I got up early in the morning and looked for several places to watch the sunrise, but I couldn't get my wish. Last night the tour guide told us that Alishan has five wonders: sunrise, sea of clouds, sunset, mountain train and juniper. The sun was only rising as I was driving, but it was too late to get out of the car and watch. The mountain road is still twisting and turning, I feel a little dizzy, I don't know if it is a cold or a little motion sickness. Stop at a tea plantation on the way to take photos on a tour.
After the car reaches the mountain, change to an environmentally friendly electric car to go to the scenic spot. Arrive at the scenic spot, visit the town palace, see the magical juniper, visit the museum, overlook the scenery of Alishan Mountain, visit the 2,300-year-old juniper tree, browse the forest on the mountain, breathe fresh and oxygen-rich air, and meet the little squirrel unexpectedly. To be honest, apart from the juniper trees on the mountain, Yu Ji feels ordinary, not as magical and beautiful as the legend says. Drive down the mountain, after lunch, go to a tea shop with your guide. First listen to the shopping guide to introduce the knowledge about Alishan tea, and then taste tea to buy tea.
The Alishan girls seen here are all slim and good-looking, which is probably the beautiful Alishan girls. On closer inspection, they all have high noses, deep eye sockets, and well-defined facial contours, which do have European ancestry. It seems that the tour guide said earlier, not in vain. Not to mention that in Alishan, even during the whole period in Taiwan, we have never seen a mountain-like Alishan teenager, which is inevitably a little regrettable. Under the enthusiastic introduction of the girls, I bought Alishan alpine tea, and the price was not cheap.
Continue south by car to Reach The Lotus Pond Park in Kaohsiung, the most conspicuous of which is the Dragon and Tiger Twin Towers. The tower is seven stories high, and there are two twin attics of dragons and tigers on the blue water in the pool, and there are dragon and tiger statues in front of the building. The tour guide repeatedly told us that we must enter from the dragon's mouth and the tiger's mouth, that is auspicious and beautiful. The tower is connected to the shore by a nine-curved covered bridge, which corresponds to the pond surface. The Dragon Pagoda is illustrated with the Twenty-Four Filial Pieties of China, while the Tiger Pagoda is illustrated with the Twelve Wise Men, the Jade Emperor and the Thirty-Six Palace Generals.
The lotus leaves in the pond have withered and decayed, and occasionally a perch bird resembling a white swan is splashing in the lake. There are many temples around the lake, the most conspicuous of which is probably Tzu Chi Palace. Due to the time relationship, I only bought a few special tourist souvenirs at the stall in front of the door and took photos.
Drive to the Xiziwan Scenic Area and see the former British Consulate (also known as the Dog House) halfway through. Xiziwan Scenic Area is located on the west coast of Taiwan, bordering the Taiwan Strait. At this time, it was dusk, and it was time to take photos along the seaside trail, and it was not long before it was dark. Drive to a restaurant for dinner, then head to Liuhe Night Market, where you'll sample grilled lobster and scallops and buy some real estate fruits. Drive to the hotel and stay at the Shinjong Hotel In Kaohsiung (No. 495 Jianguo 3rd Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City).
Get up early and go shopping at the Diamond Shopping Mall in Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City, where the diamonds are colorful, eye-catching, and the prices are staggering. Afterwards head to Kenting Park. On the way, you encounter a pineapple field, and the guide asks the driver to stop the car. We got out of the car to take pictures, and this was the first time I'd seen pineapples growing in the fields. Endless stretches of ripe pineapples to be picked are a pleasant surprise.
To the coast, here is taiwan's southernmost bashi strait, the sun is brilliant, the sea is blue, the wind is strong, it is difficult to walk, standing on the cat's nose, overlooking the nose of the goose, the heart is greatly open, and a sense of great heroism suddenly arises in the heart. However, the first time I saw the vast and vast sea, I was far from the excitement I imagined, but it was like a long-lost friend who met by chance unexpectedly, and some of them were just surprises and kindness!
