Taiwan: Day Six

Day Six started out with Desi accompanying May to the hair salon and Chad accompanying Mike to the tattoo salon.  Desi wanted to get her hair cut in the same style she'd seen all over Taiwan and Mike wanted to get a couple of tattoos.  May gets her hair washed and styled a few times each week so Desi tagged along on one of May's normal hair salon trips so May was able to translate Desi's wishes to the staff.  After looking through a few magazines, the chick with the scissors finally accepted that Desi wanted her hair cut (there seemed to be some disbelief among the staff) and began cutting.  Desi got exactly what she wanted: bangs.

Mike had arrived in Taiwan with a few ideas for tattoos.  He wanted the Chinese symbols for "Chad" on one shoulder and "Taiwan" on the other.  Chad made a few calls and got a recommendation for a tattoo shop, East Tattoo, and off they went. 

Mike wound up loving the experience of getting tattoos as souvenirs.  He also loved his tattoo artist, Chia.  She was awesome!

After Mike's tattoo session we headed out for a drink.  It is VERY hard to find a drink in Taiwan.  Bars, pubs, even restaurants that serve alcohol, are elusive.  We wandered around for a bit and then finally encountered an establishment serving drinks.  Afterwards, we rendezvoused with Chad, May and the kids and headed to a night market for some food.

We were hungry, so we grabbed some squid (here the squid is being grilled), and the best hot dog ever (the bun was made with rice and spices and formed into a sausage and then slit down the middle to hold the sausage dog).