Sun Moon Lake

Port at Sun Moon Lake

This past week we went to Sun Moon Lake, a lake in the middle of Taiwan, on our day off.  It is a place that is sacred to the aboriginal people of Taiwan.  We had paid to take the express train, but ended up getting on a slower local train by mistake.   However, it gave us the chance to see the beautiful scenery of rice fields, mountains, industrial areas and big towns along the way.  Once at the lake we ate a traditional Taiwanese food of chicken curry.  We got tickets to ride a boat to several points on the lake.  We had our pictures taken with the stones that said Sun Moon Lake in Chinese and viewed a Buddhist temple in honor of the man who brought the Buddhist scriptures to China.   All day long, our two Thai friends filled us up with local delicacies, such as wild boar hot dogs, eggs boiled in tea, young fern, oriental jellies and of course, ice cream which melted faster than we could eat in the heat of the day. The return train trip went faster and we were all glad to see our beds upon returning home at 10:30 PM.