Day 3 : 7th Oct 2006
We were on our way to 大鲁谷 (Taroko Gorge) on this morning. This is a weathered mountain of 
marble. As the content of dust is very high in the lake, you cannot find any fisherman in the vicinity. On our way up, we were caught in a very bad jam as there are many holiday makers like us. Took an hour to reach our destination, the Tunnel of Nine Turns Trail, the most scenic section of Taroko Gorge. It was certainly worth the wait. The trail is very beautiful and the refreshing wind from the mountain keeps 
blowing onto you. Our guide was telling us that the mountain pass was slowly carved out with help from Japanese engineers. One cannot afford to have heavy piling machines to 
carve the marble for fear of landslide. In fact, this area is very prone to rock falls and one certainly do not need any more man-made ones. Next place to go is to view their A-mei natives perform a 1 hour sing and dance show for us. We were entertained as they sang a Japanese song and got a japanese tourist to sing along with them. Sporty is the tone-death chap. On the left is my sister, who is enjoying herself though. We were brought to a Lingzhi sales centre next. For those of you who are experienced in such talks, you know the curtain falls on you once the door closes. One of our smart tour member quickly, as soon as the talk is over, led the entire group out of the room. The whole view is so hilarious as the entire sales team tried so hard to keep us. Thanks for their Lingzhi tea though, it was really refreshing. Our final destination is a spa resort in Jhihben Hot Sprint area in 台东 (TaiTung). Along the way we can hear people letting off fire-crakers, something long lost in Singapore. Also located along the area was a street lined up with shops and street hawkers. This area is famous for 释迦 (Shi Jia) fruit, shaped like Buddha's hair, so remember to pick up some! Not too be missed are also shops that sell those choose and pick sweets-stalls. The 释迦饼 (Shi Jia biscuit) is very special and imho, tasty. After the street trip , its time to head back to the resort and dipped into the therapathic hot spring. The hot spring in the resort allows the use of swimwears, but swimming headgear is compulsory as well, for hygiene purposes. It was the next day when we were checking out that we realized that the bathtub in the resort also provide water from the hot spring, so there is no need to go to the public one.
marble. As the content of dust is very high in the lake, you cannot find any fisherman in the vicinity. On our way up, we were caught in a very bad jam as there are many holiday makers like us. Took an hour to reach our destination, the Tunnel of Nine Turns Trail, the most scenic section of Taroko Gorge. It was certainly worth the wait. The trail is very beautiful and the refreshing wind from the mountain keeps 
blowing onto you. Our guide was telling us that the mountain pass was slowly carved out with help from Japanese engineers. One cannot afford to have heavy piling machines to 
carve the marble for fear of landslide. In fact, this area is very prone to rock falls and one certainly do not need any more man-made ones. Next place to go is to view their A-mei natives perform a 1 hour sing and dance show for us. We were entertained as they sang a Japanese song and got a japanese tourist to sing along with them. Sporty is the tone-death chap. On the left is my sister, who is enjoying herself though. We were brought to a Lingzhi sales centre next. For those of you who are experienced in such talks, you know the curtain falls on you once the door closes. One of our smart tour member quickly, as soon as the talk is over, led the entire group out of the room. The whole view is so hilarious as the entire sales team tried so hard to keep us. Thanks for their Lingzhi tea though, it was really refreshing. Our final destination is a spa resort in Jhihben Hot Sprint area in 台东 (TaiTung). Along the way we can hear people letting off fire-crakers, something long lost in Singapore. Also located along the area was a street lined up with shops and street hawkers. This area is famous for 释迦 (Shi Jia) fruit, shaped like Buddha's hair, so remember to pick up some! Not too be missed are also shops that sell those choose and pick sweets-stalls. The 释迦饼 (Shi Jia biscuit) is very special and imho, tasty. After the street trip , its time to head back to the resort and dipped into the therapathic hot spring. The hot spring in the resort allows the use of swimwears, but swimming headgear is compulsory as well, for hygiene purposes. It was the next day when we were checking out that we realized that the bathtub in the resort also provide water from the hot spring, so there is no need to go to the public one.
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