Author: Dater (ID: 4459) Posted: 2009-06-28 13:27 GMT+00:00 Mileage: 75.75 km
Tags: Travel, Photography, Hiking, Landscape, Adventure, People, Formosa, Taiwan, ChiaYi, FenChiHu, AliShan, mountain train
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Chau and I took a spontaneous trip to Alishan because I felt unsatisfied. I had to cancel the Yushan hike and the weather was not stable during most of the weekends. This trip was a good ending for our month in Taiwan.
Google Translation Chau and I took a spontaneous trip to Alishan because I felt unsatisfied. I had to cancel the Yushan hike and the weather was not stable during most of the weekends. This trip was a good ending for our month in Taiwan.
AliShan Mountain Train
This train climbs up to over 2000 meters in about 4 hours! Its one of the last train of its kind in Asia!
Google Translation This train climbs up to over 2000 meters in about 4 hours! Its one of the last train of its kind in Asia!Beetle Nut Tree
These are the famous taiwanese beetle nuts which are chewed by e.g. taxi drivers or construction workers. Chewing it will make you feel more awake but everyone knows that it can cause mouth cancer!
Google Translation These are the famous taiwanese beetle nuts which are chewed by e.g. taxi drivers or construction workers. Chewing it will make you feel more awake but everyone knows that it can cause mouth cancer!Old car
Chau and me had to switch trains because a part of the railway is still damaged by a typhoon one year ago.
Google Translation Chau and me had to switch trains because a part of the railway is still damaged by a typhoon one year ago.Bananas
Those are not ripe yet! Still on the way to the other train...
Google Translation Those are not ripe yet! Still on the way to the other train...Almost there
Chau is having fun. Finally we entered the new train and continued our journey to Alishan
Google Translation Chau is having fun. Finally we entered the new train and continued our journey to AlishanFenchihu
We arrived at Fenchihu with our new train and had an half hour break before continuing to Alishan. Fenchihu is famous for its Lunch Box which is being sold by older women to the passengers of the trains.
Google Translation We arrived at Fenchihu with our new train and had an half hour break before continuing to Alishan. Fenchihu is famous for its Lunch Box which is being sold by older women to the passengers of the trains.Birds nest
Its feeding time!
Google Translation Its feeding time!Still 25 km to go!
The picture is a little grey because we are in the clouds already at 1500 meters!
Google Translation The picture is a little grey because we are in the clouds already at 1500 meters!An Alishan mountain train is coming (opposite direction)
Now you really can see we are in the clouds! Luckily its not as hot there as in Taipei! I guess its about 25 degress Celsius there during daytime and maybe 15 degress the night. That is much more pleasant than the 35 degress in Taipei!
Google Translation Now you really can see we are in the clouds! Luckily its not as hot there as in Taipei! I guess its about 25 degress Celsius there during daytime and maybe 15 degress the night. That is much more pleasant than the 35 degress in Taipei!Figures at the hotel reception
While we were checking out several hotels we saw those cute figures
Google Translation While we were checking out several hotels we saw those cute figuresOld steam train
This is how the Alishan Mountain Train looked many decades years ago!
Google Translation This is how the Alishan Mountain Train looked many decades years ago!Chau playing on the railroad
She is singing in the rain...just singing in the rain...what a glorious feeling...
Google Translation She is singing in the rain...just singing in the rain...what a glorious feeling...Water repellent plant
Goretex is nothing compared to that! ;)
Google Translation Goretex is nothing compared to that! ;)Chau in a bamboo forest
With her newly bought Jack Wolfskin Goretex Jacket.
Google Translation With her newly bought Jack Wolfskin Goretex Jacket.Fenchihu railroad lunch box
This is the commercial for that lunch box I previously mentioned.
Google Translation This is the commercial for that lunch box I previously mentioned.Pre-sunrise from Dadongshan
We left the hotel at 3am and took a taxi to the beginning of the trail. 5 km by foot later we arrived at 1900 meters. I had to run the last 500 meters because we were running out of time!
Google Translation We left the hotel at 3am and took a taxi to the beginning of the trail. 5 km by foot later we arrived at 1900 meters. I had to run the last 500 meters because we were running out of time!Sunrise time!!! :)
Wow! What a well earned picture! :P
Google Translation Wow! What a well earned picture! :PStill sunrise time! Have to shoot more photos before the sun rises too high! :P
Here you can easily see that the air is full of flying insects. They are glowing beautifully in the sunlight.
Google Translation Here you can easily see that the air is full of flying insects. They are glowing beautifully in the sunlight.A little bug
Wow! You can even see the reflection on the thin layer of water on the wood!
Google Translation Wow! You can even see the reflection on the thin layer of water on the wood!
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