Wednesday, May 16, 2012

White-chan in Taiwan - Beautiful Calla Lilies on 陽明山



























My Taiwanese friends were so concerned when they learned that we were planning to go up to 陽明山. "But you don't have a car, how do you go up the mountain?" they asked. But hey, it's actually not that difficult using the public transport lah! This is all you need to do: Take MRT to 北投 station, then take minibus 小九. That's it! Easy right? The only thing is that the bus is running on a 40mins interval (you think got so many people going up the mountain meh?), so if suay suay miss one, then have to walk around the station lor!





















The journey up the mountain is not very long, and the best part is that the minibus stops right at the main attraction - 竹子湖! Cool!

NOTE: My dear old Canon 400D died on me after I was caught in the heavy rain back from Kaohsiung, so all these Calla lilies photos are taken using my new Panasonic G3 instead. And boy am I impressed with what this micro four-thirds can do!

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Yang Ming Shan 陽明山竹子湖

Even thought it is already the end of the Calla lilies season, the scenery at 陽明山 is really beautiful. There are also private plantations on the mountain that you could visit if you dine at a minimum amount at their restaurants. But let me tell you this, their minimum amount is redundant if you are having lunch there lor! The meal ended up about SGD20 per person leh! It is really not cheap, but what to do? This is a tourist attraction after all! But ok lah, at least the wild vegetables are fresh, the 3-cups chicken is tasty and the sweet potato soup is to die for!

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