On the first day, Natalia and I started out in Makung with a bright blue sky and great hopes for a wonderful trip. It turned out well, though perhaps not as well as it might have as rain sent us home without having had a chance to see much of the main island of Penghu. On the first day, we visited BaiSha and Xi Yu, two large islands that are connected by bridge to each other and to Penghu. Unfortunately, I did not conquer my fear of riding a motor bike on this trip and so a good deal of time was spent waiting for buses on that first day.