Taiwan - Chenjean's Village, Temple

We made another trip to Taiwan - got there on Mother's Day, so another couple took us straight from the airport to the Grand Hotel where we celebrated.  After recuperating a couple of days from the jet lag in Taipei we took the high-speed train ride to Chiayi and a taxi from there to the little mountain village where Chenjean's dad still lives in the house where she grew up.  I really like going there because, with no more than fifty or so residents, it's small and quiet, with lots of photo ops.  Someone requested more critter pics, and this place provided plenty of opportunity for that, which will be posted in the near future.

For the first time it was a little scary going up that mountain road to the house.  That day it rained seven and a half inches; visibility was next-to-nil and we had to dodge a betel nut tree that blew down across the road.  But we got there safely.  This pic was snapped after the rain died down a little, but there was still enough to create the steam on the oven thing.

Two closer-in shots below; guess they even have to lock up the temple stuff in a small town like this: