kaohsiung vol. 2

I went to Kaohsiung to Hsiou-Hsiou's house with Christabel! His mother was very surprised that her son brought home two girls -__-. I'm also impressed at how we ate at four cua bing places in the two days we were there.

at the high speed rail station with tickets

We went to a curry shop for lunch. So many different types to choose from!! I wanted to eat all of them T_T. They looked so good =P. While we were waiting for our food, me and Christabel had a picture taking party - although I think she won out in the end by taking the most pictures. I think Hsiou-hsiou wanted to hide and pretend he didn't know us because we were being such tourists. We knew deep down he wanted to take pictures too.

curry shop and being touristy

Hsiou-Hsiou was hungry and started eating first before our food came. so rude xD

my seafood curry

christabel's pork curry

outside the "giant chicken egg" stadium

Hsiou-hsiou and Kaohsiung metro cards

the colorful ceiling again!

We met up with Hsiou-Hsiou's high school classmate and made our way to the first cua bing shop of the trip. Mango ice with an ice cream scoop! Om nom nom =P This shop is famous for all the people writing on the pillars around the shop as seen on the following photo.

he wants us to hurry up and finish taking pictures so that he can dig in

we passed by some places where there were red flowers - apparently they're associated with graduation because of the time of the year they bloom

Next, we boarded a boat that takes motorcyclists and pedestrians down the river. We passed by the Kaohsiung light house where our next stop was.

on a boat!

the houses are so colorful!

look at the ground! haha

weirdo

the lighthouse! with a pretty sky!

beachhhh

I spy a bird!

After the beach, we ate some BBQ squid kabob things, and roamed around eating all the town's cheap food - xiao long bao [小龍包], and the special local foods around. We said bye to Hsiou-hsiou's friend and took a walk along the Love River. This time, there were not pretty lights and lanterns of tigers like there was around the Chinese New Year, but it was still pretty cool.

intense color!!

I used longer exposure time for this shot, and the blurriness makes me dizzy xD

cua bing store numero 2!

The next day, we went to see a butterfly garden and the lake next to it.

at the lake, there were a lot of turtles basking in the sun.

time to go in the dragon's mouth

in the dragon belly

cua bing shop #3! 阿Q

do you see a butterfly?

now I do!

After getting bitten by bugs, we went to a big mall that had a sort of amusement park on the roof. There was a foosball tournament going on a couple floors down.

on the ferris wheel

cool thing where you close a kid in a ball and they roll around in the water haha

on the way back!

Yum dum dum.