Taipei

Last night after arriving in taipei and checking into our room, we hit up a party Judy had arranged with all her friends in the city. To the best if my recollection, there was Rosanne, Susie, Cindy, Summer, Jenny, and Momo.  There were some dudes there too but meh to them. Summer is a piece of work, and taught me some interesting Chinese phrases that I dare not try to repeat in present company. A few of us went to a bar afterwards for some followup drinks and the games I love to play with them. Talk of a club was quickly abandoned after cost and distance were factored into the equation. Maybe another night.

Earlier today we met up with a couple of Judy's friends and took a 45min drive out of town to an old gold mining complex. The museum there was quite interesting, and they have a saying where if you can pick up the brick of gold, you can take it. It's worth 15mil nzd and weighs enough to mean it at 223kg.

For dinner we found a hot pot buffet restaurant, complete with beer and ice cream on the unlimited menu. Oh cappuccino ice cream, I know you're not paleo, but I don't give a damn. Things I didn't know I would be trying, and liking, included congealed ducks blood, cow stomach and cow lung. All very nice in the spicy broth of the hot pot.

As I type this, my legs and feet are being tended to by a masseuse. I've never had a foot massage before, and the feeling at times is an intense, almost cringe worthy pressure in all the typically sorest and cramp prone spots. On the whole though its very nice when I'm trying not to laugh from the otherwise ticklishness of the experience.