Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Vacation Trip to Taiwan and Australia

Who
  • Paul and Shirleen
  • Michael and LeAnn
  • Amy and Bryce
Where
  • Taiwan
  • Australia

When
  • March 2009
Taiwan

Bryce served his mission in Taiwan, so he was acquainted with much of what we saw.  But we had hired a tour guide who arranged for a van & driver for some places.  We also travelled by train and by air.  Here are some photographs.

Touring Taiwan -- Van Windshield Poster


Guards at a Site in Taipei

Entry Way

Taipei 101 -- From Below

Taipei 101 -- Looking Down from Above

Taipei 101 -- Paul, Near Artwork Inside the Building

Taipei 101 -- Artwork Inside

Taipei 101 -- Artwork Inside

Taipei 101 -- Artwork Inside


Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan (our tour guide on the far right)

Touring Taiwan -- Shirleen, LeAnn, Michael, Amelia, Bryce

Touring Taiwan -- Bryce

Touring Taiwan -- Paul, at Sun Moon Lake

Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan -- Paul, Near a Shrine

Touring Taiwan -- View from the Shrine

Touring Taiwan -- Amy & Bryce Inside the Shrine

Touring Taiwan -- Sun Moon Lake (shrine in the distance)


Touring Taiwan -- Another View of the Shrine


Lunch Time at Sun Moon Lake

Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan -- Lady Meditating

Touring Taiwan -- Artwork at an Airport Terminal

Touring Taiwan -- In an Elevator with our Tour Guide

Touring Taiwan -- Cultural Celebration

Touring Taiwan -- Cultural Celebration

Touring Taiwan -- At the Cultural Celebration Site

Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan

Touring Taiwan -- In a Mountainous Region

Touring Taiwan -- In a Mountainous Region

Touring Taiwan -- In a Mountainous Region

Touring Taiwan -- In a Mountainous Region

Touring Taiwan -- In a Mountainous Region

Touring Taiwan -- In a Mountainous Region

Touring Taiwan -- Getting Ready to Board a Train

Touring Taiwan -- Boarding a Train

Touring Taiwan -- On the Train with our Tour Guide

Touring Taiwan -- On the Train

Touring Taiwan -- On the Train

Inside an Airport Terminal in Taiwan

Inside an Airport Terminal in Taiwan

Inside an Airport Terminal in Taiwan (Flight Info to Sydney Displayed)

Inside an Airport Terminal in Taiwan
Shrileen, Amelia, LeAnn, Michael


Inside an Airport Terminal in Taiwan -- Waiting for the Flight to Sydney


Australia

 
Paul had served a mission here as a young man, so site-seeing included a few places where he had stayed, the mission home location, and touring in Cairns (QLD) and Sydney (NSW).  And here are some photographs.

Our Motel in Cairns
189 Sheridan St in Cairns (one place Paul stayed while on his mission)
189 Sheridan St.
Night Market in Cairns
 
Market in Cairns
Michael in Cairns

Shirleen and a Koala in Cairns

Amelia, Bryce and Michael in Cairns

Shirleen, Bryce, and Ameilia (back)
LeAnn and Michael (front)
 
Pelican in Cairns

Michael, Amelia, and Bryce in Cairns
 
While in Queensland we also visited Green Island, an atoll on the Great Barrier Reef.  If some pictures of that can be recovered they will be featured here.
 
 
Shirleen in Sydney (Wollstonecraft)

Shirleen in Sydney (Wollstonecraft)

At the Site of the Mission Home when Paul was There (Paxton 5 Russell St -- Mission home & offices replaced with what appear to be condominiums)

Paul, near Paxton 5 Russell Street

Paul

Paul

Shirleen & Bryce Across the Street from Where Paul's Mission Home & Offices Were

Paul

Paul

Paul

Paul

Paul and Shirleen

Paul (in Wollstonecraft, near the old mission home & offices)

Paul
Paul (Sydney Harbor Bridge in the background)

 LeAnn and Michael

Paul (Waitara train station near the Yardley Ave. Apartment)


Paul and Shirleen in Turramurra (which would be near Kissing Point Road)

Shirleen, Michael, LeAnn, Amelia (at another train station)

Paul (with the iconic Sydney Harbor bridge in the background)

Paul (with the iconic Sydney Opera House in the background)

Michael, LeAnn, and Shirleen -- Near Where We Stayed in Sydney

Near Where We Stayed in Sydney

Subway Station in Sydney
Amelia, Bryce, Shirleen, LeAnn, Michael

Paul (one of his mission apartments was on Yardley Ave.)

Paul (in front of the Yardley Ave. apartment)

Paul (in front of another apartment -- this one in Normanhurst, off Wahroonga Rd)

Paul (landlord's house near the apartment in Normanhurst)

Waitara Train Station (near the Yardley Ave. apartment)

This would be near Kissing Point Rd, in Turramurra

Shirleen, LeAnn, Amelia

Paul (with the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the background)

Paul (with the iconic Sydney Opera House in the background)

Sydney Harbor Bridge

Sydney Opera House

LeAnn and Michael on the Beach at Manley

Another View of the Sydney Harbor Bridge

Sydney Opera House (as viewed from a harbor ferry)

Shirleen, Michael, LeAnn (on a train headed to the Sydney Temple)

Paul

Sydney Temple

Michael and LeAnn

Paul

Dinner (yes, up there)

Sydney Monorail

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