morning

from Taipei~

Today is day- well, officially Day 1/Day 2-ish

We arrived yesterday morning

This is our hostel...

The plan today is to eat.

And to eat.

And to eat!

We're in Elephant... Park

And we're going to hike to Elephant Mountain

OK guys, so we are going to hike up the Elephant Mountain

This is the bottom

We have Soh Kwan here who is ready

Teresa she's ready. She's getting her gear out.

This is a before and after!

We're very cheerful at the moment, but we will continue this

And I'll tell you how it goes

It's only 20 minutes!

Oh, is it!?

You'll be fine. It's easy. Let's go!

Hey guys, so we've just reached the

middle stop.

It's not that hard but the steps are quite small, quite narrow.

And now we've reached a fork in the road.

Do we go...

To the left?

Or to the right?

Where we going guys? Left or right?

See you on the other side!

Going into the forest now!

Teresa is way up ahead!

Where are they?

And I have Soh Kwan behind me

How you feeling?

Tired

Slightly out of breath

Hi guys, so we made it to the top

Very out of breath, very hot

Soh Kwan! T!

What's your thoughts on the mountain?

It's not that hard...

So sunny...

This one is doing her vlogging thing as you can see

Hi!

And I'm doing my vlogging thing

Soh kwan is doing the L'oreal thing there because she's worth it

And there's 101. We didn't really go off it.

But it's ok. You know, me and heights innit, but hey-ho.

A mosquito has bit my bum

There's no way the mosquito bit your bum! - She has an itchy bum

I just feel itchy all over!

There's ants in her pants!

That may be true actually

I don't think it bit you. Maybe an insect went up there...

Just general conversation that we have randomly...

Itchy bums and all. Poo! Pee!

Poops, yup, number 1s and number 2s!

This is a happy meal and it's only round one. YAY!

Guys, guys, this is the piece de resistance!

The smell is not as bad

No, it's not

First stinky tofu, completed!

They look so cute!

ok, go!

Anyone want some Taiwanese sausage?!

The food was good but not like

WOW amazing which is what we're after.

None of the food we had today stood out

It was just okay.

We can tick it off the list but now we're looking for something more

Quality foods now

Cheap and cheerful but still yummy!

That phrase is copyrighted by me!

Copyrighted by me!

meeeee!

We just had breakfast

And we are now taking

a taxi and we're heading towards

We've hired a taxi for the day

And our first stop is

the Geopark

A park made out of all these stones which has been naturally eroded

by the sea.

the wind.

So it'll be cool.

Look forward to that!

Yesterday...

Look at your face!

Yesterday...I spent

my day like a

local... a Taiwanese local.

But I didn't get a clear memo of what we were doing

So I was overdressed

Underdressed. Overdressed.

I think it was over- she was overdressed. I was overdressed.

I was under the impression

Well, I knew what we were doing - She was going to the beach, man!

I thought I was going to the beach!

But I didn't realise it was a stone beach full of rocks!

And community service...lol

I don't mind the community service - that's fine!

Then I tripped and cut my foot

On a stone

I started bleeding. Everyone else went diving

Everyone else went diving but I obviously I can't dive

So I just sat and watched

This is my first time meeting everyone actually so...

I feel kinda shy. (I was awkward af lol)

And then...

We went to a hot spring, a completely natural hot spring

She was naked!

I was naked!

I'll sssh now!

You carry on, T

I didn't bring any swimwear

So basically I stood out like a sorethumb

Because I was overdressed

(And also shy, awkward, quiet and language barriers lol)

#introvert problems

I thought you was very pretty and was very dressed for the occasion

Still overdressed lol

Well...regardless

*overthinking...annoyed at my shy self*

And then I hurt my foot and I've been hobbling

So today we hired a driver to drive us for 8 hours

Hi guys so we're at part 2 of our destination for today

And...URGH

I JUST-I JUST CANNOT

LOOK AT THIS. OK OK.

We're going to a waterfall

But...look at this

Look at this bridge

You know me and heights!

I CANT-

URGH JESUS

No, it does not move!

So I'm holding onto the railings

You're walking too quick!

slow motions!

I'm literally holding on to this thing and closing my eyes

*hyperventilating*

And they just left me! x 2

Jesus, people are running

Soh kwan is all the way at the end

I don't know if you guys can see

They don't care about me at all!

That's the way back as well!

FUDGEEEEEE

She's laughing inside

She made it!

Oh, look at this little girl, go! Just like OOOOHHHH.

DONE

Over the hill and far away~

Teletubbies come to play~!

Yeah you can see how much more

cheerful I am now

Now that I'm over that

dreadful bridge

I mean,

I knew it was coming...but...

I didn't expect it to be that...

emotional.

Thank you Teresa for waiting for me!

She's just like, "Meh"

Soh kwan is long gone!

She don't care! She don't care!

This waterfall is - they're calling it the

Taiwan's version of Niagara Falls

So we'll see how it goes

Bridge part 2

Conquer the fear!

Remember guys

I am the bridge

Be the bridge

There's Soh Kwan there

Do you have anything to say, Soh Kwan!?

Like what?! - I dunno!

How's your feeling so far?

Bloody hell, she just says "come on"

I don't think she realises...

This one shakes even more than the other one!

I'm literally-

No lie, this is worse than the bloody Millennium Bridge!

These people! They're not walking straight!

They're walking wonky!

They're walking wonky! It's not good! This ain't good!

Noooo don't run!

She's running- she's trying to make me walk fast!

No arms no arms

No arm no arms you see, no arms!

That was not a squawk

That was a ...the parrot in the sky y'know

She's like "hang la hang la" , like let's go let's go

Like it is nothing! Er, excuse me!?

I just want to say I just conquered this!

Could you imagine!?

So we've done our selfies

I know, it was literally a quick visit

Just to see this waterfall

But I think it was worth it

That's so funny!

The reality of it all

We're here at Shifen

We're not going to light the lanterns

This is exactly the reason why

Isn't that tree catching on fire though!?

And that is why we are not doing this today.

(super bad for the environment)

It's always going to be busy!

I was like, "Is there any time we can come when it's not" but no

holy sh*t

Hi guys

So this is my last vlog of the day we're currently having some dinner

after our very exciteful road trip today

Our taxi driver he was cool, wasn't he?

How was his driving skills?

Got us where we needed

In a record time

this is from 3 drivers!

Just green tea is fine

Yeah at the moment we're having some dinner

At a sushi place

Guess how much each plate is?

It's like $39 which is like...

$30

And it's about 75p PER PLATE!

So we're just going to have

kind of like a sushi challenge-ish, not really

but we're going to fill up our stomachs

and tomorrow will be another day!

I shall catch you guys later!