I just got back from a half-day trip to a place called WuLai, which is a village southwest of Taipei that's famous for its hot springs. It's tucked away several mies up a winding valley, with verdant mountains that shoot straight up several hundred feet from a clear, swift-flowing river.
I took a lot pictures of the scenery and of the food but my camera chopped off the bottom of most of them. I have no idea why. So, while this was going to be another long, entertaining entry, I'm just going to post some of the pictures that haven't been mangled and then try and figure out what the ___ is going on. I think maybe the moisture is the air is making it angry.
So, with no further ado...
WuLai is thee name of the village in the language of the original Atayal aborigines, whose ancestors came to the island either from southern China or Southeast Asia perhaps 7,000 years ago. The town's name means "hot and poisonous" in their language.
I mentioned the mountains in the valley. Here's the only, only shot I have left of the many I took of the cloud-wreathed peaks:
Finally, lunch. Each little village and tourist stop has its own specialty food. WuLai's is a cool little thing called zhu tong fan - "bamboo tube rice" - which is a mix of super-sticky rice, nuts, and what seemed like mushrooms. It's steamed, and served in a foot-long tube of bamboo:
It looks a little bit odd at first, but it's delicious. I had proof of its tastiness (a photo taken five minutes later than this one with an empty bamboo tube), but, convienently, 80% of the photo is gone. Meh.
2 comments:
I'm pretty sure a "that's what she said" is required somewhere in there.
Dwight Schrute: Thank God. It was nice of him to offer, but I live in a 9-bedroom farmhouse. I have my own crossbow range. It’s the perfect situation for me, although two bathrooms would have been nice. We just have the one...and that's out under the porch.
have you checked to see if the lens cover isn't opening properly?
this is a very common camera problem, and easily remedied with a little jiggle of the finger on the offending half of the lens cover that sticks. Usually after several manual jiggles it starts to work properly again.
What kind of camera do you have?
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