As someone raised not to litter, and especially as someone living in a fire risky area, releasing balloons of flaming paper seems a bit odd, but it’s a big tradition here. We elected not to.

View from our room tonight. I don’t think I’ve ever been somewhere with as many butterflies as Taiwan. Ecuador might have been close, but I’m sitting catching up on some accounting stuff for another trip just watching dozens and dozens and dozens of butterflies outside