My next adventure commences on Thursday. My family and I will be traveling to Taiwan from April 2nd until April 11th. My parents were both born in Taiwan so I like to refer to it as the "Motherland", although our ancestry traces back to Mainland China. We'll be going back in time for Qingming Festival (清明节) also known as the Tomb Sweeping Festival. It is sort of a Chinese fusion of the Day of the Dead in Mexico and Memorial Day in America. You pay your respects to your deceased predecessors and clean their graves. My grandfather on my father's side has recently passed away, shortly after celebrating his 100th birthday. So we will be returning to pay our respects and see family. After two days in Taipei we will be traveling along the East coast of the island down to Kenting. It will be my first time visiting Kenting (that I can remember), so I'm excited. Kenting is referred to the Hawaii of Taiwan, which is perfect because my body has been craving some vitamin D. New York weather has not been kind this past winter.