That will have to wait however, because in the mean time I have FIVE new videos for you all.
We start out this video expedition near Xitou, where we conducted a little chemistry experiment. The rocks in the tube let off an unstable gas when sprayed with water. Let's see what happens when that gas is bunched up in a tube, and then introduced to fire by Lynn:
For best effect, turn the volume WAAAY up for the last 5 seconds.
Next, back in Taichung, we visit some fish at a teahouse we are eating at. I was particularly amused with the gaping mouthes of these fish. Kim had some other choice acronyms to describe them >:-)
This weekend, we took a trip to Sun Moon Lake. To be honest, the lake wasn't at all impressive. It was hazy, not particularly scenic, and surrounded by small vendors selling wooden penises (I kid you not - here's just one example, thanks Liz).
However, after the somewhat dull park, and a 10 minute stop at a temple, we got to go to an amusement park! Just as the Native American's have started running casinos, it seems that the aboriginals here have taken up running amusment parks, this one being a CLEAR knockoff of Disneyland. The rides included Space Mountain, "Gold mine adventure" - which is a log ride, and my personal favorite "Space tours" which is a rip-off of Star Tours, although they forgot to include the horizontal tilt axis, making the ride more akin to whiplash. I was able to record the opening of the ride before the dirty looks I was getting compelled me to turn my camera off:For those of you not familiar with the Disneyland ride, here's a video of it:
Another thing this park didn't have was lines! I was so happy to be able to ride the twisty, turny, upside down and everything roller coaster, and then be able to run around and do it again! granted, they didn't have 2 hours worth of scenery to watch as you approached the ride, but I think thats a good trade-off.
Once thing this park had more of was...er...skin. Here's a video of the dance from the Brasil Festival:
Finally, it was time to call it a day, so we hopped on our bus to return home. To keep us entertained on our 2 hour ride, we had karaoke! Here's Dan and Rachel getting down to "Let it Be" performed by Jacob S.
That about wraps up the videos for today. If you can't already tell, I am having a great time here! Hope everyone back at home is going well too.
5 comments:
Wow...amusement parks, lakes, fun experiments that go BOOM, that all sounds like a blast! I really wish I could go study abroad someday. Oh and the wooden penises are really funny. I would have bought one just so I could say that I own a wooden penis! :D
I love the videos! What an extra special view of your trip! Sounds like you're having a great time.
I thought it was kind of weird that the ride narration was in English. Do most people there speak Chinese or English?
Keep having fun and keep up the incredibly great coverage of life in Taiwan. It's very entertaining.
And the koi (or carp?) were beautiful....
hey Jacob, thanks! It's great to see you're having fun. I second TRP's question: Do most people speak Chinese or English? Anyway, keep up the posts. We want to see the campus and where you're living!
Most people certainly speak Chinese, but schools begin English at middle school, so many people, particularly in the younger generation, also speak English.
An odd thing that I ran into is that many people are better at reading or writing English, then speaking, since many college texts are in English.
STAR TOURS WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE THIS IS A COMBAT ZONE
man i love star tours
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