Hi-ho, hi-ho. It's off to the mountains we go
After an immensely bumpy trip up the mountainous roads of southern Taiwan, we finally arrived at Sing-Chung Elementary School. There to greet us was…NOBODY! Oh. My. Gosh.
Did we remember the day incorrectly? Were we not supposed to be here? Have we ventured into a creepy mountain village filled with cannibals? A few phone calls later, we had the problem sorted out and moved into the community center.
Getting comfortable in our new home
The room was huge but barren except for three long tables, hundreds of foldable chairs, and a couple of ping pong tables. After sweeping and mopping the floors (plus a little dancing while we were at it), our sleeping bags were laid out and it almost seemed like home.
The mopping crew
The village was tiny and it took approximately fifteen minutes to explore the entire thing. The streets were filled with dogs, whether they were owned or strays, I could not tell. The children were a bit like the dogs, whether they were owned or strays, I could not tell. Just kidding. But seriously, tiny 2 year olds were running around in the middle of the street with no parental supervision. There were two convenience stores, and a dodgy looking beetle nut shop called "Barney's Beetle Nut". Hmm.
Barney's beetlenut
防塵, 防菌, 上好袋 !
The police station with two very friendly policemen was charged to provide us with dinners of rice boxes. Lunch was to be provided by the school, and we brought along toast, cereal, and oh-so-special MARSHMALLOW FLUFF to spread on the toast for breakfast.
After prepping for our big day of teaching the next day, the happy campers were lulled to sleep by the hum of mosquitoes and soft flapping of dragonfly wings.
Lunchbox feast
Getting gooey with a s'more
Did we remember the day incorrectly? Were we not supposed to be here? Have we ventured into a creepy mountain village filled with cannibals? A few phone calls later, we had the problem sorted out and moved into the community center.
Getting comfortable in our new home
The room was huge but barren except for three long tables, hundreds of foldable chairs, and a couple of ping pong tables. After sweeping and mopping the floors (plus a little dancing while we were at it), our sleeping bags were laid out and it almost seemed like home.
The mopping crew
The village was tiny and it took approximately fifteen minutes to explore the entire thing. The streets were filled with dogs, whether they were owned or strays, I could not tell. The children were a bit like the dogs, whether they were owned or strays, I could not tell. Just kidding. But seriously, tiny 2 year olds were running around in the middle of the street with no parental supervision. There were two convenience stores, and a dodgy looking beetle nut shop called "Barney's Beetle Nut". Hmm.
Barney's beetlenut
防塵, 防菌, 上好袋 !
The police station with two very friendly policemen was charged to provide us with dinners of rice boxes. Lunch was to be provided by the school, and we brought along toast, cereal, and oh-so-special MARSHMALLOW FLUFF to spread on the toast for breakfast.
After prepping for our big day of teaching the next day, the happy campers were lulled to sleep by the hum of mosquitoes and soft flapping of dragonfly wings.
Lunchbox feast
Getting gooey with a s'more
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