A waterfall.
Waterfalls are not that hard to find in Taiwan. There's simply so many.
So how difficult could it be?
I think the answer to that depends on your method of getting to one. When you rely on Google maps, expect an adventure.
Especially when you are on a scooter!
And even better if you are with a group of friends who are also on scooters!
After several days of spring cleaning (me- ceiling fans and blinds) and working (Carl- ordering textbooks for next school year), the opportunity came to get out of the apartment. Our week long Chinese New Year break was about half way over, and most Taiwanese were either back to work or traveling the main freeways on their way back from relatives. The perfect time to get into the interior of Taiwan- mountains and waterfalls!
This, of course for us, almost always involves scooters!
While reaching your destination is a good thing, it is the journey that often creates the best memories!
Along the way, we visited a slanted house. Once a normal, countryside home, this structure is in its present condition due to the 1999 earthquake. While a few cracks were visible, the house is mostly intact, yet unlivable.
The owner of the house told us about another family member whose house slid all the way down a mountain during the earthquake with three people inside. Miraculously, they survived.
Our journey took us through small mountain villages.
Mountain side roads.
Some were more like paths than roads.
But as long as there are views like these, I don't care what the road looks like.
In fact, on these kind of adventures, you never know what you might see.
Or sometimes you run into something you would rather not see.
Obviously that's all the farther we were able to travel on that particular road. There was no way to get past that fella. His bark may have been worse than his bite, but I for one was not about to find out!
No adventure is complete without some delicious food.
As to that elusive waterfall?
We never found it.
But, it wasn't a for lack of trying!
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