{"id":80200,"date":"2017-06-20T07:58:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=80200"},"modified":"2017-06-20T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:58:04","slug":"a-surfingrelaxing-day-in-taitung-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=80200","title":{"rendered":"A Surfing\/Relaxing Day in Taitung, Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3880.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>a typical day is getting up at 4:30am and checking the waves.  Moro-San on the binoculars letting us know where the best spot will be.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3875.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80197\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and he&#8217;s always right because we&#8217;ve surfed the best spot of each day.  super perfect empty waves.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80187\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kimura-san is starting to take much better photos.  practice makes perfect.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3879.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80188\" \/><\/p>\n<p>surfing this spot is super fun because there is nothing like it back home in Hawaii.  just the most perfect wave you can carve on the clean faces.  feels so good to do turns like this!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80184\" \/><\/p>\n<p>warm water, cool weather, and lots of waves.  this is the exact kind of vacation i was looking for.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then back to the house after 2 morning rounds.  Kimura-san taking a nap.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this was my relaxing spot.  just loving life.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80189\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we rented a brand new car this time.  but when we returned it, it wasn&#8217;t brand new anymore.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then drove around in the city.  you won&#8217;t find a foreigner here.  this is pretty deep Taiwan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>amazing culture.  i don&#8217;t understand what those 2 balls are though?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3772.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80191\" \/><\/p>\n<p>beautiful sculptures.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80195\" \/><\/p>\n<p>local restaurants.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80193\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we sit down and have the most amazing lunch.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3779.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>buy some fruits on the way back.  lychee was so sweet and cheap!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80196\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then back to the house to check the waves and plan for our evening session.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>more waves, more smiles.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_3818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we jump in again and nobody is around except us.  Hayato loving life.<\/p>\n<p>then back to the house, shower, have a beer, dinner, then deep sleeping by 10pm.  this is how you get the most out of each day in your life.  you only have one so why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a typical day is getting up at 4:30am and checking the waves. Moro-San on the binoculars letting us know where the best spot will be. and he&#8217;s always right because we&#8217;ve surfed the best spot of each day. super perfect empty waves. Kimura-san is starting to take much better photos. practice makes perfect. surfing this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}