We are now going to Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan’s largest natural lake. We took the bus at 11:30am and arrived in Sun Moon Lake at 13:30pm. Accommodation is very expensive here because it is a very popular destination for locals and foreign visitors, most of them from neighbouring countries. We opted for camping as the temperature is still nice and the facilities are available. We headed to Biwak Campground, set up our tent and headed to explore the town and have lunch.
In the afternoon we took the bus and headed for Itathao, another town across the lake. We then visited Lao Ren Cha Temple where we had a nice view of the lake. We headed back to Sun Moon Lake town for dinner. These towns shut down by 8:00pm, most of the shops will close and there are not too many restaurants that open late.
On November 17 we took the boat tour that was available on our combined ticket. The first stop was Hsuan Kuang Temple where tension was building up among Chinese tourists trying to take a photo with a stone that had an inscription we could not understand… it was interesting to watch people fighting and arguing because some of them cannot respect others, no surprise in that regard!
We then took the second boat to Itathao and walked to the Cable car. We went up to the mountain just to find out that the station we could get off with the ticket we purchased was in the valley and could not see anything, the only view is from the cable car or going up thousands of steps which we were not going to do! We then headed back down to take the boat back to Sun Moon Lake town. We have to mention that the boats are quiet unique, some of them have a very particular decoration!
In the afternoon we rented a bicycle… not a regular bicycle, a 2 person bicycle! This thing was more difficult to handle than any other vehicle I have ever driven. With all the inconvenience of handling and other hazardous tourists, we had a blast. We rode it for about 6Km return and had amazing views of Sun Moon Lake.
In the evening we headed to Wenwu Temple, the biggest temple in the area. We then went back to town to have dinner at the same restaurant we eat last night as it is the only one that opens until late.
Nice pictures of you too in front of the temples. No comments about the “Barbie Doll” boat! 🙂
Thank you so much for the comment!
I didn’t expect you to have anything to say about the Barbie Doll boat… we were speechless when we got on!
That was my point… I was also speechless! 🙂