Sunny at Last!

Sunday officially marks one month from the day that I arrived in Taiwan. Aside from not understanding much Chinese yet, things are going fairly well. One thing, however, that I haven't gotten used to is RAIN. 

Friends had warned me that Taiwan is infamous for raining in the winter, though I brushed this off thinking they were exaggerating. However, I have now realized that they were far from exaggerating!

Of the 28 days I have been in Taiwan,  it has rained on 25 of the days. After not taking advantage of the first two sunny days, I decided that there was no time like the present to do something new here in Taipei. So, after my Chinese lessons I hopped on the MRT and then a bus and headed to a touristic village called Wūlǎi. 

The village lies on the outskirts of Taipei City and takes approximately 40 minutes by bus to get to. 

The first stop on the trip was to a restaurant for lunch. I decided to try the stir-fried noodles featured below. 

Stir Fried Noodles

炒麵

The next stop on the excursion was to the miniature train running 1.6 kilometres  and arrives at a waterfall in the mountains. The ride cost about 1.50 CAD and is about 10 minutes. The ride is quite bumpy and at times it felt like we might come off the tracks when going through the curves, but at a breath taking 5-6 kilometres, I am sure that wouldn't be possible. 

There is also a gondola that brings riders to the top of the waterfall, but we didn't have time to ride it this time. I guess it's good to leave some things to do for next time I visit!

With mountains in the background and a river flowing through the middle, the area the village is very Taiwan-esque. 

Tomorrow and Sunday are also supposed to be sunny and warm, so I will hopefully be able to take advantage of the nice weather to take some photos and visit some other new places.