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| Koxinka and his horse! ~ 國姓鄉跟他的嘛! |
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| Tasty Lamb in Gangshan ~ 羊肉在岡山 |
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| Fireworks in Kaoshiong ~ 煙火在高雄 |
This morning felt lazy. Went to mass with the nuns, and later they provided me with nutritious toast with tomatoes and cheese. Great carb boost. To the train station, the opposite way to the road to Kaoshiong but I want to keep up with the plan and meet whomever is willing to donate or join in and ride with me. I met a kind German lady, who was volunteering in Hualien.. she donated, and we talked a while laughing at our poor but understandable mix of language use. I rode to the Guo Xing Ye [Konxinka] shrine, and admired the statue with him on a horse, its a shame this hero died so young, but atleast a patriot and a loyal man. As the maintanance lady helped me park my bike and even donated a few hundred.. A cheerful smile from her, made me again question why I was leaving this place. I glided on to Kaoshiong at about av. 30km/h with a smile on my face..even trying to keep up with a bus for a short while. Its always great when there stuck in traffic, and I just slide right through with ease. I didn't want to stop, but a good friend told me about the lamb in Gangshan.. and I did. And ate a plate full. And it was trully tasty. In Kaoshiong, it was a little confusing to get around, quite a big city with a lot of streets and traffic. I got to the Garden of Hope office there for a nice warm welcome, had a phone interview in my poor broken Mandarin [worse when Im nervous] took some photos and was off with a friend of a friend I met there, with some tasty deserts and flyers. I followed his BMW to his new appartment [with 5 floors] where we I met his wife, and two cute children, talked about this ride and other things, and ate my favourite Taiwan desert. Pineapple cake!!! After a hot shower I thought I was complete, but we then went to have a big traditional Chinese dinner with some of his fellow Rotarians, and after feeling I'd gained 6kg, we were taken to a highrise appartment to view the end of Chinese new year fireworks on 15th floor. Quite spectacular. Rest is needed for tomorrow.
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| Delicios spicy fish ~ 很好吃的魚 |
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ReplyDelete第7天─台南-高雄
一大早便懶洋洋的。我去參加了修女們的彌撒，她們後來給我營養豐富蕃茄加起士的吐司。絕佳的碳水化合物補給。
往火車站去，和去高雄的方向相反，但我想要照著計畫，看會遇到誰願意捐錢或是要加入陪騎的。我遇到一位在花蓮當志工的友善德國小姐，她捐了款，我們聊了一會兒，對於我們混合著兩種語言交談，貧乏但卻可以理解，覺得莞爾。
我騎到延平郡王祠(國姓爺)，讚歎著他騎馬英姿的雕像，可惜英雄命短，但至少他是位忠勇愛國的人。一位維護場地的小姐協助我停單車，還捐了幾百元。她給我一個愉快的笑容，讓我再次問自己幹麻要離開這個地方。
我帶著微笑，以30公里時速往高雄滑去…有一陣子我甚至試著要跟上一台公車。當大家都塞在路上，而我可以輕易的滑過車陣，這感覺總是很棒。我不想停下來，但有位好友告訴過我岡山的羊肉，所以我去吃了，吃了一整盤，真的是很好吃。
到了高雄，有一點搞混該怎麼走，相當大的城市，有很多街道與車輛。我到了勵馨基金會高雄的辦公室，受到熱切的歡迎，並且用我的破中文接受一通電話訪問[我緊張時中文更破]，拍了幾張照，然後跟一位我在那裡遇到的朋友的朋友一起出去，吃了一些好吃的點心。我跟著他的BMW去他的新公寓[有五樓]，和他老婆與2個可愛的小孩見面，談著我這趟單車行與其他的事情，然後享用我最愛的台灣點心。鳳梨酥！！
洗了熱水澡後，我想我已經差不多了，但之後又和他的扶輪社朋友一起去吃了一頓中國傳統料理晚餐。覺得胖了6公斤之後，我們被帶到一間很高的公寓，在15樓欣賞新年煙火。相當壯觀。
為了明天，休息是必須的。