ChiChin Island

Today we took the scooters out to ChiChin Island...this little tiny place just off the Kaohsiung Harbor. It is cool because we got to ride our scooters right onto the ferry, and then we had them to ride all around the island. These pictures are of us up at the lighthouse, the highest place on the island...and you can see the city behind us (through the smog). If you look really close on the right side of the picture in the back you will see the 85 building...it was once the tallest building in the world... but was surpassed by the 101 in Taipei...and now I think that there is a taller one in Japan somewhere, but I'm not sure. Anyway, we are now officially on vacation! That is why we were able to go out exploring on a weekday...and we are finally getting to see things we haven't had time for until now...like the lighthouse on ChiChin island. It was actually an awesome view, and from the very top you could look out and see ocean for miles....well, until the smog was too thick to see through...but it was still impressive. Madison pointed out over the smog on the ocean and said, "That's where Grampa lives....waaaaaayyy over there!" It was funny. On the way back we took the underground tunnel...and drove our little motor scooters right under the ocean! I'll bet not too many people can say that they've driven under the ocean on a scooter.