Sunday, September 02, 2007

grilling in hukou & swimming in linkou


i love doing spontaneous stuff and last night, it was as spontaneous as it gets

we received a last minute invite from the one, the only bushman and his lovely wife hui-chen to come and hang out in hukou

just look here and here

how could i say no?!

grill party at shao-hui in hukou
this is shao-hui, where it all went down

the following pics are all courtesy of the bushman (click on any of the pics to check out the bushman's recount)



grill party at shao-hui in hukou
i love bbq and i've had a lot of bbq in my life and this is some of the best bbq i've ever had!

grill party at shao-hui in hukou
but you know, it's not all about the marinate and the food. let's me put it this way... without the right driver, the fatest car in the world would not win any races.

grill party at shao-hui in hukou
the thai food was also excellent!

grill party at shao-hui in hukou
the cousin and the wifey

grill party at shao-hui in hukou

grill party at shao-hui in hukou
we killed a bottle of sang son royal thai rum. well, i only had a couple glasses, so the bushman did most of the killing


i like to thank mj and hui-chen for a wonderful time and the great hospitality

we'll be back real soon

anyone wanna join us next time?

when we woke up this morning, we were still feeling stuffed from last night

that's how much food we ate!

we wanted to go out and walk around somewhere

kinda burn off some fat / calories

my sister called and asked us to go swimming in linkou

we've also wanted to go swimming for a while now

so, perfect!

the doctor told us it's very good for the mother and baby to walk around inside a swimming pool

we've been a bit hesitant to go to some of the local pools around us because they are pretty packed

this place we went to was very nice and had very little people

looks like we found our pool for the wifey to do some underwater exercises

swimming in linkou
pan of the outdoor pool (click to enlarge)

swimming in linkou
pan of the indoor pool (click to enlarge)

swimming in linkou

swimming in linkou
my brother in law with my nephew ethan

swimming in linkou
check out our cool hats

swimming in linkou
my beautiful 7-months pregnant wife karen. does she look wonderful or does she look wonferful?

swimming in linkou
this is the view in the distance just outside of the pool. very upsetting to see

swimming in linkou
here's a closer look


2 comments:

Boyd R. Jones said...

Yeah, I used to swim there quite often. Seeing the pollution billowing out is quite disturbing... But at least not as bad as in China?

Andres said...

true, but taipei sometimes can get pretty bad. the air here sometimes just feels suffocating.

yes, that factory is very distrubing. that factory gives me a very "conflicting" feel too because that area is very nice, with lots of greens, nice views and "good" air, but then you see this monster just killing the air non-stop.