Tracy boards MARC train to DC (Odenton)
Mark & Patti await their luggage in LA
(Patti & Tracy) Hey we're in LA!
US Deaflympics Team congregate at Westin Hotel in LA
US Deaf Orienteering team are ready to go! (Tom, Mark, Patti, Tracy)
Malaysia Airlines Welcome US Deaf Olympians
US Team awaiting for flight to Taipei
More team members awaiting
Lady Bowlers entertain us
Paul & Trevor chat on floor in lobby
Malaysia Airlines Good Luck all USA Olympians
Wow, our own US Deaflympics plane!
US Deaflympics team boarding the plane
Restless on 14 hours flight
Seatmates: Laura, Reagan, Tracy
Paul & Nick prepare to get off plane
Land ho!
First sight of Taiwan below
Left wing of Malaysia Airlines
Now we are officially in Taiwan
Team getting off the plane at last!
Yippee, welcome to Taipei
Warm welcome for the Orienteers (1st froggie sign)
Welcome to Taipei
US Team congregate to get out of airport
Customs check time
Awaiting for our luggages
Gee whiz, which one is yours & mine?
Taiwan Welcome Committee for USA
Whoo hoo, what a nice surprise
Taiwans love USA
Tracy's first bottled water
Six tour buses take off for Chiayi
Tall buildings in Taipei, see you later.
Mark & Patti are happy to be on the bus
Road signs look just like in America
Interesting building
Typical Taiwan stucture
This is is gorgeous!
Can you see the police car leading the bus train?
Painted smoke stacks
Rest stop between Taipei & Chiayi
Coffee looks great
Uh oh, Patti shows us how to pee
Wow, Deaflympics is advertised on H2O bottles
Deaflympics H2O
Another interesting structure
See the mountains over younder
Typhoon was just here a couple weeks ago
Interesting bridge on the interstate
Onward still to Chiayi, see the police car?
Whoa, is that a budha?
Budha or some idol
Amusement park ferris wheel
Entering Chiayi
Typical gas station
What language is that in?
Nice Prince Mall & Hotel
First lunch down in the mall
Basement mall next to hotel
KFC & McDonalds in Chiayi
Patti becomes streetwise
Police cruiser leading the way
A Taiwan mini-van
Fascinating billboard
Moped motorists
Small child up front in moped
Rice field
2nd day at lunch
This looks nice
Not sure I wanna eat that!
Grocery store aisle
Which beverage appeals to you?
Northwest view from my hotel
Westward view
Major street down below
Is it raining down there?
Close up of major wet pavement
Buses awaiting to take us to NCCU
Archer statue in front of hotel
Aboringue statue inside hotel lobby
We are now pace wise at the track
Pineapple field
More rice field
Homemade billboard
Interesing plant shades
My room is right up there on 13th floor
The crew doing laundry
Hard to find laundromat
We met a funny English-speaking Taiwanese, named Danny.
Lady pushing cart in the rain
Early a.m. view from my room
Facing southeast
Ah, here comes the sun
Up, up, up over the mountains
Hotel desk & TV
My hotel bed
Leaving Chiayi for training
City signs
Mountains galore
Cool mountain view
Caught a pole
View from the southwest
Patti shows map for training at ShinHwau Forest
Fascinating Taiwanese structure
Nice Prince Hotel over yonder
Taiwanese money called 'NT'
Front & back of 100 NT
Front & back of 1000 NT
512 NT
Taiwan bills & coins
Daily laundry in our bathroom
My roommate, Barb Hyde.
Tourist visit to a temple
Artistic Roof features
Tracy at temple entrance
What a colorful entry!
Market business from back/side view
Evil looking idol
More idols
Another idol
Wanna pray before this one?
Colorful boat made from paper
Patti prays & ask a question
One last idol
Taiwan worshippers
Leaving the temple
Palm trees
Botanical garden
Tigers in front of stadium
Chiayi's baseball stadium
Closeup view
Clean up your dog poop!
Colorful pagoda
Patti & Mark acting like tourists
Confucius Temple
Deaf-O team in front of temple
Inside the temple
Confucius Temple sign
Another pagoda
Arched tree
An old man on his moped
Interesting sign on side of temple
Playground
Playground over yonder
Step up to the Chiayi Sun Tower
Chiayi Sun Tower
Entire view of tower
Wash hands before prayer
A Japanese temple
Love to give blood
Hazy view of the mountains
A little less hazy
Bus climbing up the mountain
View down the mountain
Still climbing up
The typhoon was here
Cool identical signs
Whoa this looks dangerous
Crooked mountains
Brenda is excited to visit the spa
Windmills in this small town?
Mountaintop spa resort
Spa bulletion
The spa was awesome!!
Interesting table & stools out of wood
Town view
Town dogs
Thank you for a wonderful time!
Another day at ShinHwua Forest (Patti, Mark, Tom, Tracy, Rachel)
Huge nasty looking spiders were everywhere!
Taking a breather
Discussing the next route
Augh, we must cross this old bridge!
Testing the bridge
Fallen branches give us a challenge
Patti removes a control flag
Tom crossing back over the rickety bridge
Old sign for the bridge, what does it say?
View into the jungle
Let's follow this path
Stony paths all the way
And many many stairs!
Nice look trail at the top
Ooooh, down more stairs.
Watch out for dangerous creatures!
Beauty in the shrubs
What a scary hike!
Cleaning up after training
A wooden horsie
Trazy on the horsie
Sinhua Forest Station (notice the spelling variation)
Hotel owner introduces us to the Moon Festival
Nice Prince staff & a medic looks on
Billy give thanks for a wonderful time
Chef serving teacakes
Scottie, our wonderful manager next to hotel owner.
The legend of the Moon Festival
Mooncakes in different flavors
Medics sample the mooncakes
Pimendo, Taiwan's own fruit
Scottie puts a pimendo on top of Billy
Pimendo carving contest
Of course a Taiwanese-born American won
Medic shares some fruit that tastes like mild grapefruit.
