A Trip to the Mountains

I haven't been very many places in Taiwan so two of my colleagues, Eric who teaches with me and Constance who teaches in Kaohsiung, generously took me up into the mountains nearby today for lunch and some sightseeing. So it was a party of three English teachers and two French teachers - but there were only three people... that's your riddle for today!

The roads are very narrow and there is some footage of a car off the road, teetering on the brink of a deep canyon. Fortunately a truck arrived and pulled the car back to safety.

The village we were in was on a rail line of the old narrow gauge variety that has now been abandoned but the station remains as a focal point in this little town which is now a tourist stop. Eric and I were the only non-Chinese tourists in sight throughout this entire day and Constance kept us out of difficulty by asking all the directions and getting all the information!

A little further along, we saw a bridge that had been destroyed by an earthquake. You can see from the ruins of the bridge the horrible destructive powers of earthquakes... and through the ruins the jungle returns to once again take command.

And everywhere the scenery was beautiful.