When we finished the tour, it was lunch time. Lucky for us there was a little restaurant right across the road from where we parked.
After a little debate, we decided to be brave and check it out. We knew it would mostly be sea food, but we figured we could always fall back on fried rice. After reading the menu hanging on a poster from the ceiling and speaking with the hostess, Cody had the great idea of ordering an NT$100 lobster--that is approximately US$3. The rest of us were pretty easy to convince at such a reasonable price for a lobster! Paul and Cody proceeded to select their lovely lobster.
After pointing out their prey, the hostess took the lobster to the scale. Immediately we realized we were in trouble. The price was NT$100 per ...whatever unit of measurement they use. Our lobster lunch quickly went from US$3 to US$35. Probably the most expensive lunch we had while in Kenting... and we were eating in a carport!!! Cody and Paul like to say they know enough Chinese to get themselves into trouble. We all had a good laugh at Cody's expense, including Cody.
I guess it was a good thing the lobster was delicious. And so was the fried rice. Jadyn also liked watching all the "beautiful" sea creatures.
We spent the rest of the day body surfing; in case you are wondering, the eve of a storm brings perfect waves for it!
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Oh my gosh I'm so glad you guys are ok after the typhoon! I kept seeing things on the news and wondering about you! I kept meaning to email you. That is such a crazy story about all you went through. What an experience. Glad to see you are doing well. Jade is so cute and so big! I can't believe it. You are looking great as always!
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