Quick Motorcycle Drive

Matthew and I like to go for drives on the motorcycle on our days off and when the weather is nice. We had been wanting to go to Dahu; they are famous in Taiwan for their starwberries. During our drive, we pulled over in a park (Chishuiqi Park). We had to check our map. The park looks like it would be a nice walk; with plenty of paths. Even though you see plently of dogs in Taiwan, most of the time you seen them tied outside of someone's house. But, during our 30 minute stop, we saw numerous people come to the park to take their dogs for an actual walk. I was impressed. The other nice thing was that the park had installed a blockade so people couldn't just drive their scooters along the path, so this park's walking paths really are only accessible to walkers.

We continued on our way up a big hill, and we took another quick break in Nantou atop the hill. There we found this small temple with a view looking down on the city.

Hanging out at this spot was a little bird and it wasn't afraid of people in the least. Matthew and I were sitting on a bench just enjoying the view and trying to figure out the best route to get where we wanted to go. Out of nowhere this bird comes and sits right beside us, then starts flying around in our faces and sits on Matthew's hands, which scared the crap out of him. The bird continued to try and sit on his lap, his shoulder, almost anywhere it could land. It was a bit scary because I kept thinking one of us would accidentally get an eye poked out because it was so close to our faces when it would fly around. I think it is just used to people and may perhaps be regularly fed by them. After feeling paranoid over our eyeballs' safety, we hopped on the motorcycle and left. It wasn't long before we decided to turn around because it started pouring rain. If you have ever been on a motorcycle in the rain, it gets cold, fast. We were only about half way to our destination anyhow. We decided to try again on another weekend.