Day 24 || Tai Ping Shan and Loudong

Another weekend trip with my TN. This time, I went with all of the volunteers of Kangle community. It is a weekend trip to go to another Kangle community in Taipei city, however, we spend the whole Saturday at Luodong, Yilan.

The trip started at 6.30 am. As usual, we volunteers would have to sweep the neighborhood before we head off. Choo choo choo.. heading off to Tai Ping San. And as usual, K-ing during the whole bus trip is no longer new to me.

-Stopover toilet break - -100m toilet waiting line -

Honestly, before I came to take this trainee-ship, the only thing that came up from my mind about Taiwan is her bustling cities and night markets. I did not know that Taiwan have such beautiful and natural landmark such as Tai Ping San. Tai Ping San is located at Yilan, east of Taipei, it took around 1 hours from Taipei to Yilan.

We had to walk from the bus parking site toward the site...Mist and greeneries everywhere~~ it looks like as if it comes out from a chinese calligraphy painting. The weather was extremely cold that day and I was wearing sandals >.>'

- Tai Ping San -- Group Photo - Besides the sceneries, Tai Ping Shan is also renowed for their Bong Bong Train .. where it tooks the visitor to another site. There are time slot for that special train. Why is it called the Bong Bong train? The train had not been renewed yet .. it still holds that old train feeling. When we move... the conductor would sounds a signal "Choo Choo". Below is the video of me inside the train (the train sound and the beautiful sceneries). It tooks us 15 minutes to go to the other site.

- The Station -- Old Couple waiting for the Train -Don't they look cute together? They were so shy when asked to hug each other for photo taking hehe.

What beholds on the other site??

The forbidden forrest in Hogwarts!

- Forrest in LOTR -

where Frodo hides from the Black Riders

Haha too bad it is NOT!! .. it's Taiwan National Forest Recreation. Beautiful eh?

I felt like I am inside in both Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter movie site already. It feels so mystical~~
As I walked through the tall trees, a strange feeling come upon me. Somehow, I began to miss my parents a lot, I wished they were here with me. Though I have been accustomed living overseas for years, this is probably the first time I felt so strongly about missing them.