Day 77 + 3: Central Taiwan

Today we went on a tour of central Taiwan with two of Charlotte's high school friends, we started out in a town known for oysters and we got some oysters for lunch and then went to the beach where people go out on their own to search for clams and oysters.  We followed that by getting some steamed buns and visiting some temples.  I think the pictures are the best way to show where we spent the day

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Charlotte said this looks like a chocolate chip cookie

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But they are actually filled with oysters

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We then got some flavored popsicles that are made on sight

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Beach for finding oysters, it was too hot for us to go out and find our own though

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Windmills along the beach

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People looking for clams

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Buses driving people out to find oysters

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They drove very far out onto the beach

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We then went for steamed buns

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Also got a local salty cake, which I didn't really like, but Charlotte ate a lot of it

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We stopped by a local temple

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Roof of the temple with a dragon on it

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Stopped by a second temple, where people go to pray for safety while at sea

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There was a guy outside drumming

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The red line on the ground is fireworks they set off

Painted town
We then stopped by a town that was scheduled for demolition, but in a protest one of the elderly people living in the town, just started painting the walls, sidewalks, everything and it has turned into a local tourist attraction, saving the area from demolition (at least until the current election season is over)

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After we got some lamb hotpot

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On the way home we saw this puppet show occurring on the side of the street

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The only audience for the puppet show was the gods in front of a temple. Charlotte said someone's prayer to the gods must have come true and they hire this group to put on a puppet show for the gods to thank them