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Tom Bach
Welcome to the small island of Taiwan!
 STINKIEST of all tofu!The name speaks for itself. While walking one of the night markets down in Kaohsiung, I asked Arch, "WTF is that horrific smell? It literally smells like diarrhea." Then he pointed over to these treats and said, "stinky tofu, lala." No idea why people would eat this. Smelt so BAD |  Nasty Flavored Ice CreamArch eating a mango rainbow sherbert ice cream! WHO DOES THIS? Only chocolate is good.. |  Night Market Time!This was in one of the famous night markets in Taipei! I wanted to take a photo of Arch and his sister so he could remember this good time! |
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 Street Food!First time experiencing Taiwanese street food and it was amazing! Not specifically sure what this dish was called but it was less than one United States Dollar! |  HAHAArch's aunt (Mikki) painting my face after getting all my black heads popped! Trust me, they hurt and I cried. |  Crayon Doggy!One of Arch's closest friends here in Taiwan. Could not pronounce his name, therefore I called him Crayon Doggie since it's his Instagram name. He's currently studying abroad in Beijing! |
 7 ELEVENThought it was pretty amazing how in all the 7/11's in Taiwan, they served fresh dim-sum and bao zi! |  Taipei 101 at night!Photo of Taipei 101 at night before the lighting and fireworks ceremony for the New Year! The countdown begins! 1st New Year's in a different country! |  Feasting!Arch's mom prepared an endless amount of tasty, traditional Taiwanese dishes before we all counted down for the New Year! |
 TAIWAN BEER!Arch's mom's boyfriend offered me endless amounts of beer until I couldn't intake anymore. Couldn't be rude and refuse therefore, I drank until I literally left the restaurant to yack outside in a corner... |  Literally so skinny!Arch is the creator of 95 and 62 degree angle photos and is really good at taking photos of himself. I'm serious ~ |  Mikki!The amazing Mikki! Arch's aunt gave me endless amounts of beauty supplies to help with my acne treatment and performed so many procedures on my face to clear it up! Couldn't thank her enough! |
 Little Kid!Arch's moms boyfriends child! Such a cute little kid. He didn't cry once which is an A + in my book! |  Yummy Restaurant!Everytime Arch, Ivy, or myself would get pampered out one of the salons in Zhongli, we would eat at the restaurant right next to his aunt's shop and devour as much food as we could! |  Mountainous Tribal People!LOL! Could not laugh at the fact how we thought the mountainous tribal girl looked like a girl version of Arch! |
 ASIANSSo many Asians in one photo! My eyes are blind! |  Cheese!I think the Chinese writing was saying the name of the bridge we were about to go on but our tour guy had us take a group photo! |  The whole gang!Couldn't thank Max and his family enough for this fun trip! I never take these trips for granted because they create such great memories and learning experiences! |
 Fish and Bridge!Thought this was such a cool shot I took of Fish and this cool bridge that connected both of the mountains! Surprisingly this extension bridge was REALLY long and I was not expecting that! |  HELLA SKINNY!Max, Arch, and I snapping a photo waiting to get our food. If you look closely at the position of how Arch bends his head a little down, that's what he calls the "good angle." |  Chinese Statue!Thought it was necessary to take a group photo with this guy even though for Max and Arch, it was probably really embarrassing... but that's what tourists do! |
 Homemade Taiwanese Food!Arch's mom knows how to cook! Everything in this bowl was simply delicious! |  Mother and Son!Really glad I took this photo! Sometimes with such hectic schedules with work and school, we forget to snap photos to cherish memories and good times. |  View from the 95th floor!Taipei 101 is incredible and on the 95th floor, people are able to see the great city of Taipei from all angles! Yes, I did get a little nauseated being up that high! |
 1$ Ramen!We were so hungry wandering the streets of inner Hsinchu that Arch and I decided to go into this random building that served some of the best ramen! |  More Street Food!Literally so good. Taiwanese people love eating fried dishes and this was really really good! The sauce was a little bit overpowering but it managed to even out the flavor for the eggs, veggies, and pork meat! |  Zhongli Street Market!We probably walked in this street market over 20 times throughout this trip. So much fun! Something I wish America would have more of! |
 Scary Restaurant!NOT! This restaurant probably served the best dishes while I was in Taiwan! |  Carvings on the wall!This is just incredible to me. I'm sure they used some molding to created these figured images, but it's crazy to think if they were to hand carve this, how long it would take... |  AZZN!Arch and one of his closest pals in Taiwan. Told them to stand together to snap a photo and remember this day! |
 Fishing for shrimp!Arch and I had nothing else better to do so we decided to go to a "pool" place where people fish for shrimp... One of the most interesting activities I've done, but surprisingly it was really fun! |  I CAUGHT ONE!After 45 minutes, I finally caught a shrimp! |  The Aftermath!Caught over 30 or so pieces of shrimp with the help of Arch and his friend! You better believe we fished every single one! |
 Buddha Statue!There's nothing I love more than seeing beautiful temples and sculptures of Buddhas. I swear every Asian country I've been to have a different and intricate looking buddha! |  Inside one of the temples!Beautiful. |
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