Stripped of Dignity

Kenting Beach. My higlight of the trip. First of all we finally made it to the coast and it had the blue waters that I had dreamed of. Before coming on the tirp, I had started planning to go to the Philippines but because of circumstances, was unable to go. Being from the Georgia/Carolina area in the states, we werent readily close to blue water when we went to the beaches. We would have to travel for half a day to reach a coastline offering such a thing. One of the peaks about going to the Philippines was that it sheltered the 3rd best beach in the world: complete with blue water. Who would have thought that I could find it here in Taiwan? I think that Asia could share some of this beauty with the US.
We arrived in the afternoon and were welcomed by yet another overcast day. The bus dropped us off in the middle of Kenting and everyone let us know that we could reach the coast no matter what direction we went in. As part of the routine, we wanted to find a cheap place to stay that would also permit usage of scooters. This was one of our last shots to be able to rent scooters and we werent going to pass it up. When in scooter town, do as the locals do. Most people in the area would not permit foreigners without a Korean lisence to drive. Luckily for us, we found a guy who was good friends with our hotel manager. He let us ride for....%15 for 24 hours.
Not a bad deal. The three of us had to show them how well we could drive the scooters [or better yet, convince them that we were able to do it with no proof of a lisence].
I passed first. Sarah next. El, no dice.
That was just water under the bridge for us. Ellen would have to leave in the early morning and we rationalized it to be just a fair investment for her to ride with us.
Thus- we toured the island for a good 30 minutes before picking a beach where we would set up. God thought otherwise. To get some humor out of the situation, it started pouring down rain. One of the beach ladies wanted to rent her beach umbrella for 2 hours/ $30. No dice.
When we were contemplating the rash decision for cough up the money, oone of the other renters came over and introduced himself to us. Fox.