Kingswells in Taipei

This place is great!

Our friend John came to visit tonight after work with Paul. We went to Chili's. Yeah, this is where we take our guests to show them taipei! ANYWAY. Here is my post. It was great to see John. We all enjoy his company.

AND... you can get a takeout margherita at chili's here!

All done. This is what I learned today.

Peace,
Steph

SABAH!

Wow. What an amazingly beautiful trip. We went on yet another visa reset trip. I'm going to miss these soon. Dec 2 weekend was 3 days in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on the northern tip of Borneo Malaysia. We stayed in the Rasa Ria, which has a small Orang Utan reserve attached. We played on white sand beaches (stayed out of the water due to jelly fish warnings), ate seeing the sunset, swam and swam in their beautiful pools, and saw young orangs eating their lunch. Jessi loved the kids club and her new friend Ave from Melbourne. Sam just loved rolling in the fine sand (rolling) and playing in the pool. Oh, and Jessi got to be a princess!

I'd say the best part was watching my kids play in the pool with Paul. We had a date too, which was a bit wiggy as the hotel claims absolutely no responsibility for the person watching your kids. She was great though. I only checked on her once...

I did experience some strange feelings toward the end. We stayed in a shangri la. It was gorgeous, clean, and people were warm and friendly. The were people from everywhere... Hong Kong, Australia, Europe... us. And then on the drive home, I thought more about where we were driving through, saw a lot of huts on stilts with big mega malls going in 1/2 mile away. The airport was smallish and mossy and spoke with a voice that was roughish and not-bossy(sorry - the lorax modified). It was just a different world from that we'd spent the last 3 days in. The beaches needed love, but the markets looked like fun! I'll have to learn more about all of these places we go to.

This post will be mostly photos if I can manage it.