Scooting my way away.

Last week I had my first scooter accident. I freaked out! Nothing serious, but never pretty. I've been meaning to write about it... you know, how the other scooter crossed my path and made me loose control, and how I impressively jumped off the scoot right on time to land on my feet and escape victoriously with only an ugly bruise on my upper right thigh. It was going to be an awesome entry. However, only in a weeks time I have an even better story to top that first one: My second scooter accident!!

Yes! It can happen twice! and in my case, the second time was worse. I was peacefully driving to my high school job when this guy comes out of an underground parking lot to the side of the road and thinks it's a good idea to make faces and the car coming behind him instead of looking at the road, where, oblivious, was I. So, with no time to break or get out of the way, the car crashed on my scooter and there I go to the floor, being dragged by inertia under my scooter, rubbing my right leg all over the pavement. The pavement was ok... my scooter was a little damaged... but the scrape on my leg says it was not a pretty accident! But it's ok. Hopefully this one will be the last. But... doesn't the alchemist say that if something happens once, it will not happen again. But if it does happen again, then it will certainly happen a third time? Oh! No! Lets hope he was wrong!

Anyway, other than a bruised and very scrapped right leg, life here in Kaohsiung is still awesome. Last week Team Armenia (our team) rocked the Charity Olympics, which featured sports such as Limbo, put the head on the cockroach, frisbee golf and pillow fighting. It was a hot and sweaty day, but most definitely fun.
Our team being INTENSE!! and my and Anya doing the Limbo!!
This weekend was also very fun. We needed to get out of the city for a while, so we decided to ride on our scoots and Anthony's new motorcycle and drive to Kenting, an awesome beach town on the very south of Taiwan. The drive there was beautiful and the town brought to us a glance of our former lives in OB, San Diego... peaceful, chill and salty. We swam, we tanned, we walked, shopped and ate... pretty perfect!

This is our hotel room. We got a sweet deal for sharing the 6 person room. Good thing we are good friends!
We also saw some cool natural fires in the middle of the mountains. It's weird! They just kinda burn, forever. We think there's natural gases coming from underground and when ignited, they just burn... maybe? Not sure, but pretty cool nonetheless. And of course, what do you do if you have eternal fires burning? A natural phenomenon? Taiwanese make popcorn! And not just any popcorn, but jiggle corn!!

Love from Kaohsiung, Taiwan.