Meet my friend Mack and I's host family the Yangs. The Yangs welcomed us into their home in Kaohsiung City (also pronounced Gāoxióng) for a weekend full of outdoorsy and foodie activities. Alex and Carol are some of the friendliest Taiwanese people I've met so far and certainly know how to host exchange students! The Yangs have two children, a 16 year old son and a 13 year old daughter (who was in Japan at the time we visited). In addition to Mack and I, the Yangs also had two Mongolian (so cool!) foreign exchange students living with them over the summer.
Note: Since this post has so many pictures I'll just stick to using place captions.
Getting "adopted" by our host dad Alex
Hot pot for dinner, a must-have!
Random Taiwanese friends (no English!)
Preparing to arm wrestle Mack...
and losing... twice
Hiking ShouShan Mountain 夀山
Traditional Taiwanese home & a temple
Trying stinky tofu 臭豆腐 (it really does stink!) and mango shave ice 芒果冰 (the best!)
Alishan National Rainforest 啊里山
More Taiwanese food: chicken and bamboo rice
