{"id":1807,"date":"2025-12-28T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haughtypenguin.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2025-12-31T06:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:05:35","slug":"taiwan-day-10-last-day-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haughtypenguin.com\/?p=1807","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Day 10: last day in Taiwan. Visiting Grandfather\u2019s resting site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

honoring the ancestors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7am: off to Taipei. We are heading the my grandfather\u2019s resting site which is in these mountains, and a little far. The most difficult part of this venture is getting up the small winding road up the mountain. For those that know me, I was that motion-sick kids on the bus. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Wendell Borton – motion-sick kid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

YS and I opted to take the train\/rail down 1.) reduce me getting sick with my dad driving, and 2.) his RAV4 can only fit 5 people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding the MRT can get packed but we figured out a great hack to get seats<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Packed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sitting all the way baby!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

807am are we there yet\u2026still have 50 min <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are ahead of them!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The girls are in the car with the grandparents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Taiwan cemeteries are usually on top of mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… hillsides were historically less valuable for farming but offered good drainage and spiritual significance, with mountain slopes providing ample space and auspicious placement for tombs…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Google Gemeni<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Often there is a lot of shrubbery that can over grow. It requires a lot of upkeep. On top of that the stairways up are very treacherous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So we had to cut back all this growth to get to the tomb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n