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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

INTERESTING ENCOUNTERS IN TAIWAN

DAY 3: FORMOSA ABORIGINAL VILLAGE

Travelling many kilometres eastwards (I think) towards the Puli county,

we reached Hakoune Onsen, the 2nd accomodation of the trip.

Was quite disappointed with it though.

it wasn't as nice as I thought.

But shouldn't expect much.

We chose this place because it has a hot spring facility,

but unfortunately, 2 of us couldn't enjoy it!

We could only 眼睁睁see the other two emersing themselves into the hot pool.

Nvm... shall 泡温泉 the next time! =)

The day was packed as we 'rushed' to 2 places of interest.

The first was the Formosa Aboriginal Culture Village 九族文化村.

There were 9 aborginal groups,

each with their own man-made village,

Featuring the interior of the hut they lived in,

the activities they did.

I vividly remember we 3 gals each holding on to a coloured rope,

and we were supposed to make a plait

but moving ourselves left and right.

Aiyah..the pictures not with me ..

Nvm.. we were rewarded with a coupon to redeem either 小米酒 or mochi.

We had a little hands-on experience in making mochi,

like the picture below (though not the actual pic).

And u know what? The mochi that the old uncle made was erm..

not soft?? Lolzz.. Quite a 'tasteful' experience hehe

We also tried our hands in pottery.

My first time.

The touch was... gentle... fragile...

though you would need a little force (amidst the gentleness) when shaping the clay.

Another eye-opener was the performances we were treated to.

One of it depicted the process whereby a man of age 35 years or older was made a chief or something.

DAY 3: SUN MOON LAKE

Thought you only know a 黄俊雄 in Singapore?

There's the Taiwan version!!

He's the driver who drove us on a tour of the Sun Moon Lake (SML).

Hehe

The weather was quite foggy on that day.

So there went the beautiful scenery which we could have taken.

Nonetheless, I guess the most memorable was the long climb up to the pagoda.

Not counting the climb up the stairs to the peak of the pagoda itself.

Spectacular bird's eye view if not for the fog.

~~mngtalk~~ ^___~ _{5:50 PM}