Monday, February 11, 2013

New year eve trip....

I had gone for the hot spring trip after my govt clinic round on Friday. I left the clinic on time and reach home and found that everyone was still in their final packing stage. It was a 30min delay and we hit the rood at about 1 at noon. I cruised at about 110km and get off the highway at 1:00 reaching our first destination – a restaurant for lunch.


The lunch was a satisfying one. The restaurant was the earliest shop around that region selling “bucket chicken”. An above average lunch and we headed to the mountain side where the hot spring hotel is located. The hotel is not the luxurious one in the area, but it can with a moderate swimming pool and spa facilities. We had visited the area a few time and most of the time we put up at the hotel. It had a moderate pool c activities room. I had a dipped into the pool with the kids on arrival. The water was darn cool and we managed to swim for a while before we dipped into the hot spring pool. The dip was a relaxing one chasing away my fatigue for the past few weeks. After the dip, we had dinner at a local shop and the food was acceptable. We retreated to the room after the kids did their shopping round in the local convenient store.


We had another dip in the pool next day and the water in the swimming pool was darn cool. However all 3 of us were managed to take a good swim in the swimming pool before we had a dip in the hot spring. The dip was another relaxing one. We left the hotel at noon and eat the famous mango ice on the way back. It was indeed a suitable day for ice as the temperature was around 28 degree in the afternoon.


The next stop was Kaohsiung for our annual reunion dinner. I had booked the same restaurant as last year as I had booked late and failed to secure a “Good seat” in another buffet vegetarian restaurant. The buffet restaurant had allocated a seat at the entrance which was away from the food serving table.


The dinner was average and we had taken a round in the new year night market around our house. The night market had been very successful for the past few years and had been a tourist attracting spot. We had tried our luck at the doll extracting machine and Yun and Xian had their load...


A new start by tomorrow and as a working man on the new year, I had no joy at all…


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