Last Saturday we went with a group from our church to a trip into the area of Yilan in North Taiwan. We went to a village which is mainly inhabited by the Atayal people, an aboriginal Taiwanese group (our pastor’s wife comes from this village). First we wandered around and then got some delicious lunch, including wild pig hunted by the Atayal. After lunch we went for a short hike into the mountains. It felt really good to get out of the city for a while and to enjoy the beautiful nature in Taiwan! In the afternoon we had Chinese tea and visited at a tea plantation in the mountains. Before we went back home in the evening, we had dinner in a nice restaurant. The food was tasty though we ate many things we have never eaten before. Well, we still have to get used to these big oysters 😉 …

It was a really nice day and it was great get to know the people of our church a bit better.