We choose the perfect day to spend the morning in Yangmingshan....breezy weather, sun, and bright blue sky. Sighh, why can't Taipei be like this all the time!? We left Gongguan at 8am, rode the MRT up to Jiantan, waited for the R5 bus that goes directly to Yangmingshan base 1, and from base 1 took a little shuttle bus to Xiao Youkeng--a sulfur deposit. From there, we took another shuttle bus to Qingtinggang, a beautiful grassland area with grazing (apparently dangerous--see below image??) cattle. Witnessed a cow eat his/her own poo and some tourists [they like to live life on the edge] hanging out with the cattle. The grass was so green, sky so blue, and the mountains...it was so pretty, it was almost surreal. Then, we "hiked" to JuanSi Waterfall. Hiking in Taiwan basically means climbing stair after stair. Serious glutes and hamstring workout! I will probably go back again--the air is a fresh change from pollution, and there are various scenic spots there that we didn't get a chance to go since my friends had an afternoon class today.
sulfur -- stinky stink!
cattle attacks, really? the cattle all seemed pretty mellow to me...probably because they were busy munching on grass.
all they do is eat, too!
why, hello cow.
it was sorta weird to go from grassland to shady bamboo forest. the main waterfall was hard to capture because the water was treading lightly...so here is the mini one.
the skies look beautiful out there!!! dreamy compared to today's gray drizzly sky.
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