Came to a beach in the bay to step on the sand and splash, watch the waves recede, get close to the sea, and accidentally wet your pants legs by the waves. Drive to Taitung, the famous hot spring town of Taiwan. On the way, because of the construction of the road, the car was pressed for a while. Arriving in Taitung in the evening, stay at the Qili Business Hotel at No. 260 Xinzhan Road, Taitung City, and dinner is also in the hotel's specialty restaurant, not far away.
The new year is coming as expected. After breakfast, we went to The Coral Mall and the corals are indeed beautiful. In particular, red coral is even more dazzling, but the price is also amazingly expensive, which is beyond my generation's consumption. It's an eye-opener, with a dizzying array of coral ornaments and jade statues and ornaments, large and small.
Continue on the road, visiting Lake Biwa on the way, taking a closer look at the Pacific Ocean, and taking photos on the seaside highlands. On the way, we had lunch at the pond rice pack, and the guide told us that it was Hualien's most famous bento (box lunch) with fried chicken thighs. There was a long queue of people waiting in front of the restaurant, and I was afraid that I would not know when I would be able to eat this rare bento! However, worrying that it was superfluous, our bento was pre-booked by the guide and ordered by the group, so we quickly and smoothly received lunch. We sat in the abandoned train carriage (where restaurants eat) in front of the door and enjoyed this lunch. The taste is very average, but the taste of fried chicken thighs is still very good. After the meal, I saw that the number of people queuing up at the door to eat was not reduced, but more, and I was very fortunate.
Driving forward, we came to the North Loop Landmark Monument in Hualien County, where the team of 38 people took a group photo. Afterwards, feel free to visit and take photos. Afterwards, arrive at Chihsingtan Park and enjoy the gravel beaches along the Pacific coast. This is the real Pacific Ocean, with waves and vastness, as if an old friend who has met for the first time but has been heard for a long time is quietly waiting for your arrival.
Hello Pacific! Finally seeing you, the dream-haunting thoughts finally turned into the reality in front of me. Are you waiting for me in the midst of the rushing waves? Are you welcoming me with the sound of the waves? Are you calling out to your loved ones from afar? I don't know, but it's like a meeting between an old friend and a loved one. There is no excessive politeness, some are homely greetings and greetings. Pacific, you are so otherworldly!
The large and small stones on the beach, not to mention each exquisite, but at least eighty or ninety percent of the exquisite abnormality, if you can take a few pieces back to the mainland, each piece can be called a work of art. Maybe I'm rare and weird! I have stopped and wandered on the banks of the Yellow River, stood on the stone beach of the Gobi Desert several times, and stepped into large quarries many times, but I have never seen so many exquisite stones. Unfortunately, the tour guide told us as early as the car that taiwanese stones cannot be taken out of the country. I easily picked up a quail egg-sized stone with shiny black hair like jade, and I loved playing with it for a long time, but I knew that it was absolutely impossible to take away, and I was a little sorry.
In the twilight we reluctantly left the beach and left Seven Star Pond. The exquisite stone was also lost by a child who was traveling with him. Goodbye, Seven Star Pond! Goodbye, Pacific! Drive to the place for dinner. Dinner is a small hot pot with Taiwanese specialties. There are too few dishes in the hot pot, only lotus vegetables and an unnamed green leafy dish, but the meat is only pork, and pork in the mainland seems not to be used for shabu-shabu. The more distinctive feature is its noodles, which have a chewy head after cooking. Late accommodation in the President's Palace (Beautiful Home Construction) in the villa building of the Villa District of Hualien. According to the driver's master Zeng told us, the hostess is specialized in home decoration, worth more than one billion (NT$?). In the evening, he ate fried chicken legs left over from noon with Brother Zhao in his room and drank Taiwanese beer bought at noon. Beer tastes average, nothing special. (To be continued)
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