Chasing Waterfalls

Thursday we went with Ken and Sharyl to a little village south of Taipei called Wulai to see the awesome waterfall there. No one had been before so it was quite an adventure! We took the MRT (metro) to a stop called Gonguan and then the only instructions that we had were to look for an unnumbered bus by a 7-Eleven. Amazingly enough we found a bus (which did have a number!), hopped on and away we went. It's funny because we had no idea where the bus was taking us really and so we just rode it to the very last stop and then started walking. It was fun to get out of the city center into a more rural area.

One thing that really struck me was the mix of cultures. We were in the middle of this small town in Taiwan and there were Mazda's and BMW's on the road and English music playing in the little stores. Wulai is known for their aboriginal people and so they had native headdresses and costumes right next to a can of Coke. Crazy!

We ended up walking all the way to the waterfall and it was so beautiful! We were on this windy road on the side of a mountain with wildflowers growing on it. There was a river that some people were swimming in, which we thought was crazy because it was still kind of chilly. But it turns out that there were hot springs there, so the people weren't as crazy as we thought.

The waterfall was breathtaking! It was over 300 ft. high and we took a cable car up above it into this mountain. At the top of the mountain we climbed lots and lots of stairs but it was worth it for the view! The scenery was beautiful!

There was this little amusement park up at the top that must have been closed for the season but it was pretty comical. Danielle and I also road a little ride which was so weird but we had fun! I think it was supposed to be scary because they had all of these things popping up at you and moving around. Danielle screamed when she heard a sound like a gun and then I screamed as a gigantic spider was attacking us. We spent about an hour and a half walking around then took the cable car back down and did some filming for our music video.

To get back to the village we took this little bitty train which was really funny. When we were back in Wulai I tried bamboo rice, which apparently is really famous there. It was sticky rice and other things (meat?) that had been cooked inside of a bamboo shoot. It was actually pretty good! I tried to be adventurous at least once everyday and usually it turned out alright. :)

That night Danielle and I went to dinner at a restaurant called The Diner which served all American food and even had Dr. Pepper! All in all it was a really fun day!