sreda, 12. september 2012

A gondola journey to the emerald peaks

Maokong, 12.9. 2012

In the capital of my country (Ljubljana, Slovenia), we have a gondola to the city castle on a hill. It takes 5 minutes and costs 1,8 € one way. The Maokong gondola takes you 4 km one way for only 50 NTD, which is about 1,35 € :) No comment on that...
I took the gondola from the station at the top of the ZOO, since I first went there. Each station costs you 10 NTD. You can pay with the public transportation easy card. The view is amazing all the way through, since it takes you over the mountains of trees.

the gondola

Zhinan temple - you can get off at this station and visit it. The temple mixes Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist elements which is rare here and so the temple is very special...

City in the fog...

Tea fields

Tea tree :)

Fields again. You can take a walk on one of the turistic trails between them.


The teahouse I chose, was on the Zhanghu trail (about 1 km each way) in an apricot tree garden.

Heaven: shrimp pica, fresh mango smoothie, my notebook for ideas 
and a Hello kitty lamp to keep me company :)


Part of the trail I hiked... Bring mosquito repelent...

The trailes are well marked and many to choose from. You get an english map at 
the information office with all the trails and teahouses.

As i took the gondola back, the sun was slowly descending also :)

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