Taiwan Day 3 Part A: Mount He Huan & Cingjing Farm

Day 3 - 4/3/2011

Wake up early in the morning to a sumptous breakfast at the minshu. Even though it should be considered a relatively simple one, brown rice porridge with dishes such as cabbage, eggs, peanuts and bamboo shoots, it was one of my best meals in Taiwan.

After breakfast it was time for our 4 hours half-day trip to Mount He Huan (NT 500) . We decided to do a half-day trip that started at 9.30am instead of the sunrise trip that started at 4.30am as the sky was cloudy thus the chance of a visible sunrise seemed lower. It was the right choice apparently that day.

Before we left, the minshu caretaker was asking us whether we were going in our current attire. He said that what we wore may not be enough even though we had wore every thick clothing that we had brought with us to Taiwan. He went to the back of the minshu and returned with 2 worn out but thick jackets to lend us.

It was lucky that we have those jackets with us. Mt He Huan was certainly cold. At some point, the temperature dipped to -1 degree celsius. Even though the sky was cloudy, we managed to take a few clear shots that day when the sky cleared for a short while.

After Mt He Huan, we went to the Cingjing Farm. There were many sheeps in the farms and we managed to catch the sheep show and the horse show.

In the sheep show, they showed us how trained dogs are used to round out sheeps in those nomadic cultures. It was amazing seeing the dog going about doing it.