The other day we woke up at 5 in the morning to catch the train down to Hualien. Before this I had only toured around Taipei (within the purple circle) When we reached Hualian we met up with Joeys uncle.
We drove around Hualien and saw all of the markets. In taipei they have switched to supermarkets, but in Hualien the Taiwanese buy all of their food fresh from the market. Joey's uncle kept jumping out of the car to buy random fruit for us to try. We even had fresh guava juice! yummy.
Joey's uncle had some business to deal with so he let us off at Farglory Ocean Park for a couple hours. Lucky for us it wasn't packed with tourists so we had the whole park to ourselves!
Joey loved the sea cows =) this one was a little baby!
We also went to see the dolphins! I've never seen a dolphin show before and it was amazing! The dolphins could jump like 15-20ft in the air and hit a ball!
After the show we got to meet the dolphins. This one kissed me! =D We were also allowed to feed them fish and pet them; they felt like wet rubber.
By the time we finished we were ex ousted! Thank goodness for over sized stuffed clam shells.
Next we travelled down to Shihtiping to where Joey's uncle lives. This was one of the beautiful lakes we passed by. It felt so nice to get out of the city and away from all the pollution.
We spent the night at this gorgeous hostel.
Can you believe this beautiful room was only 60$ for one night!
There was even a hot spring inside the bathroom! I was off the walls with excitement.
We finished off the evening eating lychee on the deck. If you ever get to try this fruit its worth the high price tag. =)
The other day we woke up at 5 in the morning to catch the train down to Hualien. Before this I had only toured around Taipei (within the purple circle) When we reached Hualian we met up with Joeys uncle. 
We drove around Hualien and saw all of the markets. In taipei they have switched to supermarkets, but in Hualien the Taiwanese buy all of their food fresh from the market. Joey's uncle kept jumping out of the car to buy random fruit for us to try. We even had fresh guava juice! yummy.
Joey's uncle had some business to deal with so he let us off at Farglory Ocean Park for a couple hours. Lucky for us it wasn't packed with tourists so we had the whole park to ourselves! 
Joey loved the sea cows =) this one was a little baby!
We also went to see the dolphins! I've never seen a dolphin show before and it was amazing! The dolphins could jump like 15-20ft in the air and hit a ball! 
After the show we got to meet the dolphins. This one kissed me! =D We were also allowed to feed them fish and pet them; they felt like wet rubber. 
By the time we finished we were ex ousted! Thank goodness for over sized stuffed clam shells.
Next we travelled down to Shihtiping to where Joey's uncle lives. This was one of the beautiful lakes we passed by. It felt so nice to get out of the city and away from all the pollution.
We spent the night at this gorgeous hostel. 
Can you believe this beautiful room was only 60$ for one night!
There was even a hot spring inside the bathroom! I was off the walls with excitement.
We finished off the evening eating lychee on the deck. If you ever get to try this fruit its worth the high price tag. =)
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