It's that time again. The following day of adventure in Taiwan.
Went down to the bottom floor of the hotel for breakfast. And what do you know? I meet up with May Fu there, apparently her parents are here too...small world. At any rate, we got the catch up a bit, she's staying in Taiwan for a bit before going to Mainland, whereas I get to stay longer overall...booyah.
An interesting observations about Taiwan: The writing is in traditional, but what's more interesting, is that it's still written from right to left, making it quite an interesting read for people who've grown used to reading Chinese left to right. Can't tell ya how many times I've read something backwards, thinking it didn't make sense, only to realize that I read it backward.
Jumped into a taxi on our way to the old rail train system. We're on our way to Jilong, or as the locals spell it out, Keelung, a pretty famous harbor on Taiwan. We went over to Yeliu Geopark, where we got to see many interesting rock patterns and formations created by weathering of wind and water. One of the most interesting ones, was a mushroom rock that looked like a Queen's head. Outside of that, there wasn't anything too outside of the ordinary that I haven't seen at a place like the Grand Canyon. However, unlike the Grand Canyon, the ocean breeze was well appreciated and kept us cool for most of the day.
The last part of today was spent at Jinshan marketplace, which is a smaller mountain village, which is famous for their duck. There was a guy right outside the place where we bought the duck cutting up many, many more ducks that have been broiled, steamed, roasted, etc. Again, no complaints about the food. Simply delicious! After coming down from the mountains, I treated myself to another shaved ice, honestly, can't get enough of that stuff, haha. Today wasn't too bad, weather-wise, and even tiredness. Solid.
Picture time!
Queen Head: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiKa4WqWtv0QMXDbTDEMv47_X5FfwuQHuyZHQQ5WDDKYh4GAoZF8HLN_kDzAW9Qel395PTZOf6RmbBLvOh0-RnpcBrdIy2AW7LtcTNi67fNHiIElSPDMKx4I-m4C6ujWQbdeQCTOnZK0/s320/yeliu5.jpg
Broiled Duck: http://www.soba-daian.com/english/dinner/img/sumibi_img01.jpg
Roasted Duck: http://www.ctmenusonline.com/images/rp_2_roast_duck_60.jpg
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