making an attempt to finish the taiwan documentary before the end of the year, if i can still remember it =p and then we'll start catching up on the present, i promise!
after leaving a drizzling sun moon lake, we stopped by a peacock garden, where the peacocks weren't out 'due to the weather' (i suppose wild peacocks carry umbrellas? =p). from there we went to the Puli Brewery, which is actually a museum and market of products featuring a local liquor, no brewing of any kind.
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| tasting various dried fruits |
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| urns and more urns |
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| look carefully, this is as close as i get: 'the house of drunk experiencing' |
next stop was the Chung Tai Chan monastery. we took a tour with an ostensibly english-speaking guide, but he was so quiet amidst all the other tours and visitors that the fact that he was indeed speaking english was about all i got =p the building itself was quite imposing though, as was the view from the hillside, and ben enjoyed the museum.
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| have i mentioned you never leave home without an umbrella in taiwan? |
on our way back to taichung, we visited my cousin's parents (my third aunt and her husband), and her brother, both of whom i remember from distant childhood. we were warmly welcomed both places:
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| our cousin in the blue runs this food stand - doesn't he look like p at first glance? |
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| enjoying some fresh-made fries |
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| the cousins |
and finally, before heading to the train station, one of my favorite meals - ma la huo guo (hot and spicy hot pot) =)
till next time!
