Taiwan Trip Day 1 - Part 2 - At Alishan (阿里山)

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We started our journey back to where we came from. And yes, if cold wasn't enough, the rain definitely helps to add on to our Saturday's blues.


The walk down still bearable but definitely I won't encourage to walk during the night. With the rain, it could be quite difficult and/or tedious.

Finally reaching the main area. We are wet and cold and HUNGRY...? Okay, maybe just me, the big eater.

We head for our dinner (which was included in my package with lets-go alishan). Luckily, all the eateries were at the same location, hence, even if we are unsure, we can always go search there.

Because its so cold, steamboat for dinner = YES!

There were some dishes as well but I didn't took the picture.

After dinner, it was getting quite dark. We proceed to shop around for tea! And I manage to bought some @ 360 NT for 1 tin bottle, which is still in my kitchen cabinet. Hopefully I remember to drink it before it expires.

End of presents shopping, we went to 7-11 for snacks and drinks before proceeding to wait for the shuttle bus back to hotel. The wait for the bus was a long terrible wait. Without a phone to call the driver, we waited like eternity in the outdoor which was 13 degree Celsius and raining~~~

So when we finally got back to the hotel, it's heaven. (Did I mentioned that we finally get to bath because hot water was only available from 5pm/7pm (can't remember the actual time) till midnight)

So... we ended our 1st day at Alishan pretty early for our 4pm wake up call as we need to get to Zhu Shan @ 6.30am for the sunrise... 

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