Mom and Dad's Trip to Taiwan Part 5

Day 5 - December 21, 2006

Sun Moon Lake

We woke up this morning and decided to go on the boat cruise around the Lake. The first stop was a floating Island. Due to a dam upstream, the floating island is quite a bit smaller than it was before. Most of it is now floating on a man made dock-like structure. There is one very small non-floating part. The next stop was the other side of the island where there is a tourist trap street where one can get some shopping done.

Morning Lake view from the Hotel

Sun Moon Lake Blues

Waiting for our Cruise to Begin

Christmas Scenes Around Sun Moon Lake

On the Floating Island

After the boat cruise, which really was only for an hour and a half, including the two stops, we drove up to the Tsen Pagoda, that overlooks the lake. The pagoda was built by Chiang Kai Shek, or at least at his request, for his wife. To get there one must first hike up steps for 600 metres and then seven flights of stairs to get to the top of the Pagoda. At the top the view is quite nice and you can ring the bell.

Tsen Pagoda

Mom, Anting, and Ryan outside the Pagoda

Scenes from the Top

Where's the Elevator?

Too Much Exercise

Inside a Chinese painting

Climbing Back Down the Mountain

Sun Moon Lake

After Hanging out at Sun Moon Lake for most of the day, we hit the road again, heading further south to Tainan. There, after driving around for a while, we found a hotel run by Eva Airlines.