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This year he went there again on March 20-23.
Last time, Craig and his parents travelled all the way from Taipei to the far south of Taiwan by car in a trip that took about five to six hours but this time the trip began with a 10-minute taxi ride to the airport. Craig was still a bit sleepy in the taxi.
But he was wide awake when they reached the airport and spent some time looking around. 
The trip down was uneventful but a little boring for Craig. The flight was only 50-minutes but there was a 90-minute taxi ride from Kaohsiung to Kenting that was not much fun. However, after arrival at the hotel, Craig was happy to check out the hotel room and unpack the tourist information from a little stand next to the television. 
Craig also checked out the local phone books.
While he was doing that Craig's Mum looked through an information booklet about the hotel.
Then it was lunchtime. Craig's parents were very pleased to note that the Howard Kenting is well prepared for children. They had plenty of highchairs and plastic eating utensils.
The hotel's website is here:
http://kenting.howard-hotels.com/?Ms=309&Lsn=2
Craig became noticeably happier after he had eaten a little bit. And, when Craig is happy it's much easier for his Mum to be happy too.
Craig was happier when he was feeding himself out of his own bowl.
Straight after lunch Craig's Mum and Dad bought swimmers for Craig, and a bucket and spade from a little shop beside the beach. Since they were so close they thought they should have a look at the beach. It looked good, so the best thing to do was to run back to the room to get changed into swimwear.
Soon they were back on the beach with Craig's new beach equipment.
Craig was also wearing his new swimmers. They look good, don't they?
It was quite windy so Craig's Dad had dug a hole for Craig to play in. Craig seemed quite happy there.
He wasn't afraid to use his hands as well as his spade to dig.
Craig's Mum stayed close but Craig kept himself happy playing with the sand.
For a couple of hours, it was really nice just being away from Taipei and sitting on the beach far from the usual cares.
At the time Craig's Mum said that the best part was being able to sit there and watch Craig play by himself. At home Craig's Mum spends a lot of time entertaining the boy but on the beach Craig was happy to play by himself in the sand.
Dinner that night was at a Mexican restaurant just up the street from the hotel.
The restaurant also had a good highchair and unbreakable eating utensils. Unfortunately Craig was very hungry and became a little bit impatient when waiting for the food to arrive.
It had been a long day. Craig went to sleep quite early at about 8pm. That was good in a way because Craig's parents were concerned that he might interfere with Craig's Mum's beauty treatment appointment at 10pm. This picture was taken just after Craig's Mum began her appointment at the hotel spa. But, Craig slept peacefully while his Mum was away for hours!! She didn't come back to the room until way after midnight!!
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