Thursday, December 21, 2006
Taiwan Day 6 - Alishan and Danshui
7/12/06
We headed out for the Sunrise tour of Alishan before daybreak, obviously. Heh. I tell you, it was so cold that I was shivering hard and my teeth were chattering! But I grit them and survived it in my hardy windbreaker.
That's me freezing... this picture reminds me of Australia... it seems like I'm on a farm because of the fences around!
Heh. The splendid view laid before us made everything worth it. God is amazing!
This was the sunset which captured my attention. Its gentle colours blended into the sky... its beauty accentuated by the mountain range... and the cool weather made everything more than perfect.
Little did I know that this would be the nicest sunrise picture I would take that day! Haha!
There I was... on the mountain road... early in the morning when vehicles do not pass by that often, other than tour vans and buses on the sunrise tour.
This was the spot where we were to admire the sun rising up, fitting itself somewhat into a notch at the peak of the mountain ridge. We watched and we watched, but the weather was bad that day and the sun was lazy. Hence we had no beautiful photo of the sun! Haha! What a wonderful sunrise tour!
But we did take photos of the alluring scenery to comfort ourselves.
More scenery of Alishan...
Couple trees. The one on the left is the wife, while the one on the right is the husband. They suffered a forest fire and ended up like that. However, there's still beauty in them, though it gives me a gothic feel... especially when a black crow landed on one of its branches!
The Alishan people created a myth, saying that if you are a single lady, you should take photo with the husband tree, and a single male to take a photo with the wife tree, and send the photo to your target. If you're a couple planning to get married, you should take a couple photo with the couple trees. And if I remember correctly, if you are a married lady planning a divorce, to take a photo with the wife tree, and vice-versa. Hmmm....
Since we are on the topic of trees, and since the sun was too lazy to rise and exhibit its majesty, we went around admiring trees! And this tree is several thousand years old! Look at what a mammoth it is! And how teeny YP is! Hahaha!
Yep, there were monkeys to make our sunrise tour less of a failure as well. Heh. Red faces... not red butts like baboons. And furry, to keep them warm...
More animals for entertainment? A puppy tries to befriend a bulldog...
I even caught duckies in action in the pond! Entertaining themselves! Heh. And I took a video of it! Hahaha! =)
And this was me entertaining myself.
Yep, so that was Alishan for us.
We returned to Taipei and headed straight for Danshui for some good food and shopping, since it was our last night in Taiwan. My impression of Danshui was always good, and the feeling it gave me this time round was as comfortable too! =)
Danshui Night Market
And guess what YP pointed out there?? (Nope, that is NOT my Chinese name!)
More pigging out for us! What a feast! *BIG GRIN*
Look at YP and her mushrooms and aloe vera jelly drink? The expression on her face when she first bit into the mushrooms was one of bliss! Haha!
Cuttlefish before they were grilled.
Me eating the grilled cuttlefish...
Me and my pink guava.... where else can we find pink guava?? I love them so much!
Before I forget, let me relate to you a joke which was pasted on the wall, which stared right at you when you pee-d.
Xiao Qiang (not the gar1 chua4!): Wei4 she3 me4 ni3 jia1 yang3 mao1? (Why do you have a cat at home?)
Xiao Mei: Ying1 wei4 wo3 jia1 bu4 neng2 yang3 gou3. (Because I can't have a dog at home.)
Xiao Qiang: Wei4 she3 me4 ni3 jia1 bu4 neng2 yang3 gou3? (Why can't you have a dog at home?)
Xiao Mei: Ying1 wei4 wo3 jia1 yang3 mao1...(Because I have a cat at home.)
Heh. Was the purpose of this to make us pee more?
Oh, toilets... let me illustrate our hotel toilet to you!
(Nothing extraordinary right? Heh. I remember making Chien pose like that when we were in KL! Hahaha!)
This was taken through the see-through part on the top of the toilet wall, with YP standing on the bed.
Me in a fish tank. This was the bottom see-through part of the door.
Do you get the idea? The toilet door was transparent at the top, and at the bottom! And the door was a sliding one without a lock! Even the shower room inside was totally transparent! It was weird in the sense that the bed was right beside the toilet, and if you stand on the bed and peek into the toilet, you get a CLEAR, FULL VIEW of everything inside!
*Ahem* Purpose?
Anyway, it was time to leave Taipei the next day, so we tried out the normal food that locals eat almost everyday. Their chap4 chai4 rice, in a paper box. I recommended the street I had stumbled upon several days ago.
BBQ chicken with rice and 3 side dishes. Cheap and totally yummilicious and filling! What a treat! Heh.
Yep, so that's all for my Taiwan blog!
Taiwan is really quite an enjoyable destination. It's easy for Singaporean Chinese in terms of communication, and the culture is similar. Great food, shopping and natural landscapes! I recommend! (Is the Taiwanese Tourism Board gonna pay me for this promotion? Hmm... in terms of food also can! Haha!)
Where next??
