Taiwan Trip Day 2 - Alishan Zhu Shan (阿里山祝山) Sunrise Trip + Alishan National Forest Recreational Park (阿里山森林遊樂區)

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Day 2 - Alishan Zhu Shan (阿里山祝山) Sunrise Trip + Alishan National Forest Recreational Park (阿里山森林遊樂區)







WAKING up in the early morning prove to be a challenge to us all... hm.. maybe not all.

Anyway, we thought we are quite early but we were wrong. When we proceed out to the train station, there were already 10 people ahead of us.

Chao Ping Train Station Signboard

Chao Ping Train Station Platform

The train came totally packed. But luckily they do have crowd management. The train station crew will liaise with each other for the incoming train capacity. So we wait at their instructed location and to board from which train door entrance specifically.

Although we managed to board the train, it was 90% packed. Inside the last cabin, the guide on the speaker explained to us along the train journey for what to look out (such as sceneries)

What they failed to make sure was that the train door could be open manually from the inside. (This lady directly opposite me accidentally open the door. Luckily her partner was quick to help close it up because I don't think she was aware about it cause she was having motion sickness). Anyway, so be careful if you boarded the train.

The red train that took us up to the sunrise location Chu Shan Train Station (祝山)

The very sad thing was.. it was all good and bright sunrise just the day before. So instead of a nice sunrise shot, we had a good air and crowd viewing. The crowd there was surprisingly a lot as it was a Sunday! 
Panorama Shot

A heart-shaped cloud sunrise?

We were told that the train will ends it service around 7am? or 7.30am. So we didn't have much time to walk around (unless we can get around without the train which is impossible)

Spending minimum time walking around the few stalls along the path, we headed back to our hotel once again for breakfast before meeting up with our tour guide to Alishan National Forest Recreational Park(阿里山森林遊樂區) which you can find more information here.

Entrance for food

Breakfast

Time for our Alishan National Forest Recreational Park (阿里山森林遊樂區)!

If you can, engage a tour guide to bring you around because the place is very big and it's very crowded at times. Our tour guide is a  原住民 and he actually live his entire live in Alishan. So he share a lot of stories and tales about Alishan. And because he has such nice view around him, he often took photos and shared with us on where and how we can take photos. My photo might not justify for his guidance since I was snapping away very often. Below are some photos taken





 









 We started our journey around 9am and ended around 11.30am where we took the train (forgot which station is this) and reached the main tourist area where we go for lunch!

Tofu with this special sauce and 山药

Egg omelete

I can't remember if it's prawn
Noodles

Fried Rice

Steamboat style chicken 
(but dunno the name, it was a recommendation by the tour guide)

After lunch, it was back to the same old (no idea what we should do) and it was raining. We got back to hotel after lunch with a lot of snacks, drinks and instant noodle for the night. Basically it was playing cards, watching tv etc and hoped for at least a nice sunset shot from our hotel room but it was cloudy as you can see below




So..due to the weather, I would have prefer to stay in Alishan 2d1n instead of 3d2n.
An attempt at some night shots before end of my 2nd day at Alishan

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