Kenting is at the very southern part of Taiwan and has wonderful beaches. It's the Maui of Taiwan. The ride to Kenting wasn't as long as the ride to Hualien thank goodness. Going to the train station this weekend was like deja-vu. Days go by so fast that it felt like it was yesterday that we were boarding the train to Hualien, not a week ago.
When we finally arrived at our destination. Our Hostel looked like a party! It had the "laid back feel" to it. It definitely looked like a room and board right out of a place you would find in Hawaii or somewhere like that. There was American music playing in the background, a bar with a kitchen behind it where girls were cooking up breakfast for some fellow vacationers. The hostel looked great. I'm a fan of hostels.
We went to the beach that day. It was cloudy but it was just so nice to be out on a beach! Utah really needs a beach...
The next day we decided on renting "mototo's" -motor scooters- EVERYONE rides them here. It is ridiculous how many scooters you will see here in Taiwan. The driving here is horrific too. So the fact Kris let us rent scooters and actually drive them on the roads with the traffic here... a miracle. I'm surprised we got to do something like that! It was way fun though. It was nice not having to depend on a taxi or a bus... we were independent. Kris asked us girls which one of us had actually driven a motor scooter before... a few girls raised their hands... I had TRIED driving a bullet bike ONCE (and almost ran into a fence at that) haha but I raised my hand anyway... so that was it. The drivers were designated. That day we scooted around on our scooters and went down to the beach where they had snorkeling gear to rent. We rented our gear and wow! I've never been snorkeling before or anything like it. Putting my face under the water and taking my first look at the life beneath the surface was breath-taking! Who would have knew so much life existed under there and so close to shore too. There was coral of all kinds... neon colored fish, king fish, angel fish, nemo's, big fish, small fish, sea urchins, schools of fish... man it was amazing! I loved it!
Kenting was an awesome trip- some laid back beach time! I love our weekend trips where we get to see everything around us-Go hiking, see the beach, snorkeling and getting a peak at the life we never get to see in the ocean. On Saturday morning some of us girls woke up extra early to take a scenic drive on the scooters up a mountain near by before we left back to Tainan; it was gorgeous!
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