Valentines Day | Lantern Festival

We celebrated our 4th Valentines Day together this year, and it was probably the most memorable one yet! Despite being across the world, we both worked all day (Sara got a substitute English Teaching gig, judging students on their pronunciation, intonation, and gesturing while giving speeches in English, and I had three flyer designs to make). When Sara finished up, we both hopped on the MRT from opposite ends of town and met at the Yuanshuan station, where a gigantic Lantern Festival installation is currently set up in the park. We meandered through hundreds of ornate light-up sculptures, made by professionals and students of all age. It’s the year of the Horse, so there were many of those, along with all kinds of subject matter. Traditional Chinese stories (like a son who was so proud of his country that his mother tattooed something on his back to show it), a skateboarding panda, warriors and dancers, mario, an installation made out of recyclable material, etc. etc. Check out the pictures for some of our favorites.

By then we were starving and set off to find dinner somewhere. We stumbled upon a fantastic sushi restaurant in a back alley where we had salmon, tuna, and albacore sashimi and sushi, sesame dragon whiskers, mushroom & steak skewers (my mouth is watering) and a VERY strong wasabi flavored octopus dish. On our way back to the station we stopped in to the “Malibu West” bar and had the worst martinis ever, which were reconciled by free shots from a friendly bartender, and a couple glasses of good wine from our new friend Ray Thomas, head of Rip Curl wetsuits in Australia. We have been fortunate to meet the most interesting and friendly people on our travels, and look forward to seeing Mr. Thomas in Thailand where he lives!

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9 Comments

  1. How beautiful!! You guys are really lucky to have such fun experiences. Better than sitting around an apartment all day watching movies, I bet!! I enjoy the updates and am in lust with the pictures of this celebration—really, really pretty.
    Thanks for the updates about your journey—I truly appreciate them!
    Love, kisses and blessings to both of you xoxoxo

  2. OK, I forgot to mention this: Minions!?!?! Of course–what else would you see in an Asian Lantern Festival. You guys must have been in hog heaven. Very funny!!

  3. How inspiring! The recycled bottle pieces – my faves – are surprisingly organic and lovely. So cool. Thanks for sharing! Your faces and your words make me soooo happy! xoxox

  4. I LOVE ALL OF THESE PICS!!!!!! And love you both even more! So glad you are having an amazing experience…. Can’t wait to see what else Asia has in store for you lovelies!!!!

  5. I have loved reading about your adventures – every day has fabulous new experiences and you two are just soaking it all in. You will never be the same! I’m living vicariously through tthe blog – keep the wonderful photos and stories coming. Rumor has it you are in Bali – can’t wait to be there with you!

    • Thanks everyone for the responses!

      We have just returned from 10 days in beach paradise where we had zero internet connection. We are still in the Philippines until March 15th when we fly to Bali. There will soon be a handful of posts to celebrate our time in Manila and Palawan, stay tuned :)

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