winter break 2019 鸞山森林文化博物館

Winter break started Jan. 19. School starts Feb. 11. The teachers in my school prepared lessons and made bottle cap mural on the first day of winter break. The teachers of 林口 Elementary School came prepare lessons with us in the morning.

We left for our hometowns and stayed at my in laws' on Jan. 20. When my husband attended a workshop in Chiayi the next day, my sis-in-law drove me and my sons around Huwei. After he came back, we left for my parents'. My dad stayed with my sister for a few days. My mom's alone. We visited my uncle in Miaoli with her on the way home on Jan. 22.

We did a round Taiwan trip again! Nine months later, we went back to Taitung to enjoy great mountain and ocean views with my parents and sister and her kids. My sister's taken 1 year leave from work. She planed the 4 day trip with hotel allowances from the government. My dad came stay with us before we set off for the east. He, my husband  and I took turns driving.

Jan. 27, Sun
Crayon Castle→ Qingshui Cliff→ Hualien Teacher's College→戴記扁食→ Dongdamen Night Market
We stayed in Hualien for 1 day on the way to Taitung and the next night met my sis and my mom, who came from Kaohsiung.
accommodation: Meci Hotel ($293 with Hotels.com Rewards)

Jan. 28, Mon

Lichuan Fish Farm→ 光復 Sugar Factory
My aunt (my mom's younger sis) told us through Line that my big uncle (my mom's oldest brother) is in the hospital and suffering from terminal lung cancer. I'm worried. I hope he won't suffer too much.
accommodation: 春雨 B&B ($1800+$500)

Jan. 29, Tue

aboriginal experience at 鸞山 Forest Culture Museum ($600/person)→ 小葉欖仁 Green Tunnel

accommodation: 春雨 B&B ($1800+$500)

Jan. 30, Wed

tea picking ($450/person) in 鹿野→ 傅姊 Restaurant→ Seashore Park
accommodation: Happy Tour B&B ($2000)

Jan. 31, Thu

Water Running Upward→ Dulan Elementary School→ A-Mei Tribal Center→ Donghe Bun

accommodation: 東河 B&B ($2000)

Feb. 1, Fri

bamboo raft on 馬武窟 River with Marongarong ($250/person, child grade 1-3 $150)→ back to the tea farmhouse
accommodation: my sister's, Kaohsiung

Feb. 2, Sat

My brother came back from China for Lunar New Year holiday. My dad went home. My husband went back to his hometown.

Feb. 3, Sun

My mom went home this afternoon. We had dinner and had fun with my niece's piano teacher and her son at Dream Mall till it closed.

Feb. 4, Mon

Kaohisung→ Yunlin

We left my sister for my in laws' on Lunar New Year's Eve.

Feb. 6, Wed

Yunlin→ Kaohsiung

My sons and I went back to my sister's by train to meet my parents and brother on the second day of Lunar New year. We walked along Love River after dinner.

Feb. 7, Thu

1909 Park, Pingtung

Feb. 8, Fri

Kaohsiung→ Taichung

My dad drove my sons and me to Taichung. We had dinner in Yunlin. My husband arrived in Taichung from his hometown earlier.

Feb. 9, Sat

Taichung→ Miaoli→ home

We finished our amazing two week trip today! We saw my big uncle, who's been single all his life, at Dachuan Hospital in the afternoon. Regis made a water bead craft for him. He looked good. I can't believe he's going to die of lung cancer. After we left the hospital, tears welled up in my eyes.