Day 6: 170508 Rueili-Taichung

a video on firefly which we saw the previous night.. this is a male-firefly..

we didnt manage to catch the sunrise due to rainy weather..

so we woke up at about 7am and went for breakfast before an arduous task to overcome the 瑞太古道。Then, we proceed to the 奮起湖風景區 before making our way to the Chiayi railway station in the evening.

When male boss drove us to瑞太古道, we thought it was just another P.E lesson.. but we were wrong cuz this P.E lesson almost drove us crazy with the steep slopes, endless heights, grasses which are lethal to cut our legs..cuz we wore bermudas.. haha.. but the scenery along the way was the reward for overcoming this trail..


the orange-yellow trail is the one which male boss challenges us to overcome haha..

the echo valley was magnificient.. we shouted like nobody's business in this valley and the echo was clearly heard.i tink we might have frightened the forest animals..haha..

spotted a cute dog while we were on our descent from the mountain.. a team of Taiwanese folks were climbing up from the other end with their dog.. i tink living in Taiwan is fun.. u get to climb mountains as a form of challenege and exercise accompanies by beautiful scenery.. in Sg, u onli have Bukit Timah Mountain.. in Taiwan.. u have numerous mountains.. that's e difference~

The trail took us about 2h before we reached the end.. perspiring like mad dogs and waiting for the female boss to pick us up to Fenchihu haha..Fencihu is a tourist attraction with old street selliing famous local food, railway lunchbox. It is the place where we going to take the Alishan Forest Railway back to CHiayi Railway station. The Alishan Railway Train only runs once or twice a day depending on whether is a weekday or weekend..there are many cabbies trying to ask you take their cab instead of waiting the railway. we saw a lady.. very persistent.. anyone stepping into the ticket counter will be approached by her haha.. we waited for the railway at 3pm and have to wait 2h plus before departure.. during this time..i was looking at how she approach people in the station.. muz say she has the never-say-die-spirit~finallie she got customers...who are coincidentally the ones that participated with us during the trail..hahaour Alishan Forest Railway Train finally reaches at 3pm. we took the ride and snaked thru forests and tunnels before we reach Chiayi railway station at abt 530pm.. it is less windy as compared to taking a car up the hill..felt very relaxed during this period at Rueili.. a pity to say is that we didnt catch the sunrise.. i think 2d1n is insufficient for a thorough experience in Alishan.. if there's another chance, I'll choose to have a night stay in Alishan.. a night stay in Leye where the Tsou aboriginal people are living.. heard that there are minsu over there.. and most probably i'll come during the blooming of the cherry blossoms to have a wonderful experience..

We then took yet another train ride to Taichung that lasted for an hr.. very tired to take train rides.. i think we would spend the half of our journey in trains..slept during the train ride.. the feeling of concussion is there.. haha.. when we reached Taichung.. we went to the nearby Zhongxiao Night Market for some makan.. too tired to even take pics of the food haha.. rested earlie that night...more adventures to come in Taichung!