish my data collection Tuesday/Wednesday. That will leave me with enough time to work on my presentation on Thursday and time to relax on Friday. I have worked on my presentation but it's not up to snuff yet.

I leave for Taipei on Saturday morning and will be there for two weeks. I think I'll be done with my data collection in a week or a week and a half and my aunt and cousin are coming to Taipei for a couple of days while I'm there so I get to see the sights with them.

Nongnuch took me to the student night market here at KKU, which is an outdoor market with lots of food and goods vendor. There was so much food! It's not the most sanitary, but it was delicious. I had heard about all the night markets in Thailand and I was excited to go see one for myself. I took a couple of pictures of the market but I couldn't get any of the food.

I was excited about eating sticky rice and grilled corn, along with oyster pancakes and I'm happy to report all of it was delicious. I would have like to have dessert too but I was too full. They had a lot of ice-cream, dessert soups, sweet waffles, etc. They even had a sushi vendor that patrons picked the pieces they wanted and boxed it away.

Here's Nongnuch ordering a soup broth noodle meat dish. Much of the food was cooked there on the spot.There's a covered area with tables for eating and it's surrounded by food vendors.
There was quite a bit of people walking about even though it had just rained before and some of the vendors did not show up.Later today Nongnuch is going to take me around Khon Kaen so I can see some of the sights. I don't know where she's taking me but I hope to have some good pictures of it all. Have a good weekend!