Ershui is a town my roomate discovered you can go and see monkeys at various times of the day. Erin, Brandon, and I decided to head up there one morning, and this is what we found!!
There were monkeys everywhere! We headed up a path, and on every side there were more. The road wound up into another mountain, with stairs of course. We headed up, looking for the temple we heard was at the top.
The path was pretty crowded, which we thought was a little weird considering how few people we had seen before then. At the top we discovered some kind of festival going on. The next thing we knew there was a procession lined up, complete with these super cool costumes of people twice as tall as normal! It was crazy. Only something you would see in Taiwan, that's for sure. The drums and interesting displays made for quite the adventure. We followed for a few minutes to see where they were going, and to our surprise there was a whole city behind the temple! I am constantly amazed at the use of space here.
After hanging out on the streets and grabbing a few snacks from various vendors, we headed back down the path to head to the train station. It was fun to see a few more monkeys:)
Thanks to Erin for showing me such a fun place!
Ershui is a town my roomate discovered you can go and see monkeys at various times of the day. Erin, Brandon, and I decided to head up there one morning, and this is what we found!!
There were monkeys everywhere! We headed up a path, and on every side there were more. The road wound up into another mountain, with stairs of course. We headed up, looking for the temple we heard was at the top.
The path was pretty crowded, which we thought was a little weird considering how few people we had seen before then. At the top we discovered some kind of festival going on. The next thing we knew there was a procession lined up, complete with these super cool costumes of people twice as tall as normal! It was crazy. Only something you would see in Taiwan, that's for sure. The drums and interesting displays made for quite the adventure. We followed for a few minutes to see where they were going, and to our surprise there was a whole city behind the temple! I am constantly amazed at the use of space here.
After hanging out on the streets and grabbing a few snacks from various vendors, we headed back down the path to head to the train station. It was fun to see a few more monkeys:)
Thanks to Erin for showing me such a fun place!
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