太平山 (Tai ping mountain) (13 items)

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The first episode in a yet to be continued series of 太平山 (Tai ping mountain) in different weather conditions. Next: Sunny and clear.

  • New Year's decoration in 員山 (Yuan shan).
  • The entrance to the 台灣山毛櫸國家步道 (Taiwan Beech National Trail) in 太平山 (Tai ping mountain).
  • The 太平山 台灣山毛櫸國家步道 (Taiwan Beech National Trail in Tai ping mountain).
  • Parts of the trail have these funny little stepping stones, apparently a tribute to the wet weather conditions in the area.
  • 太平山 台灣山毛櫸國家步道 (Taiwan Beech National Trail in Tai ping mountain).
  • Hiking the 太平山 台灣山毛櫸國家步道 (Taiwan Beech National Trail in Tai ping mountain) by rain.
  • The 太平山莊服務站 (Tai Ping Mountain Villa Service Station), a refuge from the cold and wet that day.
  • The convenience store at the 太平山莊服務站 (Tai Ping Mountain Villa Service Station). As simple as it looks, it's a godsend when you come back from a hiking trip in the cold wet forest and discover they sell [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oden 關東煮 (Oden)].
  • Warming up inside the 太平山莊服務站 (Tai Ping Mountain Villa Service Station).
  • On foggy days like these you can see what you're missing. :-)
  • Outside the 太平山莊服務站 (Tai Ping Mountain Villa Service Station). You can see it was pretty cold that day. 5 °C is something you don't have every day in Taiwan ...
  • One of the huge riverbeds in 宜蘭 (Yilan). During really bad weather they can actually flood but in drier times they are used to grow watermelons.
  • A field of famous San Xing spring onions (三星蔥). Legend has it that if you steal spring onion from there you're going to find a good husband. (It doesn't say anything about good wives, so I only took the photo, not the actual spring onion. ;-)