Travel Blog: September 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010

SUN MOON LAKE

SUN MOON LAKE

Location: Situated in Nantou Country's Yuchih Township. From the map, we can see that Sun Moon lake located at the centre of the Taiwan, and it's the largest lake in the Island.

Thao Tribe: Smallest aborigines tribe in Taiwan, which takes Sun Moon lake as their home.

Lalu Island: A small island located in the Sun Moon lake. Used to be much bigger, separating the lake into a shape like crescent moon and a round sun on the other side.

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Entrance to Sun Moon Lake

What a nice cloudy day

Boat which takes you around the lake

"On the way we go~"

The centre of the lake

Signboard

Path of Syuenguang Temple

Isn't this beautiful?

Tourist attraction: place to snap photos

Tourist attraction: famous herbal egg sold by a local granny

Found some dragonflies flew around the skies?

The story of Thao Tribe

Wen Wu Temple

References:

1. http://www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw/EN/02000465.aspx

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake

3. http://www.traveltaiwan.com/e/g3.htm

Thursday, September 23, 2010

YEHLIU GEOPARK

YEHLIU GEOPARK

Location: North cost of Taiwan, town of Wanli between Taipei and Keelung

Why does Yehliu called Yehliu?

During the early days, the locals relied their rice suppliers from the inner land. During the transportation of the rice to the locals, some of them used sharp-end bamboo to stick the rice sack and leave a hole on it, so that the rice may slip out and then picked up by the locals. As result from the local deeds, the traders often said "the rice stolen by the savages". ~Steal are pronounced similar to "Yeh" and savage pronounced similar to "Liu" in Taiwanese.~ (http://www.ylgeopark.org.tw)

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