deep in some blissful dream...: January 2006

Kenting holiday!

Two weeks ago Martin and I took a few days off work and headed down to Kenting for a 5 day long-weekend (our first proper holiday since returning from home last June!). We had the most wonderful time just relaxing and reading books and eating nice food!

We'd booked a nice hotel before we arrived, but quickly had to rearrange that plan.... as soon as we got to it we realised we'd run into a little problem. On either side of the hotel was some very annoying, very loud construction work!!! Although the hotel owners tried to convince us that they would stop over the weekend, we weren't convinced and managed to bargain our way out of there. We found a smaller and cheaper hotel, which suited us just fine!!

Most days we just lounged around on the beaches or spent time driving along the coastline on our hired scooter seeing the sights. We spent quite a few hours sampling the excellent Thai and Indian cuisine on offer, often followed with a bit of Turkish ice cream for pudding!

Noisy neighboring construction work drives us away.

Martin's smile disguises the frustration he's feeling!

The view we left behind when moving hotel.

Martin strolling along the beach.

The 'arty white-light picture'

Sticks and sand.

A wierd four-legged monster passed us on the beach...

Leaping with joy :)

The spider in his lair.... (too lazy to catch anything this afternoon)

Warung Didi - a funky Thai restaurant we frequented this holiday.

At "Sail Rock" - along the coastline south of Kenting.

Well..... it's called 'Kissing Rock' ok???

I am the monster that lurks in the cave.

Martin in Eluanbi park.

I'm just part of the foliage.

Cheesy boy with the lighthouse.

Wow! Its the southern most tip of Taiwan!

Martin and his cool new helmet are ready for the off....

On the east coast now - and its rather windy!!!

We found this cool old suspension bridge along the way.

Taiwan Martin and the hill we couldn't find.

Martin gets bored and starts to play...

Yay for being on holiday!

Our last day, and we stop for a game of Scrabble on the beach.

Lovely sunset.

I think the bus home freaked him out a little...

Happy New Year!

One of my Christmas pressies from Martin was a night at the new Spa Motel in Yuanlin. We decided it would be perfect to spend New Years there, away from all the people and the pressures of 'having a good party'!!
We had a really wonderful time, just enjoying each others company and the two TVs!!!

The lovely sunset over Yuanlin - last day of 2005!

Fancy bed in the Spa Motel.

Martin showing off the nice jacuzzi.

The view from the jacuzzi - my favourite feature.

Christmas Time!

Christmas was a fairly quiet affair over on this side of the world - mainly just me and Martin together. But we had a lovely weekend despite being so far away from all our family and friends. We just lazed around the house together and enjoyed the cool, but sunny, weather Taiwan had to offer.

On Christmas Eve we took a drive up the mountain behind our little city to take advantage of the sunshine, and after our little picnic up there we headed home for supper and Scrabble.

Christmas day was spent opening pressies (this took a while - thanks everyone!!) and then at about 3:30pm we popped over to our friends Jennie and Melody's house for a nice big fat Christmas meal. The ladies had prepared a delicious culinary feast of roast ham, sausages, potatoes, veggies and all sorts... yum!!

Our pretty lanterns make for a lovely Chinese-y atmosphere in our house.