In 野柳, 九份, n 南方澳

May 6, 2007

In de morning breakfast was provided by de hotel, n xueting n fuyi said they saw their frenz enjoying breakfast in de same pl as us too, which means to say, there’r ntu pple staying in de same hotel as us! Haha, it’s really lyk wat I said, we’ve come to little ntu.

Aft tt, we set off 4 野柳, which is a nature reserve. There we gotta saw de natural creations by de sea waves hitting de rocks along de coastal areas. When we reached there, we saw many young guys, n immediately we knew they’re definitely from s’pore too fr their dressings. N true enuf, I met William, janice’s bf. Too bad tt he’ll be returning to s’pore tmr. actly these guys r here 4 ns. So they’ve been enjoying themselves even when they’re serving ns eh…

Over there, we gotta c “女王头”, “仙女鞋”, shape of Taiwan etc etc. actly these r de natural creations. We spent so much time bz taking pics ard tt we were last to gather.

Next, we arrived @ 九份, where 悲情城市 was filmed. De reason y tis pl was given tis name is bcoz in de past there were 9 families living in tt area. N each time when each of de families took turns to drive down de hills to replenish stock it had to buy 4 all other 8 families too, n tt’s how de name derived. De oni tourist attraction was a narrow path w/ many shops on both sides. Wat’s popular over there was it’s 牛肉面 n 福州鱼丸. De path led us to a pl where we could take sea view n to a temple.

Coming down de hill was really very memorable, as it was meandering thru’out. N tt reminded me of tt time when me, gracia n chang were driving among de mountains 4 7hrs juz to get to our motel. But tis wasn’t tt long, n it’s quite safe actly as compared to de latter coz de latter din haf anything @ de side of de mountains to prevent cars fr falling. Down de hills we gotta c many yellow rocks, n these were said to be affected by last time there being a gold mine. N tt gold mine oso led to de sea having 2 colours of water, light yellow along de coast, n blue further in de sea.

Next, we reached 南方澳, where de popular 妈祖庙 is. N fortunately 4 us, coz it’s gonna be 妈祖’s b’dae soon, tt’s y there’r many pple worshipping her. In de temple, there’s a statue of her made of jade on de 2nd floor n 1 made of gold on de 3rd floor.
Aft tt, we had a 3 hrs plus journey b4 we arrived @ our hotel in 花莲, which is famous 4 it’s 原住民 n 槟榔. How花莲 got it’s name derived from de原住民 tattooing their faces. I gotta realized tt our tour guide was actly very knowledgeable, as he knew a lot on history, medicine, accupoints etc etc, n he can really tok a lot! So we were in de hotel having our dinner, which was a buffet. N aft tt we went k-ing! Thou we din get a lounge coz too ex, there’s oni 1 other grp k-ing. So we could enjoy ourselves quite a lot.