aboriginal village~sun moon lake

WAKING UP AT 5:00am TO GO ON A TRIP IS A PRETTY BAD IDEA. Oh well, the Aboriginal Village [九族文化村] was pretty cool. They have an amusement park there - I went on all the fun rides except for this one called Caribbean Splash because it looked like we would get soaked.

the girls of the group =)

some aboriginal performances

amusement parkk~

hehe... and time to go on rides!

whoooo! looks like so much fun right? ;)

lol at the guy next to me. he thinks this ride is nothing?

he looked and sounded more freaked than me -__-

our photographer haha - he is a student from Germany! guten tag. he doesn't like to be photographed.

one of our trip coordinators!

next stop: the UFO drop..... look at how little the people sitting there are....

proof I went on it!

and going up....

and up...

AND DOWN!

*cry cry cry*

amusement park food: 150 NT$ = $5 in the U.S.

Unfortunately, the skyline to out next stop Sun Moon Lake [日月潭] would have taken around two hours to get on =(.

on our way to the skyline

poor statue being bullied by Mar

what a nice boyfriend =P they're even wearing matching colors

mirror fun!

wonder girls...?

courtesy of mr. photographer

skyline!

We took the skyline down instead and visited the European Gardens and took the bus to Sun Moon Lake instead.

lots and lots of lavendar

the sunglasses trio

When we arrived at the lake, we visited the different stops that our boat, the Princess III, took us. In the village marketplace, I felt like one of the vendors hit on me o_O…… he told me to call him…… I told him I was American, and he didn't believe me. Oh well, I got a discounted price on his fried cabbage and mushroom buns. Yea.

our boat - Princess III

me and my roommate - elle est française!

Sun Moon Lake

do I see a 涵?

let taiwan touch your heart =)

we also visited a temple before returning

roar. lion.

And then, another two hour bus ride back to school =_=.

not before taking one last photo!!

Everyone in the bus passed out. One of the people in my group told us that the bus was completely quiet which seemed impossible with a group like ours. When I got back, I had to finish a homework assignment that was due at midnight T_T.