Day Eight was a leisurely Kaohsiung day. We were on our own for the bulk of the day so we decided to find the old British Consulate building, which our guide book highly recommended for the view. We took a bus to downtown Kaohsiung and then walked the rest of the way, which was quite a distance. We got really close to where we were supposed to be but we just couldn't find the consulate. We looked for a long time and then, after basically giving up, we found it. We were pretty frustrated. Consequently, the view wasn't as great as we had expected and the overall experience wasn't really worth it.
After we got back to Chad & May's, Chad took us out to get foot massages. Chinese foot massages are used in eastern medicine to both diagnose and treat an ailment. Chad's foot masseur was able to diagnose his heart ailment, Desi's foot masseur diagnosed her with difficulty sleeping and lower right back pain, which he then treated by rubbing a particular spot on the foot until she weeped, and Mike's masseur found no ailments whatsoever. We think what we call reflexology in The States might be the same thing but neither of us know enough about reflexology to be certain.
After the foot massages we headed to the night market to experiene hot pot, one of May's favorite meals. It was definitely an experience, similar to Benihana combined with Mongolian Grill. As usual, the food was great.
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