Sunday, June 10, 2012

台湾趴趴走- Day5日月潭, 阿里山

 5am sun moon lake view






  i stopped here. Look too scary to go beyond this point.


 Took the earliest coach to Alishan
 No time for breakfast, so 7-11 onigiri is our breakfast.
 Super delicious. Inho insist of eating them again.
Coach ticket at Nt700 for 2pax, only 6 of us on the mini bus. 
  Bus driver was so nice, he volunteered to be our guide, stop over at places not in the route. 
1st stop over: Gift house

 妖怪村 i wanted to go but schedule doesnt allow.

 Inho insist to take picture with this character that looks like him.


vine yard on the way up Alishan 
Alishan. Another volunteered stop over for us to take picture!

 夫妻树 夫妻树. Same type of tree as those 2000 years old 神木



 Bus driver stop over and explained about the 3 families of monkeys on this mountain.
 Official planned stop over on bus route.
 Hot logan tea in the cold weather is love :)

 Another volunteered stopover to look at the 2nd oldest tree in Taiwan. 2700 years, this is 400 years older than the famous 神木(2300years) around 神木 station.
2700 years old tree. 2nd oldest in Taiwan. 
 2700 years old tree. 2nd oldest in Taiwan.
红桂 is also the same type as 夫妻树. This hundreds years old is the female tree and the 2700 years old below is male. 
 Lunch at Alishan station



 Beef fried rice
 In season, recommended by chef. Mountain bamboo shoot.
 Spring onion boar meat. 姜葱山猪肉,超下饭的。
Prawn with herbs and wine 

 Due to typhoon, the train to Chayi and Fenqihu is down :( This is why my plan to Fenqihu was cancelled!!!!
 Rail to Shengmu station. 
 The husband enjoying his serenity time in the nature


  We explored around Alishan with our 5kg and 6kg backpack. Lost our way and spend about 2 hours finding our way back to the railway station.






 I dont know how we did that!


 Crystal clear pond on Alishan
 Chinese wasabi







 2400yrs old 阿里山famous 神木

 Check out the PRC uncle behind.
KUNGFU PHOTOGRAPHY. Must 扎马步one you know.

 Elephant tree
 Elephant tree

 Bus timing from Alishan station to 茶香花園(龙头站)
 A stop in the middle of the road with only a few residents few meters around
 Our 民宿for tonight 茶香花園. Hidden gem, no kidding, it is hidden!
 View on the way up 茶香花園

 View on the way up 茶香花園
We are surrounded by a small tea plantation

 Stairs up 民宿 茶香花園


 茶香花園 The boss took a big leap in faith, quit his job in Taipei and move back to Alishan to set up a hostel.
 Surprisingly 茶香花園 is a house of Singaporean that night.
 民宿 茶香花園







 Beautiful blossoms
 鼠尾草Garden Sage


Retailing tea leaves they plant and harvest themselves 

 Reading corner


 Best room of 茶香花園










 Photocredit to hostel owner
Photocredit to hostel owner

 好用心的salad
超可爱的! 
 Super delicious cheddar garlic bread

 民宿老板亲手煮的Seafood risotto
 我老公好爱的 seafood spaghetti
 Egg pudding for dessert, nothing more to ask.

 Waiting for our firefly tour at night
Picking up other guest at Fenqihu 
 Different types of firefly.

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