After deciding that another beach trip was long overdue, Alex, Andy, Adam, & I headed to the east coast on Sunday. After having swum in the Taiwan Strait and East China Sea, our sights were set on a more familiar body of water: the Pacific Ocean.
A few weeks ago, we attended the Summer Aquarian Festival at WaiAo Beach. It was the all night beach party that ended in me sleeping on the beach. Good times indeed.
So we decided to head back to this beach because it seemed cool and Adam lost his phone at the festival and a surf shop in town had it. After a rather pleasant and relaxing 1.5 hour train ride (great mountain views), we arrived at WaiAo Beach. The guide books call it a surf beach that's not adapt for swimming. I've read that before and also have seen the "surf" in this country. Its laughable. Ok, I guess winter is when the swells are best so I'll hold judgement for now.
We swam for awhile, went and found Adam's phone, had a delicious hot dog and squid-on-a-stick, waited 30 minutes, and swam some more. We attempted to swim back to America but didn't get past Guam.
WaiAo Beach gets points for several reasons. Its a black sand beach. Not sure I've ever been on a black sand beach before. It looks really cool but its scorching hot so you need to move to the water quickly. And even though there was a buoyed off swim area, the lifeguards were relaxed enough (or negligent enough) to allow us to swim past the ropes and enjoy the small waves a bit more.
We capped the day off with an ice cold Corona at a surf shop before heading back to the big city. All in all, a nice little Sunday.
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