Rotary Friendship Exchange - Rotary District 5960

Again, the day ended late and we went back to our host homes. I had access to the Internet and it was my turn to put something on
the team’s blog site. I could not figure out how to upload pictures to the blog so I just put some words about our day of sight seeing.
My Internet Explorer was too old a version to do pictures on the blog site. I have since upgraded that computer. My tablet was
not useable on the Internet and upon getting back home, I found out that it had failed and was covered by warranty. I am waiting
for my new tablet to see if it works better.
Taiwan trip 2/6/12
Evening meal 2/5/12
The next morning, We went to the Panchiao bus station and took a public bus to Lo-Tong on the East Coast of Taiwan. I tried to
find Lo-Tong on Goggle Earth but it was not shown. I did find Lo-Tong Hotel in Yilan so I am guessing Lo-Tong is a portion of
Yilan. I know that there is a Rotary Club of Lo-Tong.
We were told that the only flat land on the East Coast was the river deltas. The East Coast is isolated from the rest of the island by
a mountain range. We were also told that the West Coast has most of their agriculture land. We saw, from the bus, lots of rice
fields. Each field was a rectangle that appeared to be about 10 acres in size. Homes were typically located near one corner of a rice
field. Some times there was homes near a single field and other places there appeared to be several fields for a home. We saw a
tractor moving through one of the fields. I based my estimate of field size by the relationship of the tractor to the field size. The
wheels were in water that seemed to be a foot or so deep. It had some kind of implement behind it but I could not tell what it was.
We were traveling on a bus on a bridge with pillars flashing by so I took no pictures.
I did take pictures (below) of the Traditional Museum that we visited when we arrived In Lo-Tong.
Box lunch 2/6/12
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