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Trip To Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan (Part 2)

The first half of our day at Sun Moon Lake we spent exploring around on one of three ferries. We saw a small temple, the wonders of the lake and ended up at what I would call a bit of a Taiwanese 'strip-mall'. Which really just means a bunch of small shops along a road, a common site all over Taiwan. Lunch came soon afterward and it was quite gourmet; A lot of food in a bamboo bowl with desert and a tea. The last two stops we made were at a monument of a Pagoda and to a gigantic Buddhist temple along side the road in Nantou, and after our last stop we started the 2.5 hour journey back to Taichung.

The first picture is just a bunch of extremely phallic pieces of artwork we saw at one of the stores. Really weird, I'm not sure who buys that kind of stuff. Another thing I didn't realize is that they have Slurpees here at 7/11. That really made my day! Lunch was quite exquisite as you can see in the photo of my bowl/plate, although some of the food did look a bit sketchy to my eyes, it was still pretty tastey. We played a few card games waiting for everyone else to finish then it was off to the Pagoda.

It started raining shortly after we arrived at the top of the hill where the Pagoda was so we all sought refuge until the rain stopped. The next stop was at a gigantic Buddhist temple. The entrance way was even big enough for us to make an entire group photo as you can see. The temple was very beautifully decorated. They are not afraid of bright colors here, in fact they seem to use them without any hesitation. After exploring around the temple for about 20 minutes we all headed back to the buses and began the long journey home. It was a long day with a lot of walking so everyone was tired, so the bus ride back was very quiet with everyone sleep.