Maritza- Day three:

Day Three:
Guess what? It rained super hard today. We met at the high school at 8:30 AM to go to Tamsui, a town northwest of here. It is a tourist attraction and a very pretty town surrounded by mountains and bordered by the Tamsui River. However, we all got so wet that they had cut the trip a little bit short due to the pouring rain. We rode a boat in order to cross a large bridge that took us to the business part of the town and had lunch there. Hunter, our guide today, is a teacher from the NanKan High School. We will visit that high school next Thursday. He is very knowledgeable and I can tell that he is a great teacher. Hunter had planned activities for the students to do while in town but really the rain made it difficult to accomplish. I learned later that Hunter has a tour license and therefore was able to pin point a lot of sites and tell us about things in the area. It was fun.
Tamsui is known for the food and shopping areas. The kids had the opportunity to shop for food and for souvenirs. We returned to Tao-Yuan at around 4:30 and went our separate ways. I am pretty sure the students will tell you more interesting stories about their day in Tamsui.