a November trip to the beach

So, today after Church we headed out to the beach. Through the city, out into the undeveloped areas.

Tainan is expanding rapidly, and there are huge building projects going up around the outskirts of the city in the fishing town of AnPing. So, you'll have these groups of beautiful villa townhouse in the middle of a field of wild grass.

The town laid down wide roads a while ago in anticipation of a building boom, and it's slowly happening.

But for now, there are these six lane boulevards leading out to nowhere but fish hatcheries and traditional villages.

Through those hatcheries, down a sand road raved with oyster shells, you hit the beach.

It's usually covered in driftwood and whatever washes ashore in the typhoons, great for scavenging. It's a bit remote, but there are usually traditional fishermen around so it's not too desolate.

It's November, but it's like late Spring.... It gets cool at night, but in the day it's perfect beach weather. We hang out on beach shelters that are built from washed up bamboo. Built and re-built and re-built after being washed away in typhoons.