THIS:

is what I call home.

It's pretty crazy. One minute you're getting on your scooter for the first time, driving into the chaotic hell that are the roads of Kaohsiung. It's seemingly 5 minutes later and you're calling chaotic hell your home.

Today I went to Lotus Lake which is a series of pagodas around a small lake. I was reminded of home when I saw some Mounties, Taiwan styles:

The guy saw me trying to take a picture of him, so he actually turned around his horse to pose for me. I got a little embarrassed at this point and pretended like I was taking a picture of something else, but he busted me and totally knew it. I snuck a picture as he was leaving. Little did I know that I would later have another run-in with Taiwanese law-enforcement. I may or may not have gotten horribly lost and ended up in the wrong city AND county, and I may or may not have gotten a police escort back to the familiar roads of Kaohsiung. Woops.

The following are pictures of Lotus Lake in Kaohsiung.