August 25, 2013

Day 4 Taiwan - History and Animals

Chicken and Egg, Human come first?

It is day 4 of our trip, and we don't feel like it. Largely is because of the environment being so relax, we lost track of time.

Was wondering, is it the winter season causes the cloud more dense? which make such awesome sunlight on cloud

As usual, more food. This is the simplest breakfast we had throughout of our trip.
Really, the table is so empty. It is so not wolf team
Porridge with fermented tofu
Then we pack up get ready to leave Tai Chung after our schedule and we will be staying in Taipei for the rest of the trip.
Our tour guide bring us a surprise trip to the casting scene of  賽德克·巴萊(Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale). He told us some history of the event, show us around, and we did some exploring ourself. I did watch the movie, it is really good.











Lucky! Sakura seem to be blossom early. Our first encounter!
Sakura in Jan, again I must say. Some luck we got!

Guan yin waterfall - A place we spend our calories to climb up.




Cute little bug
Then we head to Sun Moon Lake(日月潭) for today's full schedule. First stop is:
Wen Wu Temple(文武庙) - means its Temple of civil and literature
We explore it around and pray for our safety of the trip.




Left
Right
It is so foggy, we have a bad feeling about this.
After this, our tour guide bring us to the bird park to watch some bird.


I've totally forgotten the name of this place. But I'm sure is in Sun Moon Lake. :(









Smelly tour is over(bird shit all over the place), we go for the famous cable car in Sun Moon Lake!



Notice the One Piece Banner?
Crystal Clear lake
Up up and we go!, very long cable car ride. Felt more scary than Genting's or Langkawi's.

The intense FOG! It make the scary 10x scarier.
Here we are the Formosan Aboricinal Culture Village(九族文化村). The Entrance....
Yes, is the fog, whole theme park is closed. My One Piece Theme Park!!!!!!!! Noooooo! We don't have the best luck after all.

On our way to our cab, we notice this... How did we survive that? Most importantly, now it make me think twice before riding a cable car..
Pisa Pillar? *Glup*
Is Lunch Time! Today is vegetarian day, so the whole Sun Moon Lake's restaurant will be serving vegan. Meat lover like the wolf team also need a break from meat, time to detoxify the body.


Five spices Bean Curd with Mushroom
Fried vegan fish(Fried Tofu Skin) with soy sauce
Only in Taiwan, not sure what is it, but is sure bitter.
Mix vege
Braised Raddish
Sweet Mantou(Bun)
Bean Sprout soup, surprisingly sweet
Dessert
Then we head to the Sun Moon Lake after some satisfying lunch. We are bloated just 4 of us + the tour guide for finish off so much dishes.

Off we go!





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