These dancers were really talented! They entertained us royally! And it was all FREE! 
After going to our hotel, the Seows and the Tans and us went to a Cultural show that evening. Here is brother and sister Tan. He just learned how a new husband carries his wife into their home after they are married. Sister Tan does the laundry for the temple. What a job - especially on Saturday when we have so many baptism clothes to wash and dry and re-use the same day! 
Can you tell that these gigantic cliffs and rocks are marble? They are quite a sight - especially with the blue or emerald ponds below.
The overhang of the cliffs can be dangerous if the rocks come loose. Every once in a while, we saw where a pile of rocks had tumbled down the mountain on the pathway!
On up the Gorge was 9 hole caves. You can see some of them in the background. This is Sister Seow, our other Temple missionary, and myself.
I cannot begin to pronounce the name of our good friend who helped interpret for us so we would know what was going on and where to be at what time. This little girl was adopted just 2 months ago by them.
Further up the canyon we stopped and hiked the Bai Ying Trail to the "water stream cave"!. Raingear was necessary as we walked into the cave. Streams of water were falling everywhere. Lots of people took their umbrellas, but the rest of us donned ponchos, took off our shoes and had a "cooling" walk . This is Sister Wang, our dear friend who works with us in the temple. Can you believe she is 82 years old and not only could she keep up with us all -- she usually was AHEAD of us all!
Our next stop was a hike, taking us up the Taroko marble gorge to Swallow caves. Below was the bluest pond of water I have ever seen.
Thursday, July 10th we rode the MRT to meet the Ward at their church house. There we caught one of the two buses that were rented to take us around for 3 days. The first place we stopped was at an Aborigini Village and saw how they wove the beautiful material for their handbags, shawls, and clothing.
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It looks like you guys are having such a great time!!! We love you and miss you!
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