Our second day of vacation started out with us getting a little bit lost on our scooters trying to find the church. Luckily we did find it, and it was beautiful! It was my first time attending church all in Chinese, but luckily we had a nice missionary to translate for us.
Right after church we stopped off at the hostel and headed out for one of Taiwan's must see places, Taroko Gorge. I'm stealing this quote from a friend's travel book, because it will describe it better than I can"Taroko Gorge is simply a spectacular place, a wonderland of natural beauty that would leave even the most jaded visitor impressed. Its deep marble canyons, rushing white water, and towering cliffs put it in league with the world's best scenic attractions".
- National Geographic Traveler Taiwan page 134
We took a bus up through the park, and then stopped off to take a little hike over to some beautiful buildings. We had gone a ways up into the mountain hanging out in a bell tower when we heard some chanting coming from below. There was actually a monastery a little further down the trail, and we decided to go check it out.
To get to the monastery we had to cross this swinging suspension bridge, and by this time we were wondering if the chanting was a recording, because it sounded so surreal. When we made it up a few more flights of stairs we were lucky enough to see the monks worshiping, and the extravagantly decorated temple. I think my favorite park of the walk was the view from the bell tower, which you can see above.
I had to put up these pictures of some super nice friends we met at church. They ended up picking us up to do fireworks, and taking us to get some really good food at a night market. They even came to say goodbye on our last day in Haulien! More on the great memories of Taroko coming with day three:)
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