October 11, 2006

Pinglin Camping - Oct 2006



After our stay with Lalin's abo family, Tanya and I hit the long road to Pinglin in the Noerth-East corner of Taiwan. A 5 hour drive brought us to this stunning campsite.....















Where we got to know this amazing ex-RSA family...
Tanya with:
Shelley (15 years old - fluent chinese!)
Andre (born to ride a motorbike)
Mish (the source of all kindness and calm)















The river is popular for kayaking and tubing. I'll be a little more adventurous next time and actually get my ass wet! Looking forward to the winter rains...















Views to fix anybody's "chi" - your body's natural energy level - so they say:)

Weekend with Lalin's aboriginal family

Tanya, Christo, Iutian, Marisa, and I had the priviledge of spending 2 days with an aboriginal family near Wufong. We stayed in a sheet-metal mountain shack for 1 night and were spoilt by the views, food, and adventure. Hunting for flying squirrels with a 2m long home-made rifle took 1st prize in the "new experience" category.















Our group:
Tanya, Iutian, (my other pink piece of crap scooter), Marisa, Lalin, Christo















Thanks to our hosts:
Lalin's mom: our chef, cleaner, singer
Lalin's son: who was naughty as hell
Lalin's dad: No.1 drinker, smoker, betel-nut chewer!