Saturday, May 16th

This was our last day in Taiwan. We took a cab for Thai massages at noon and met up with Charles, Chad, Trey, Megan, James, Charlie, and Jerry. We got there and had tea prior to a hot water bath foot massage, then they led us by groups to rooms where the massages took place. Everyone in our group was split into rooms by gender...except Danny and I. I'm not sure why, but they placed us into a room and handed us clothes to change into, then closed the door. It was a little strange how they expected us to change in front of each other, but anyways...our two girls came in to do the massage and it was amazing! They twisted, pulled, stretched, and rubbed us in so many different ways...at one point, Danny fell asleep and started snoring and the two girls and I started laughing as his girl hit him to wake him up...it was sooo funny! My girl was pretty impressed with my flexibility because as she'd go to stretch me, she kept going until I was pretty much folded in half or until the bed stopped me...Danny, on the other hand, wasn't so...lucky. After the 2 hours was up, we got dressed and went back out to the main room for a light lunch/snack, consisting of apple slices, more tea, and an adzuki bean soup.

Our farewell dinner was at a HUGE buffet...I think I ate at least my weight in sushi and sashimi. I also tried some really strange things...no one else was brave enough to try them except me, the vegetarian...I ate chicken heart, throat, and pig butt. Surprisingly, the chicken throat wasn't half-bad. I sat with Danny, Chad, and two girls from Taiwan who joined us, Chin-Min and Ting-Ting.

After dinner, Chin-Min and Ting-Ting took Chad, Danny, and I to Taipei 101. Danny broke his camera somehow walking to the building, adding to the numerous camera losses and breaks of the group.