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Views inside the gorge at the National Forest 2/11/12 We arrived at some buildings at the high end of the gorge road in the National Forest. We ate lunch there and walked around the area. There were interesting trees and animals. I took movies of the lady in the picture below as she did her weaving. We also saw some indigenous people carving wood statues. I got movies of that as well. While walking around the various trails, some of the team saw monkeys in the trees. They were very bashful and left as soon as people came along the trail. I bought a bunch of decks of playing cards from the indigenous people’s store. These people get all the revenue from their store. The guide told us that there are still some indigenous people living on the mountainside. She pointed to one place on the road to the buildings where there was a walking trail. There was a village about a half days walk up the trail and another village, a full days walk, up the trail. The trail was so steep, I doubt if any motorized vehicle could have gotten up there. We ate at the restaurant at the National Park. The center, bottom row picture, shows what I ate. It was eel and oysters and other things that I did not recognize. The eel was good except for the center part. Page 36
Buildings at the high end of the gorge road 2/11/12 Late afternoon, we got on a train for the ride back to Taipei to stay with first host family until we left for home. I was able to get on the Internet, in Taipei, and continued my communication with people back home. Taiwan trip 2/12/12 On this day, some of the team went shopping. I went shopping for a suitcase and then went back to my host’s home. I needed a suitcase, bigger than carry on size, to get all my gifts and purchases back to the USA. I spent most of the day packing and getting ready for the trip home. I knew the trip was grueling so I got a bunch of rest to get my body ready for it. Taiwan trip 2/13/12 It was hard to say goodbye, but we did, and our hosts took us to the airport. There were more hosts with us than we had luggage so we did not have to work very hard. There were so many Taiwan Rotarians that we befriended that it was very hard to leave. I intend to continue to nurture those friendships. I arrived at the Eau Claire airport at about 11pm on 2/13/12. It was 2am on 2/14/12 by the time I got home and went to bed. We crossed the date line from the opposite direction so we arrived the same day we left. That plays tricks with the brain. The total travel time from our host home to my home was real close to 40 hours. The trip back was even more stressful than the trip going. There were long boring layovers in Tokyo and Chicago. Chicago was the worst with a 7 hours layover. Would I go back? Absolutely! The lavish treatment may not happen next time but the people, the sights and the environment would be the same. Page 37
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