Saturday, June 06, 2009

An Anniversary of Sorts

It was June 6. On the same date 17 years ago, Craig's Dad arrived in Taiwan after leaving Australia for the very first time. However, no special party was held. Instead it was just another trip to Danshui.


Lunch was had at Mos Burger where he ate a burger similar to the one pictured at the top of this page.


After hiding in the air-conditioned comfort until almost 2:30pm it was time to take the boat across the river to Bali where they rented a bicycle and pedalled north through the Left Bank Park. They stopped at the second jungle gym they came to so that Craig could have some fun.


Unfortunately, they had been to this park before and knew it to be polluted by the singing of people from a temple that is right beside the park. On this occasion Craig's Mum tried to encourage Craig to show off his siding skills in front of the camera but as soon as the camera was on him, Craig would not budge.


After a bit of riding around, Craig's Mum bought cold drinks and they went for a walk on the huge sandbar that sticks up at low tide here.


Craig's Dad tried to get a picture looking up towards the mouth of the river but Craig and Craig's Mum were made to look like their faces had turned black!


Looking upriver worked better because it kept the sun in their faces.


On their return trip they stopped at another jungle gym where Craig had the chance to play with two smaller boys.


Instead of really playing with them he mostly just showed that he could slide faster than them. While Craig's Dad took pictures Craig's Mum stretched in the background.


Craig's Mum was thinking about doing some exercise here as well but she never started climbing.


After taking the rented bicycle back there was a long walk and sit in the shade but Craig's Dad forgot to take any pictures. The next picture taken was at dinner. Craig had stickers to play with that had been given to him by the nice man who runs the bicycle rental business. Craig is popular wherever he goes in Taiwan.


Craig's Dad doesn't remember what Craig was doing here, he just remembers that he wasn't really angry with Craig, he was just playing but it's hard to tell that from the photo.

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