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After visiting Chung Tai Chan monastery and the Formosan Aboriginal Village we arrived at Sun Moon Lake just in time for a beautiful sunset over the gorgeous lake.
Sun Moon Lake’s Shuishe Village has a nice pier where a wonderful 10 minutes boardwalk begins that was made especially for enjoying the sunset.
We weren’t the only ones there making the most of the setting sun…
We decided we want to stay at the other side of the lake for the sunrise, so we made our way around the lake through some scary temples towards Itashou Aboriginal Village.
We had ourselves a veggie dinner at one of the restaurants facing the lake…
And since the owners were extremely nice and hospitable, we decided to stay there overnight with a nice room with a balcony facing the lake.
As morning came, we could see the sun slowly approaching the lake…
Feeling tranquil and peaceful.
After the Chinese style breakfast, we headed out for a short tour of the area…
Being the good tourist that I am, if there’s one thing I really appreciate about Aboriginals are the way they’re open to publicly display and sell huge phallic statues.
What a terrific spot and zero foreign tourists the entire visit. My mother was saying – "if people would only know 1% of what’s in Taiwan, they would all come here" leaving us foreigners living in Taiwan the ultimate dilemma between looking to share this beauty with the world while wanting to keep it entirely to ourselves crowd free.
Anonymous | February 5th, 2009 at 11:26 am #
Ha!I think it’s because you visited there on weekdays, right? If you go there on holidays, it’s still crowded..
Fili | February 5th, 2009 at 6:23 pm #
Anonymous – yeah, weekdays. I’m sure it gets crowded on the weekends and holidays, but I think most are Taiwanese rather than foreign tourists. That’s too bad, I think :P
Anonymous | February 5th, 2009 at 10:59 pm #
Now,foreigners who read your blog know this place :D Sun Moon Lake is one of the best-known spot in TWN, I think it attracts a lot of foreign tourists who visit TWN.
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nitzan100 | November 23rd, 2009 at 8:07 am #
this post was linked to the Tao A in Hong kong so i am here.
some comments
the lake is 750~ meters above see level which make it cooler in the summer nights to visit.
a good trip for fit people to Shui She Da Shan (shui she mountain) 7-9 hours of climbing.
I have seen some western tourists there but a few 1-2% of the total tourists.
In Shuishe only one western style coffee shop all other eateries has Taiwanese food.
I recommend walk in the see trail in the evening and during the day cycling/climbing a mountain to see the lake form different views.
nitzan100 | November 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm #
this post was linked to the Tao A in Hong kong so i am here.
some comments
the lake is 750~ meters above see level which make it cooler in the summer nights to visit.
a good trip for fit people to Shui She Da Shan (shui she mountain) 7-9 hours of climbing.
I have seen some western tourists there but a few 1-2% of the total tourists.
In Shuishe only one western style coffee shop all other eateries has Taiwanese food.
I recommend walk in the see trail in the evening and during the day cycling/climbing a mountain to see the lake form different views.