Tuesday, May 10, 2011

TAIWAN TRIP ! 4 MAY 2011 ~ DAY 2 ! HUALIEN! =)

Woke up at 7 Am, according to Chin, the sky was bright when it was like 5.30am? yeap.. We all thought something went wrong with our watch~ haha! Because when i woke up at 6.40am.. The sky was so bright that it's as if that its 8am in Singapore!

So we prepared ourselves and went to our Tarako one day tour~~ Seriously we didn't know we had to HIKE! YES! Literally HIKE!




Our messy room~ =X, It is soo big and spacious!! I love the room very much!

Our room's name~~ I do not know how to translate this into English, please don't ask me to~

We went down for Breakfast~~ Lady owner cooked breakfast for us~ Well, its included ~

The outdoor for us to have our breakfast!! Nice aint it?! =D




Simply LOVES IT!! =)


Yummy!! =) Its small portion but its a nice breakfast~~


Simply love the swing !!! =)

Finished our breakfast and the lady owner asked us if we felt the earthquake that night but we said no.. In the end, it all made sense on how come the door was vibrating/shaking ! So it was earthquake~ That solves it~ haha! As long as its not ghost, i am cool with it~

So we headed for the tour, the Uncle owner took us for the tour~ And unexpectedly, he was really talkative, the car ride was about one hour, he asked us if we wanted to eat this specific brand of mochi, i said that i only want one, because i don't really eat mochi~


This is the one~ Red bean mochi, the brand is "曾记" mochi! It is REALLY nice, But too bad we can't bring back to Singapore, it is fresh made and you can only keep for 2 days.. If not, it wouldn't taste the same.. I am glad i tried~ Yummy!

We reached and i seriously do not where were we, because basically the uncle owner won't explain where were we BUT he took us to places that you will never get to experience with other tour guides! =) TRUST ME!












If you do not know what is that uncle owner doing, he was making sounds to hear echoes~ Clapping and Woo-ing away! hahaha! Could you believe it? Me and Chin wore slippers for this tour! We were really HIKING!!





We reached this place after 1 hour of hiking~ 

And after a short break, the uncle owner suggested to bring us down to the stream which its dangerous and normally people will not think of going down and don't know how to! Unless you are those adventurous travelers that only appears on the television shows..

Going down slowly because we might slipped and break our legs or hurt our heads.. Those rocks are no joke!!

They are REALLY HUGE! And when we made our way back up, we were literally climbing! Somehow reminds me of Rock climbing~ That was REALLY FUN!


We made it half way there~~

See how big that rock is?

We made it!! Chin soaking her feet in the stream ~

Only washing her hands~
Me too~ The water was FREAKING COLD! Its like super cold ice water! It was really clean and clear~ It was a great experience~~

Beautiful!

Oh yes, we even encounter small green snake~ Didn't manage to upload the picture here~ Don't worry because you can still see ALL my pictures of my Trip in Facebook! =)

He said that it was dangerous and asked me to stay away from it while i was taking pictures of it, and luckily, i managed to take picture of it and nothing happen to me~ =) He then used a log to pick it up and shove it down to the stream ~ We didn't kill it, just let it stay away from the people walking pass.. He said that we were "lucky" to see snakes during daylight because they only comes out at night~ =)

So below will be all pictures with Scenery, in anyways, the uncle took us to other places that requires hiking as well.. And yep.. Dangerous too.. How dangerous? Its like, if you accidentally slipped and you will fall off from the mountains.. Yes.. That's how dangerous it is~

Yes.. Still with Slippers.. AND LUCKILY my slippers didn't die on me~~







The water is so clean that you can either drink or wash your face~ The water comes from the mountains~ =) Cold water just like the stream too~ 

Normally if you went with a tour, they won't actually bring you up to this small lil temple~ But we went up! =) 

There are 2 other temples even higher BUT you will need 1 whole day to go up.. The uncle even scared us by saying that he wanted us to go up.. We really freaked out for a moment there.. And he laughed at us.. Saying that its a joke! hahaha!







This is where we visited the Swallows caves~ Normally people said that they didn't get to see any swallows~ But well, we did! And close too! It was flying here and there~ I saw 3 times! I know it sounds like nothing special BUT i saw a swallow with dark blue belly or at the front~ Its really pretty and once we heard that people don't really get to see the swallows, and we managed to catch a glimpse of it just made us felt lucky and happy! =)

We even hiked this mountain with a very DARK tunnel/cave for like 2 minutes.. what a experience! It was really dark, so dark that you couldn't see anything AT ALL!


After all that hiking, we were hungry~ Esp me!

Braised beef with rice~ I ate it all~ Except for the apples~ =X


Scary bridge yo!! If you look down.. will give you soft legs.. Well, i did! For a moment there, i was a lil scared~ But its still fun! =) Sis said that she only managed to see the bridge but not crossing it~ keke~


You might think that we keep eating but actually its not, we actually walked quite a distance to get our rest.. So if you think we keep eating during our hiking tour, then you are wrong!

We were so tired and legs are breaking soon already!



Yummy!! Marinated sausage with rice wine~ I can taste the alcohol while eating~ its really good! =)

My favorite brand milk tea in Singapore! But in Taiwan, they have Black tea as well! As expected, it was REALLY GOOD! How i wish Singapore have this too!

Headed down to "七星潭" ~ It is so beautiful!! Simply beautiful!! But instead of sand.. We were walking on pebbles!! Whole place is with pebbles.. Hurts a lot!!





Those are mountains by the way! From far, it does look like dark clouds~ haha!



I smelled "臭豆腐" (Smelly Toufu) , Wanted to try but i was afraid that we didn't have much time to eat ~ So we only bought ice cream~ 

From the Chinese name of that ice creams seems special, in the end, its only normal ice cream.. =.= But still, its okay~ Taste great anyways~

One cone for us to share~



While we went to the restroom, came out and this was what he showed us by breaking the glass bottle in a weird way.. Requires LOTS of strength, both Mary and I tried.. Our hand hurts by doing that! =X


HAHAHA!! Don't my face suit the outfit?? keke~

We were in the museum or is it exhibition? hmm.. Anyways, nothing much, mainly for you to buy some snacks and tidbits ~

But i tried this.. Seems like normal sausage right? Its actually flying fish's eggs sausage~ =) Can't really taste the eggs but its a lil salty i guess? Still taste good anyways~

After this, we went for dinner.. The longest wait EVER! WAited for 30 to 40 minutes for the food to come.. The uncle ordered for us because he recommended it and said it taste good.. So okay, but we didn't expect to wait for sooo long..



Yep.. It was this that i was talking about, well, its good but not really worth the wait..

Headed to the beach to play our fire crackers!! At first we were so excited BUT after looking at how the uncle play.. We freaked out! Esp me! I didn't play except the small black one.. That you just had to lit it with fire and throw it somewhere for it to go "POP" .. AND, Laopo's reaction was DARN funny!! But too bad, by the time, i wanted to take a video of it.. We finished it.. =( So i can't show you how funny it was..






So while they were playing, i went near to the beach.. Walk on the beach for a while.. =)



The time was only like 6pm to 6.30pm .. But it seems like its 7 pm.. haha!

Reached minsu, arranged for next day's dolphins' viewing and we headed out to the "city" area again.. 


Yep.. We rode our way there again~ This time, we managed to buy something~ Shopped for like 2 hours? And we headed back and rest!! =)

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