In The Shoes of Mila Librodo

Have you ever been paragliding? Well, paragliding is when you run off a cliff with a kite attached to you while carrying a selfie stick.  That's what I did on the third day in Yilan. It was really fun. The views were amazing. The people working even taped my shoes to my feet so they wouldn't fall off. I'd do it again, but I would want the ride to be longer. At that time the ride was about three minutes.  In the sky, I could see the whole beach, and the cafe I called the Cheese House, it looked like a wedge of cheese. After paragliding, we played at the beach for a while. Then went to the place we were staying at. After going to dinner we went trash picking-uping at the beach. It's pretty sad how much trash there is on the beach.  Day four. We went to a water park, it wasn't the best water park, but it was ok. I think my favorite part was when this guy's brother kept calling him, really loudly, that we ended up knowing his name. Let's just say you had to be t...

 Yilan Packing List:               ~ Swimsuits.                    ~ Phone/charger               ~ Sunscreen                    ~` Teddy Yup, you guessed it. We went to Yilan. Of course, I packed more, I packed like a million things, those are just the important things.  Yilan is a surfing city if you didn't know. It was about an hour's drive from Taipei, with lots of tunnels.  On Monday this surfer-looking guy named Allen picked us up from Taipei and drove us to Yilan. I liked the songs he played in the car, they were very happy songs. I like happy songs.  This week was the third camp of the year, a surfing camp. It was a three-day camp to learn how to surf. Allen was one of the coaches.  On the first day, we had Paninis for lunch, which had a pineapple in it.  Watched a YouTube video on h...

1. Wavey Escalator At the Xiang Shan stop off the red line there is a kinda wonky escalator. This escalator has a wave in the middle. Right, when Dai and I saw this we immediately wanted to take a picture. Dai even went back up to get a better picture.  2. Taking Hand Sanitizer To The Next Level Wow, it's seems like so long ago sice we first landed. When we were trying to get a taxi to get to our quarentine place the airport people sprayed all of our things and us with hand sanitizer. They sprayed us like how my dad sprays us with bug spray, except it was with hand sanitizer.  3. Squat Toilets Just like Japan Taiwan had squat toilets. In the bathrooms they have half squat toilets and half regular toilets. The regular toilets are usually occupied and the squat toilets are vacant. I'll use the squat toilets if they look clean even if there is a regular toilet that I could use. If you think about it, when using a squat toilet you don't accually touch the toilet and your shoes ...

Mosquitos. Little flying bugs that are more annoying than siblings. Don't get me wrong I love Dai, he's my brother.  There are so many mosquitos in Taiwan. They like to go for the ankles, so wear long socks.  My dad finally won the mosquito war. We kept getting bitten by mosquitos not knowing where they were coming from. He got us all mosquito nets to put up around our beds. When I FacedTimed my grandma she said it made my bed look like a princess bed. I like my prinsess\mosquito protected bed with superhero sheets.  I also have a mosquito zapper thingy in my room. It is a UV light that attracts mosquitos and then fries them. I keep it on when I'm not in my room because my mom says the UV light is not good for me.  Every day before we go out I put on wine-smelling bug spray. I don't know why it smells like wine, it just does. I only put it on my feet because they go for the ankles. This one week I had so many bug bites on the bottoms of my legs that there were tiny r...

This blog post topic was an idea from my mom. She has the best ideas even if I don't know it  Taiwan has some awesome stuff but also has its fair share of wonky, slightly odd things. Well, it's not normal to me anyway. Only in Taiwan do you see so many motorcycles or scooters. There was this one Monday, so everyone was going to work. The whole street was filled with scooters, with no cars whatsoever. Never in my life had I seen so many of the same vehicles.  Only in Taiwan do you see a dog riding a scooter. I have seen dogs just standing inside a scooter, not moving at all. It seems kinda scary to me. Also, only in Taiwan do you see so many dogs not walking. Most of the dogs I've seen have been in strollers or bags. I don't know why, it's a mystery I have yet to solve.  Only in Taiwan can you get such amazing food so easily. Sometimes after getting off the MRT we walk 2 minutes to the night market and get yummy food then walk back to the house. There is food everyw...

 Me and Dai use Chinglish a lot, Chinese and English mixed together. For example when we order food. Ordering food gets easier over time, that's how I felt. When I order food I point, give money, and ask if it's spicy. Sometimes I say something in Chinese and the things I don't know in English. The English part other people usually don't understand. When that happens we play charades with the vendor.  If Dai or I can't do it, ole mighty Google Translate comes out. I love ordering food at the night markets, I'm not really sure why.  You know how else uses Chinglish? My dad. I've been teaching him phrases that are useful. Like, "I don't speak Chinese", "can I have this", and "I'm American". The last one he doesn't say to anyone though. My Dad is getting pretty good at it though. Most people understand him when he says "I don't speak Chinese". When we're walking he likes to practice with me and Dai. My...

 Taiwan is full of cool places to see. We have been to night markets and climbed a mountain. Also, went to other cool markets.  We have tried food from the Shipai Night Market and the Linjiang Night Market. The Linjiang Night Market is much bigger and busier than the Shipai Night Market. I got some yummy noodles that were served cold. I bought this lemon honey drink that was a bit too sour. When I ordered I didn't know it was lemon honey because I couldn't read it, I just blind ordered. The Linjiang Night Market also has some clothing shops and arcades.  One of the prettiest views in Taiwan is from XiangShan. After you climb the many flights of stairs and drive the narrow road to get to the top of XiangShan, there is one of the best sights in Taiwan. When we went it was around 6:00pm so it wasn't so hot and wasn't too dark. It was dark enough so that all the city lights were turned on. You can see Taipei 101 and the whole city. We took some cool photos. There are also s...