June 21

Time for the next stage of our trip – back of North to the Taipei area. We have just over one month left and will spend 10 days in Jilong (which is just right out of Taipei on the north east coast) and then three weeks in Taipei. The train ride from Tainan to Jilong was 5 hours long. With this train ride we had traveled the complete circumference of the island. We had lots of beautiful mountain and city views on the ride. In addition to enjoying the view, Rebecca and I spent our time trying to keep Asher occupied and in a seat for the entire time. I don’t think he ended up napping at all during the whole ride. The other children, spent most of their time playing games on their tablets. We got into Jilong at around 6pm. It was raining out, but luckily the place we were staying was only a third of a mile away. After getting checked in, I ran out to get beef noodle soup, onion pancakes, and fried pot stickers for everyone. Our apartment in Jilong is somewhat similar to the other ones we have stayed in, but it is probably the largest of all of them. Still only one bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom, but it has a bigger living room. It is a little more run down the others and we have been having a fruit fly problem, but it has a great view of the city and harbor – we are on the 11^th floor.

At the Tainan train station.


Eating some bakery snacks on the train.


Asher enjoying the ride.