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New Years day we headed to the second biggest city in Taiwan - Kaohsiung.  It had recently been developed so had an MRT which only opened last year.  Very spick and span

It’s a nice city, modern, open and seemed clean (although the haze makes you realise you are still in a city).  We hired bicycles and cycled around.  The river is called the Love River and is pretty cool - we had an evening exploring bars and drinking.  Lotus lake was beautiful, if not a little misty.  There was a peaceful confucious temple, a pier with a mythological emporer at the end, and two pagoda towers where you have to walk inside a dragon to get in, and through a tiger to get out.  Good times.  We saw a religous procession walk past too, it was nice to see men carrying swords and women carrying flowers… After the lake we visited the beach which was awesome, got a ferry across to the island, and chilled out.

The Sunday we went to Guanziling again, but this time visited some hot springs which were excellent - our own private room with a mud-water pool and a jacuzzi.  So nice!  Afterwards ate a barbequed chicken then headed home.  Love 3-day weekends!