Snorkeling Trip in Kending Taiwan!!

Two weeks ago, our team and four of our Taiwanese friends (Tony, Phoebe, Kitty, and Kitty's friend) all drove down to Kending to go snorkeling in the ocean! It was an hour drive, so we were all on the road by 7:30am. Once we got there we all got our mask and snorkel. To rent the snorkel and mask for the whole entire day, was only $100NT (3 US dollars)! That is really cheap! :) The weather was just perfect, clear and sunny! With it being sunny, the water was really clear, so you could see everything. We saw many different kinds of cool fish! We saw neon blue fish, we saw puffer fish, we saw a lion fish, we saw black and white fish, we saw angle fishes, we saw orange and blue fishes, and we even saw a jelly fish! Stephannie has a waterproof camera, so we were able to get some cool pictures under the water! The salt water didn't taste good at all! Oh, and when you would accidentally swallow it....it was disgusting!! My lips felt like I had just eaten a whole bag of popcorn! :) After snorkeling for a while, we decided that we would take a break and go get something to eat. We went and ate lunch at a Thailand food restaurant. It was really good! After lunch, we decided that we wanted to go back and snorkel some more. We snorkeled for a few more hours, and then decided that we wanted to go shopping in the night market they had there. For an hour and half we all shopped, and had dinner. After we were done shopping, we went home!

Kitty and Pheobe wanted to take us all out for what is called: "Hot and Cold Ice" it is like shaved ice, except that on the inside is like this warm soup stuff. It's hot on the inside, and cold on the outside! I didn't like it! In fact, none of the teachers liked it!

Oh, and that whole entire day while we were snorkeling! I had been swimming without my shirt, and without much sunscreen. With it being hot and sunny outside, and with the sun just shining right on the ocean, I got extremely sunburned!! OUCH!! My whole back was sunburned, my calves were sunburned, and even my arms and the top of my hands were sunburned. Next time I am wearing a shirt while I swim, and putting on a bunch of sunscreen. My hand and the bottom of my foot also got cut up a little bit from the rough corral! I was trying to jump off a rock into the ocean, and instead I kind of fell/slid off the rock. Even though I got extremely sunburned and cut up, it was worth it! My day at the beach was AMAZING!! I had so much fun!!


The Beach we swam at!

Another picture of the beautiful beach we snorkeled at!!

Stephannie, David, and I standing on a rock in the ocean getting a picture together!

Megan taking a dive to the bottom of the corral reef!

Hannah and I readjusting our snorkels! :)

One of the many different kinds of fish we saw!! I believe this is known as a angle fish! :)

Another picture of the beautiful angle fish!

Trying to get a picture under the water! :)

Puffer fish! We tried so hard to get it to puff! David tried chasing it around at hitting it with his snorkel! It never puffed for us, it would always just swim away! Oh well, still a cool fish to see though!! :)

A really cool shot of Wes under the water!

Another picture of Wes. Anybody know what that thing is that Wes is pointing at?

One of the awesome neon blue fish that we saw!!

A cool little black, white, and yellow fish!

Another one of the cool looking fish that we got to see while snorkeling!! God is so creative!!
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Group shot at the restaurant, where we ate delicious Thailand style food!!

This is what happens when you don't wear sunscreen in Taiwan, and you are swimming in the ocean on a bright hot sunny day!! OUCH!! :)