Day 16 : 270508 Taipei (Jiufen tour)

today met up with Mr Meeky Yang very earlie at 8am to start the tour itinerary..
as usual..he's very punctual and greeted us with his wide smile =)

Tour itinerary: Yehliu>Jingtong Railway Station>Pingsi Railway Station>Jiufen>Jinguaishi>黄金瀑布〉南雅〉鼻头〉阴阳海〉庙口夜市
We made our way to the 1st stop in a hr plus to Yehliu..where you see the different rock formations due to wind, sea effects.It was rather spectacular that these forces can shape the rocks into Queen's Head(but during the time when we see it, it seems that the hair of the queen's rock is goin bald..probably due to too much wind.. i think the neck also gets affected..), big footprints, mushroom head, and even one that was said to resemble a human nipple which does not look like in my opinion haha..

Said to resemble a human nipple..what u think??

after walking thru the geological park, more tourists start entering and very crowded..lucky we came earlie..nature formations jus make it perfect for tourists to come and appreciate.. the entrance fees is discounted with YTC as well.. so rmb to apply for YTC once you reach the airport!

our next stop is to Jingtong Railway Station...有特色的火车站..i tink as heard from Meeky, 只有区车local trains will come to Jingtong Station, not for those 自强号..
we took a pic with Mr Meeky Yang @ Jingtong Station..he jus changed his car recently..im glad we had a chance to travel around in his new car, more spacious and very comfy...

another railway station which we come along the way is Pingsi Railway Station.. it is famous of having to send 孔明灯 up into the sky to 祈福..this festival pass just not long ago.. i did read of this event from the net before.. didnt expect myself to bypass this place actuallie..haha..

the weather starts to turn bad after this stop.. it rains like nobody's business when we reached Jiufen..quite mafan.. we have to walk thru the streets with umbrellas..but Jiufen is definitely a place you cant miss.. many stalls selling 铁蛋，鱼丸 and famous food, souvenirs..

the above shows a shop selling 陶笛,we bought one that is shaped in form of taiwan, blue in color..im currently trying to master it.. and me having no music talent is definitely having difficulty to master this skill!
this is worth tryin.. u dun see this on streets of Sg.. quite innovative!

we had lunch in Jiufen.. eat those 自制鱼丸.. is huge..inside alot of stuff... got 鲨鱼肉 as well.. i didnt take pics of the food.. too hungry.. den summore raining.. very mafan...by then, our feet already drenched in rainwater liao..even after finishing eating..it's still raining heavily..the stall we went to has many photos on it.. famous celebrities like 吴宗宪, Jolin i tink.. also got go there eat before..and the lady boss has many photos of herself pasted on the walls of the shop as well.. can go try! is delicious!

we called Meeky to pick us up after Jiufen and we went to Jinguaishi.. both of us have to wear raincoats due to the heavy rain.. our ticket coupons also gone wet..at each attraction within Jinguaishi..u have to show yr coupon and they will make a mark on it..the attractions spots close quite earlie.. so if u wanna visit..try go there earlie!

does this place look familiar? i think it is the place in 转角*遇到爱 where 秦郎，his granny 阿达stays in if im not wrong.. i was surprised to see this in Jinguaishi..is those wood houses..haf Japanese design interior.. very cooling and comfy to stay..

the view from Jinguaishi was great.. is like a town where gold-mining activities were carried out in the past.. we learnt more on it from the museum itself.. which also say that during the Japanese rule time on Singapore, they did send Singaporeans to Jinguaishi to work in the mining activities.. quite dangerous as it involves bombing.. clearing the debris.. digging gold.. refining gold..

from the park, you can see a mountain that is shaped like a teapot.. and also a 大肚美人山..as shown below..where u imagine a lady lying down with a big stomach..we also went into the Benshan 5th tunnel to have a experience of what is it like working within a tunnel to bomb and dig gold.. this require additional charges aniwae.. but it was fun.. have to wear safety helmet..that day raining.. water can even seep thru the tunnel.. there are wax figurines to depict how the workers work.. and sound recordings in hokkien to illustrate what the workers communicate.. an innovative experience..worth trying!and each of us is given a worker's duty card to show that we have been "working" in tis tunnel diggin gold haha..

we left at the time when the park is about to close at 5pm.. before Mr Meeky brought us to 黄金瀑布..very nice!and then is 南雅。。。where u see more rock formations shaped by the sea and wind..
and finally to 鼻头,which is the most northern part of Taiwan.. and so we have moved from the most southern part of taiwan..that is Oluanbi( in Kenting ) to here.. Mr Meeky Yang applauded us saying we have succeeded 台湾走透透!..glad that we have reached thus far and everything went smoothly except for the unexpected rains..feel reallie great when we reach 鼻头!
the scenery of 鼻头is great..the rain has stopped..there were also many people fishing.. Meeky told us most of them are 原主民..after a day's work, they will come here to fish.. for recreation or to bring their catch home and enjoy the feast..

our next scenic spot was 阴阳海.. we managed to see that the sea was divided into 2 colors.. yellow nearer to the shore.. and blue further away from the shore.. this was when we are coming down from Jinguaishi that was on top of a mountain.. but when we came down, the color contrast was less significant.. the people who gave names to this sea is creative enuf to think of 阴阳..we did take some pics at that place..and that was when we saw something more spectacular..or rather it was dear who spotted it first haha..

阴阳海

雨过天晴的彩虹是最美的！

we were really happy to see this rainbow..and quickly called Meeky out to take pictures!this is the 2nd time we saw rainbow overseas.. the 1st time was in cambodia.. we didnt take pic with the rainbow we saw in cambodia cuz we were on the tuktuk when we witnessed it..this time..it jus makes things special..as it was nearing to the departure day back to sg.. seeing a rainbow before the day ends give many beautiful memories!our last stop was to Miaokou Night Market.. it sells many good food and we tried the roasted corn.which everyone seems to be munching on..and had our dinner in one of the western food stalls..i tink i played the gun game again and won a table lamp in return..haha..oh.. and they sell many porn stuff.. from vcds to equipments and watever u can think of...haha...very widespread..after dinner.. we went back to TS Hotel for a good night rest.. it has yet been another enriching and fulfiling day~