Abbie's first birthday in Taiwan

It was a happy day indeed :)

(And we're learning that the Taiwanese

present things - flowers, cakes, etc. -

very well!)

One of Abbie's teachers is a year younger than Abbie

and her birthday is only four days after Abbie's

so they celebrated together in class!

The south of the island

We headed back down to the south of the island for

a few days holiday

 We went to the southernmost point...

Us at the southernmost point of Taiwan!

We went in search of a beach with some decent

waves so that Paul could catch a few after months

(or years!) of not being able to go

surfing/bodyboarding...

...and discovered that the Taiwanese like to surf

too! :) 

We also discovered this waterfall which was

actually one of seven that cascaded into seven pools

And enjoyed some time on our favourite beach :)