Friday, December 19, 2008
Alrights so here's Day 3 and 4! We were at Hualien the other time and so from there, we went to Taroko National Park where there are beautiful landscapes and stuff.
Took a tour round the Taroko National Park Office to understand more about the founders of Taroko(there's actually a tribe that still exists now), how they hunt for food in the past and the diferent animals found in the mountains of Taroko.
Continued with photo-taking!
This is the entrance of Taroko Memorial Arch building to commemorate the deaths of the people who whose lives were lost due to the construction of the roads and stuff. We didn't walk further into it and instead, had coffee somewhere with really nice view of the small waterfall. No pics though! 
The white thing is very pretty I think it's erm marble? I can't remember!
And before we know it, it's the hot spring! haha I like! The water is really smooth and clear. Me, my sisters and mum had the private room with the "pebbled" tub with just 100NT (abt 5 sgd) per person and soaked in the hot spring for abt 45 mins. My dad and bro, however, were at the public hot spring (no charge) and they claimed that it was better than the private one. Oh wells.. I like the hot spring!
Towards the end of the day, we stopped over at the Master Bear Resort which is really cool and cosy! It's located in the middle of mountains and we can play with the fireworks. Okay it's not exactly playing with the fireworks it's just erm set the fireworks and then go "wah"? hahhaa
Our cosy wooden house!
At night, there were some games and entertainment by the owners of the resort. They were really warm and friendly.
Went around the resort in the morning to take pictures again.
Goodbye Master Bear Resort!
Left Hualien and made way to Kaohsiung (didn't know that it's actually spelt like this!) Had lunch in a restaurant at Mei Non Hakka Village.
Next stop: Fo Guang Shan
Quite a magnificent view cuz of the many golden Buddha statues around the place and a really gigantic Buddha statue .
Waited for some time before we could take a family shot in front of the big buddha statue cuz there were a group of caucasian and chinese hmm.. pilots? I duno. They were busy taking pictures too.
Hmm I'm sorry I can't rmb where this place is. Haha and this entire collage has the same background cuz I was just trying to fill it up.
Lastly, Dream Mall at Kaohsiung.
My siblings and I took the Hello Kitty Ferris Wheel at student price for 120NT (abt 6 sgd) each. I've not gone up the Singapore Flyer! Tsk tsk okay I know they're kinda different. Each ride lasts for abt 15 Minutes I guess?
I think I'm quite pro at taking photos of the Ferris Wheel. haha
Yup Day 3 and 4 are done. I feel that it's better than Day 1 and 2. Went to the school bash at Zouk ytd. Somehow it was better last yr? And I was "kidnapped" by a few 损friends cuz my pleas to go home fell on deaf ears hahaha. I think I asked if we should go home for like 10 million times before they responded. The hideout was at Marina Barrage and this kidnap was not bad. I could still enjoy the night view although it was freezing cold! I only had 6 hours of slp and I'm not feeling tired! Weird. I have only one pic, yes one pic of us at the bash ytd cuz none of us had a camera with us. Took a few using other friend's cam though. Yeah here's us! (although only us 3 haha) 