We headed out for the Sunrise tour of Alishan before daybreak, obviously. Heh. I tell you, it was so cold that I was shivering hard and my teeth were chattering! But I grit them and survived it in my hardy windbreaker.
That's me freezing... this picture reminds me of Australia... it seems like I'm on a farm because of the fences around!
Heh. The splendid view laid before us made everything worth it. God is amazing!
This was the sunset which captured my attention. Its gentle colours blended into the sky... its beauty accentuated by the mountain range... and the cool weather made everything more than perfect.
Little did I know that this would be the nicest sunrise picture I would take that day! Haha!
There I was... on the mountain road... early in the morning when vehicles do not pass by that often, other than tour vans and buses on the sunrise tour.
This was the spot where we were to admire the sun rising up, fitting itself somewhat into a notch at the peak of the mountain ridge. We watched and we watched, but the weather was bad that day and the sun was lazy. Hence we had no beautiful photo of the sun! Haha! What a wonderful sunrise tour!
But we did take photos of the alluring scenery to comfort ourselves.
More scenery of Alishan...
Couple trees. The one on the left is the wife, while the one on the right is the husband. They suffered a forest fire and ended up like that. However, there's still beauty in them, though it gives me a gothic feel... especially when a black crow landed on one of its branches!
The Alishan people created a myth, saying that if you are a single lady, you should take photo with the husband tree, and a single male to take a photo with the wife tree, and send the photo to your target. If you're a couple planning to get married, you should take a couple photo with the couple trees. And if I remember correctly, if you are a married lady planning a divorce, to take a photo with the wife tree, and vice-versa. Hmmm....
Since we are on the topic of trees, and since the sun was too lazy to rise and exhibit its majesty, we went around admiring trees! And this tree is several thousand years old! Look at what a mammoth it is! And how teeny YP is! Hahaha!
Yep, there were monkeys to make our sunrise tour less of a failure as well. Heh. Red faces... not red butts like baboons. And furry, to keep them warm...
More animals for entertainment? A puppy tries to befriend a bulldog...
I even caught duckies in action in the pond! Entertaining themselves! Heh. And I took a video of it! Hahaha! =)
And this was me entertaining myself.
Yep, so that was Alishan for us.
We returned to Taipei and headed straight for Danshui for some good food and shopping, since it was our last night in Taiwan. My impression of Danshui was always good, and the feeling it gave me this time round was as comfortable too! =)
Danshui Night Market
And guess what YP pointed out there?? (Nope, that is NOT my Chinese name!)
More pigging out for us! What a feast! *BIG GRIN*
Look at YP and her mushrooms and aloe vera jelly drink? The expression on her face when she first bit into the mushrooms was one of bliss! Haha!
Cuttlefish before they were grilled.
Me eating the grilled cuttlefish...
Me and my pink guava.... where else can we find pink guava?? I love them so much!
Before I forget, let me relate to you a joke which was pasted on the wall, which stared right at you when you pee-d.
Xiao Qiang (not the gar1 chua4!): Wei4 she3 me4 ni3 jia1 yang3 mao1? (Why do you have a cat at home?)
Xiao Mei: Ying1 wei4 wo3 jia1 bu4 neng2 yang3 gou3. (Because I can't have a dog at home.)
Xiao Qiang: Wei4 she3 me4 ni3 jia1 bu4 neng2 yang3 gou3? (Why can't you have a dog at home?)
Xiao Mei: Ying1 wei4 wo3 jia1 yang3 mao1...(Because I have a cat at home.)
Heh. Was the purpose of this to make us pee more?
Oh, toilets... let me illustrate our hotel toilet to you!
(Nothing extraordinary right? Heh. I remember making Chien pose like that when we were in KL! Hahaha!)
This was taken through the see-through part on the top of the toilet wall, with YP standing on the bed.
Me in a fish tank. This was the bottom see-through part of the door.
Do you get the idea? The toilet door was transparent at the top, and at the bottom! And the door was a sliding one without a lock! Even the shower room inside was totally transparent! It was weird in the sense that the bed was right beside the toilet, and if you stand on the bed and peek into the toilet, you get a CLEAR, FULL VIEW of everything inside!
*Ahem* Purpose?
Anyway, it was time to leave Taipei the next day, so we tried out the normal food that locals eat almost everyday. Their chap4 chai4 rice, in a paper box. I recommended the street I had stumbled upon several days ago.
BBQ chicken with rice and 3 side dishes. Cheap and totally yummilicious and filling! What a treat! Heh.
Yep, so that's all for my Taiwan blog!
Taiwan is really quite an enjoyable destination. It's easy for Singaporean Chinese in terms of communication, and the culture is similar. Great food, shopping and natural landscapes! I recommend! (Is the Taiwanese Tourism Board gonna pay me for this promotion? Hmm... in terms of food also can! Haha!)
Where next??
# posted by Banana Saviour @ 12:51 PM 
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Oh! You mean poster boy? Girls and boys... you would like to know that dear swallowapple here posed with a life-sized poster, pretending that he was life. What a fantasy! Heh.
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