Two Boys in Taipei: Chinese New Year and Beyond

Apart from the day trip to Hsinchu Craig and Graham have been stuck in rainy Taipei for the rest of Chinese New Year and beyond. They could often be found in front of the tiny DVD player. Before bed .......

and then after breakfast, if the weather was really bad.

As soon as the ground was dry the boys were taken outdoors to play.

But the boys still had to dress quite warmly.

Graham even went out for an after-dinner walk with Dad once. It was done in the hope that he would get tired enough to sleep early but things didn't really go to plan. Graham is good at playing some really lazy games.

Even when he went for a walk in the daytime, Graham's favourite thing to do is to sit down to drink Yakult.

But, he is getting better at negotiating his way around jungle gyms.

And when his tummy is full, he will happily walk for a while.

Climbing through this rope tunnel was too difficult though. He didn't get very far and had to turn to Mum for help.

Recently, Craig has developed the habit of running laps around any running track that he sees. He seems to quite like running. One day Graham did one lap while Craig did three. Then, when Dad turned on his video camera in the hope of recording them running together, Graham decided he'd had enough.

One nighttime walk took them through Sun Yat Sen Memorial where the main lantern for Taipei's Lantern Festival had been set up.

Quite a few people wanted to take a video of the lantern doing its performance with Taipei 101 in the background.

On one cold day, Craig went for a motorbike ride with Dad. Craig likes going places with Dad but it was pretty cold for a boy with no gloves.

On another rainy day, the boys went for a walk with Dad through an underground shopping mall. Graham had a great time playing with a public phone and kept talking into it for at least 15 minutes. Craig was very bored with that game long before Graham was finished.