Day 5: 160508 Rueili

woke up earlie for a Tse Chiang train ride to Chiayi.. is about an hr plus..
and was quite stunned to see people crossing railway tracks and transfer trains.. there seem to be households staying around the railway station.. and people from there just walk into the tracks to take trains.. i wonder if is legal???
once reached Chiayi railway station, we waited for Mr Lin taxi cabbie to drive us up to Rensheng Holiday Resort.. it was a windy and dizzy ride up the hill.. and before we know it.. we are so way high up from the floor..the scenery up the hill was breathtaking though it was rather misty cuz in the midst of clouds in the hills.. we encounter snake crawling out..machiam to welcome us.. when we are up the hill... saw many bamboo shoots along the way.. never see so many except in those 武侠片 haha...and finallie after abt an hr plus.. we reached the beautiful Rensheng.. this is the place which took our breath away.. very glad to choose it..
is peaceful...cooling.. no airconditioner required cuz is oreadi very cold..they even haf toys.. and they decorate the resort to suit a particular theme..after settling down, lady boss went cooking lunch for us.. i didnt expect much for lunch until we were greeted with a table of organic food..赞赞！lady boss is also very humourous one...male boss is a 原主民..very experienced and nice man..


after lunch.. we are going trekking!in one of the mountains that i forgot..this is the 1st mountain we would be encountering in this trip..our 1st day itinerary includes 雲潭瀑布(this was dried up due to lack of rain..what we see are only stones)→午餐→千年蝙蝠洞(very unique, even saw a land full of batshit shown in pic below)、燕子崖→情人橋→晚餐→夜遊(賞螢)→夜宿瑞勝渡假木屋.

what comes additional and unexpected is a trip to 水蜜桃plucking.. as it was during the harvest season, male boss brought us to this farm.. what adds to the fun was we were plucking fruits in the rain! aside me and dear, there were a group of 台南folks..a Taiwanese couple too to pluck fruits.. we haf to grab and eat as many peaches as possible.. provided they are 熟, meaning red and bits of yellow patches..and it was raining heavily..all of us got real drenched after this experience haha..Land full of Batshit

水蜜桃 plucking

after that, we went back to the resort for a warm bath before having yet another sumptious dinner..is like a 5-persons-meal savoured by just 2 of us.. very very full.. feel so sleepy after the meal..as the weather wasnt quite good, there was a possibility we cant see fireflys.. but things turn better at about 9pm when there's no rain.. male boss called us out and there we were searching to see the beauty of fireflies! A male firefly with lighting on the last 2 segments.

everyone were excited to see the whole forest filled with fireflies beaming with bright lights that seeming to welcome the crowd.. male boss said it was fortunate enough to see them even when the rain has ended cuz sometimes they all would hide after rain and come out only when the weather is fine..a memorable experience indeed!