Ticket of their HSR.
apparently, if u book the tickets online there is like early bird price and stuff.
But i wasn't sure of my arrival timing and therefore decided to just buy it at the counter.
the trains are amazingly on time. =)
Here it comes!
I arrived at Chaiyi with no bus to Alishan anymore, i had already anticiapted it, the last bus was at 2pm i think, and yup, missed it by like 20mins or so?
so i had to take a cab up which was abt NT2500
but considering the distance, the price is actually reasonable. Took abt 2 hrs to reach alishan.
my cam and hp died on the way up, so i didn't take any pics. =b
but saw and accident on the way up. a car fell into the drain at the corner. quite scary.
finally, the room, which i promptly messed up. hehe. i was trying to repack my stuff.
Alishan House I
it's slightly off from the main area where the cab had to drop me and wait for thisr shuttle bus to pick me up. it's walkable distance tho. just that the roads are all up and down slopes
The red carpet to my room.
bathtub! but it was too freaking cold for me to want to even soak in water. wasted.
Reached at like almost 5pm and after a bit of rest, got prepared to head down to the vistors' centre to get dinner. the hotel' dinner felt kinda expensive to me.
The fog had settled in, and it's really cold!
at abt 6pm and it's only gonna get colder.
Alishan has a number of eateries, but mostly selling the same stuff. so in the end i had this hotpot for abt NT300
Heard that the sunrise was hard to catch at Alishan but still decided to give it a try since I'm there for only a night. the sad part is i had to wake up at 230am! (oh, u have to inform during check in that you want to go and see the sunrise and they would buy the train ticket for you. ) the shuttle would send up to the train station and from there you are on your own.
as i went during a weekend plus the sakura season, it was packed. and it feels like peak hour at sg. =/
plus it was super cold.
after reaching Zhu Shan, u can choose to just climb up the stairs and there's a viewing pavillion or u cna choose to walk abt 500 metres to another viewing pavillion which i think has lesser people considering the amount of people that came up in the train together.
The rays at about 430am.
the professionals with their hugeass cams.
Taken with S3,
Finally! at 615am!
wanted to take a paranoma shot but really too many people.
it wasn't raning, just the morning dew forming frost on the wood. and it was really dangerous to walk. a couple of people fell or slide down the steps.
taken with canon.
sakura!
dandelion
met a few friendly taiwanese and they accompanied me on the way down the mountain. and help me take a few pictures as well. =)
bought this from an uncle dressed in aboringinal clothes. really nice!
the stay was one of most expensive i had ever booked. but the staff were really nice and their service extend to even after you checked out.
i tried to catch a bus down to chiayi but most were already fully booked. and i had to wait out the time before the next avaliable one. so i headed back to the hotel to rest at the lobby.
think the lesson learnt here is, always book your tickets in advance! if you know your timing already.
i think travelling solo is really quite fun. =)
well.. that's all for Alishan. will try to write more abt the other parts of the trip. =)
