Three of Jenn's cousins have birthdays really close to each other, so they always celebrate it together. Usually, when my brother is here, we throw him in there too, but he isn't because he's lame. We had some good food at my cousin's place in Xin Dian, and played with their cats and dog. They are pretty much running an animal shelter there. They have 4 indoor cats, a dog, and one outdoor cat in a 3-bedroom apartment. When leaving we say a wild pig and dog hanging out on the street. They seemed to be togehter as if they were friends.
After the birthday dinner and cake, we went on a hike. My mother said it was "easy" because she had only done 1/8 of the hike before and thought the trail ended there. So I didn't change and wore a long dress on this hike, which turned out to be ridiculous. We hiked like 3 peaks, up a bunch of really steep stairs, for about 3 hours. Only one of us had a flashlight, and some parts had rather sketchy footing. Everytime we thought we had reached the top, there was more to go. It was an adventure.
Each peak had a really good view of the city, and we could see Taipei 101 in the distance. When I came here before Taipei 101 was built, I always felt that Taipei was filled with skyscrapers. But viewed from a distance now, Taipei 101 dwarfs EVERYTHING.
The hike back down was considerably faster since it was all down hill - about an hour. Our hike ended at about 11:30 at night. Then we got some great street food right at the bottom of the hike. Mmmm good, as Jenn's dad warned us of hepatits outbreaks. We had some Taiwanese porridge (xi fan) afterwards and made it home really late.
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