Sun Moon Lake : Sunset at Shuishe Village, Sunrise at Itashou Aboriginal Village

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.