Early last month we went to the Fulong sand sculpture contest on the northeast cost of Taiwan. Much of northern Taiwan’s beaches are not white sand like the Caribbean, but are still picturesque. Fulong Beach is an exception and has white sand. Fulong is an island on the island, separated by a river. The bridge provides pedestrian access to the beach, and some people use the river current to boogie board out to the ocean.
A popular sand sculpture contest was in progress, with artists from more than 15 countries, including the U.S. and Canada. I have been to ice sculpture contests before and thought the artists had a difficult time with the elements, including a melting sun. However the high wind and occasional Taiwan rain makes sand sculpting more difficult. The artists were continually repairing their work.
The Taiwanese were crazy about Taiwanese descent Jeremy Lin’s recent fame, and this was obvious by the Linsanity sculptures that were advertised as a reason to attend. Based on huge volume of the Jeremy Lin clothing items I have seen in Taipei, with the word Linsanity printed on the front and back, there ought to be some good sales taking place about now. Give me a Linsanity shirt with a bad picture of the man, a pink Hello Kitty hat and I am ready to mix it up with the motor scooter gangs of Taipei. Sorry for losing focus…
The beach was beautiful and the sculptures impressive. I took more than forty pictures, but can only show a few. We walked the beach, ate a nice seafood lunch and took a leisurely train ride back to Taipei.
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