Kaohsiung Day Two

Sunday was our second day in Kaohsiung. We slept in a little bit, and then went and had an amazing breakfast at K Town Diner. I had a pesto omelette with toast and hash browns and it was delish. After breakfast, we rented some bikes again and headed to a jade market. It was insane. So much jade and jewelry everywhere. We shopped around the street and then went inside to this big place full of stands with different, beautiful jewelry. I bought some silver charms to remind me of Taiwan, some bracelets, and a pendant. We could have spent days looking at everything there. Afterwards, we went to an Indian clothing store. This clothing store might be my favorite place on Earth. Everything was so colorful and comfortable and not very expensive. I bought two pairs of pants, a wallet, a shirt, and a purse.

Outside the Indian clothing store.

After some shopping, we went on an intense bike ride to the art pier. This was a challenging, sweaty ride but totally worth it. There were lots of sculptures and and exhibits in the area. As we were walking along, I spotted Rody Land. No one seems to know who Rody is so I'll fill you in. Rody is a horse that an Italian company made to appeal to children. I have no idea why. I love Rody though. Anyway, Rody Land is an exhibit dedicated to Rody and his 30th birthday. It was perfect. I took a billion pictures, but here are my favorites.

After that dream came true, we walked around the art pier some more.

We walked to the Gushan Ferry and took it to Cijin Island. The streets of the island were filled with live seafood and really good lemon tea. Our plan was to go hang out and swim in the ocean because we were incredibly hot. Unfortunately, the beach was closed because yesterday a young boy drowned and they hadn't found the body yet. I'm not sure how they knew he drowned if they hadn't found a body but it was really sad.

After taking the ferry back, we took the MRT to look at the Dome of Light. The Dome of Light is a stunning stained glass instillation at the Formosa Boulevard Station. It is the largest public art instillation made of individual colored glass pieces in the world.

After seeing that, we went back to where we were staying, showered, and went to a delicious dinner. We took the train home and actually had seats this time! It was a hot, but fun filled weekend. Now I have one week of classes left, and one more weekend before I travel back to the states! Traveling to places like Kaohsiung and seeing all the beauty around Taiwan make me sad to be leaving.