more pics from Taidong

Here's Janice and I with a couple kids from the aboriginal village we stayed at... aborginal dance performances...

our morning coffee...

haha, when you're desperate, you're desperate!

Visit to Taidong

Here are a few pics from a recent trip to Taidong, a beautiful city on the east coast of Taiwan. I went with Dennis (a friend from Canada who was visiting Taiwan), Janice, and about 200 others from her church. Dennis and I were the only foreigners along on the trip, and of course everything was in Chinese, but it was a great experience!

We enjoyed lots of good food...
bike ride around a scenic lake...
The oceanside was magnificent. I wanted to stay there all day...
Taidong's hot springs...

the cutest mummies you ever saw

Here are some pics from the recent Halloween parties in my classes.

The toilet paper mummy game was a big hit...

It was a real novelty for me to see Peter stand still for a good chunk of time while the other boys wrapped him up in toilet paper. He's usually bouncing off the walls. I think his mother feeds him pure sugar (and maybe an espresso?) before she sends him to class. :-)


Another beautiful mummy...



He looks so serious but he's loving the attention of being wrapped. This kid is a real card. My class would be dull without him.


uh oh... these boys are getting carried away. I told them not to wrap the face!


Super Hero Carl!!!