Family Pictures From Our Taiwan Trip, April-May, 2002

Mei-O and I went to Taiwan for three weeks (April 26th through May 17th), mainly to visit her parents who are getting along in years (her father turned 80 in 2002, a major milestone in a Chinese person's life). We stayed with her younger brother Ming-shun and his family in Taiping, a bustling city just east of Taichung in central Taiwan, in the foothills of the mountain range that runs down Taiwan's center. Mei-O's mother and father live with Ming-shun and babysit for his two kids, Chia-chen (age 4 when we were there) and Chia-hsin (age 3).

Ming-shun's house is in a gated housing community where no cars are allowed (there is underground parking) making for a very quiet and relaxing environment. The house is a four story house, with our (and Mei-O's parents') bedroom on the third floor.

A 10 minute walk to the bus stop allowed us to catch a bus to downtown Taichung, while a 15 minute walk took us to a bustling marketplace filled with numerous stores and restaurants (where we went most mornings for breakfast and shopping). Unfortunately, walking in Taiwan, where sidewalks are often non-existent or blocked by parked cars and/or motorcycles and where traffic is chaotic, is pretty dangerous and stressful.

While we were there, Mei-O's youngest sister, Mei-hui, was busy running her campaign for a city district representative seat in Taichung's local government. There are several pictures of her and her campaign activities in these pages. A few weeks after we left, she lost the election.

Having been to Taiwan so often, and having all sorts of pictures of it, I took very few general ('touristy') pictures. Most of my pictures were of Mei-O's family, and many of them are featured in these web pages. While they are of very little interest to the casual viewer, they are precious to Mei-O and her family members.

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Mei-O's youngest sister Mei-hui and her family: 17 year old (when we were there) Wen-hsing on the left and then 12 year old Wen-shuang on the right with Mei-hui's husband seated.	Mei-O with her older brother Ming-chi and his family: Chih-cheng on Mei-O's right and Chih-wei (Dave) on her left.	Mei-O's youngest brother Ming-shun and his family: his wife Bi-lan, 4 year old Chia-chen (standing) and 3 year old Chia-hsin.	Mei-O with her mom and dad, her nephew Chih-wei (Dave) and her younger sister, Mei-hui.
Mei-O with her father, her brother Ming-shun, and Ming-shun's wife Bi-lan holding Chia-hsin buying watermelon from a roadside stand.	Mei-O at the front gate of the gated housing community where we stayed with her brother Ming-shun (her mother and father also live there).	Mei-O's youngest sister Mei-hui was running for her district's representative. Here she is in her campaign headquarters' office.	Mei-O.