This is one of the view of the street around Ita Shao Pier. The most happening one in the area. You can see the far center in the picture is the hut of Ita Shao Pier. We arrived early, around 10am, checked in by depositing our luggage first before we head out to explore. As we planned to go 九族文化村 or Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, we decided to explore the street later at night.
It normally costs about 1000 Yuan for the admission to Formosan + cable car ride (2 ways), but some accommodation has cheaper tickets to offer, so check with your hotel/hostel before purchasing the tickets via the official channel.
One stretch of the ropeway has a very long span between tower to tower, this is so scary @_@.
Not long later, we arrived at the entrance to Formosan.This is a beautiful place where all the history of Taiwan's nine main tribes are gathered and exhibited. Just let the photos do the talking...
After exploring this little town from one end to another, it's time for lunch. I was hungry and looking for rice (I am a rice tong), but no rice can be found in the little open air cafe which we visited. We sat there, savouring our tasty lunch while waiting for the next round of tribe performance to start.
We had to rush back to the town after the performance ended as the cable car will stop its service at 4.30pm in weekends. A little early, don't you think?
After a short rest in the hotel, we went out to explore the town. Plenty of nice food, but the sun set a little earlier than Malaysia. Soon, we discover its beauty at night.
Coincidentally it was Mid Autumn Festival, where family and friends would gather around, eat moon cake and sip some tea. It was an eye opening scene in Taiwan, where Taiwanese doesn't really eat moon cake in this festival. They will gather on the street and BBQ!
Although we didn't manage to find any kind of moon cake here, the hotel owner treated us tea which he brewed. Ahhh... What a comfortable feeling to be able to sip tea in such a warming festival.
Lastly, we went out for a night photo shoot before hitting the sack...
Taiwan Day 3 - Typhoon Day
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