Abandoned Church

On Sunday I went out and about and came across an old abandoned church in the middle of nowhere amidst weeds and trees.  I obviously don't know any of the history of this church; I tried to find something online (according to the area I was in), but nothing.  But I stopped to take pictures and to go inside.  It was really neat, but also kind of creepy at the same time.

The church had multiple rooms to go explore...I went into the one above, and then I saw a spirally staircase.  This was when I started to get some creepy "scary movie" vibes, so I didn't go up.

No thanks.

Who knows what, or who, is up there?

There were deserted arcade games in the church; odd.

Scooter Sights #2 and Toufen Bridge

On Sunday I went off to go see things and ended up taking far too many pictures as usual.

But I like documenting these mini-trips for future remembering.

This reminded me of some old grand ancient abandoned temple.

It's actually a business building, but still.

Endless green.

The hills are full of these white flowers in all the trees.

From a far distance it could even pass as snow.

Photos of these flowers never capture the real beauty of it all.

I live less than two miles from this river and had no idea.

Taiwan has so many small but fun bridges.

This is the Toufen Bridge, about 3 miles from where I live.

I decided to stay on the bridge and watch the sun go down on the weekend.

Bikers.

Scooter Sights #1

Well, once I got the scooter it practically rained for two weeks straight, so I didn't go far with it.  But today I finally went out and about to explore this beautiful country.  It was so nice and fun not having the barrier of a train between me and the world.

So today I just drove south for about 90 minutes and looked around; didn't really have a destination in mind.  I went through small towns and over overpasses and through tunnels and saw things I would have never seen if it weren't for the scooter.

Here are some photos of my day's travels.

Scooter lane.

I have no idea what this building is, but I loved it.

It was right about here that I got a little lost for about ten minutes.  When what to my wandering eye should appear, but two white shirts and black name tags in the middle of nowhere?  I didn't get a photo of them but the missionaries were out walking to an appointment.  I'm sure they were more surprised by my appearance than I was by theirs.  "What is this non-Asian guy doing in the middle of nowhere, Taiwan on a scooter!?" We talked for a few minutes and they told me the way to go and I went on my merry way.

Divine intervention at its finest...?

The white flowers (don't know what they're called) are in full season right now in the trees and all around the mountains and such.  Beautiful.

Passed a University.

Scooters have there own lanes on most streets!

Family of 4 on a scooter.

Mother the only one with helmet.

Side saddle and a pooch.

Finished the day off by going to the beach for sunset.

The tide right now is sooooo far out.

The boats in the dock area are all sitting on the sandy floor!  Crazy!

Good day.