wulai is less than an hour from taipei. it is a beautiful landscape of tropical mountains, blue green waters, and sulphur carbonate hot springs. in just one overcast yet sparkling afternoon, george, karin and i took in an abundance of wulai pleasures. among them:
a petite yet provocative miniature train. we waved, we screamed, we faux-conducted, we befriended the actual conductors. there was also:
the street food. a whole roasted pig! a father-and-son candy-pulling team, so glossy, sleek, and long! fist-sized balls of mashed fish and squished taro, chopped and fried! and for our wulai nightcap, we had:
bon voyage, boug mwen!
BONUS: the following clip has nothing to do with wulai, or george, or karin. it illustrates a rock-glowstick phenomenon that captivated me the night before wulai, throughout amei's entire 3.5 hour performance at kaohsiung arena. the glowsticks were there before amei, and they lasted well beyond the extended "on-ko." *amei is taiwan's #1 pop diva, equivalent to kylie minogue or madonna in pop appeal and fan frenzy quotient*
Looking good George! Eileen, I can't wait to explore Northern Taiwan with you! And those glow sticks are craaaaazy. Hypnotic. Kinda awesome. Who needs booze or food or merchandise when you can totally trip out on glow sticks for 3+ hours. Stoooney. I'm gonna put on some Floyd and rewatch that video.
ReplyDeleteGeorgeous! I get it! HA!
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