The second day started with breakfast in the hostel while waiting for another friend of us who changed her flight due to passport issue. A homely breakfast prepared by the hostel staff consists of porridge, vegetables, nuts, egg and toast.
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| A light breakfast |
We headed to Houbihu 後壁湖 for water activity that arranged by the hostel staff. They have different packages to choose where snorkelling charged TWD250 per person without time limit and others includes banana boat, boat rides etc. The sand is covered by dead corals and rock that make it hard to walk around with barefoots. Fishes will swim around you at here and there's big crab hidden in between rocks. We enjoyed there for an hour plus until we scared by the appearance of seasnake.
We picked up by WuDage at houbihu and have our lunch at restaurant recommended by the him. We rented the van for TWD 80/person/hour. Slightly costly but it comes with karaoke system and can allocate more than 13 person which make it worth the price. WuDage is a warm person and acts like a tour guide more than just a driver when bringing us around. Explaining each attraction to us.
Lunchplace was at I-forgot-the-name restaurant where served more variety of seafood and dishes compared to houbihu stalls. Tasted around the same but with a better environment. Slightly more costly compared with houbihu but is still cheap (~TWD2390 for 13 person). After meal desert was in Ice stall in HengChun Town recommended by WuDage for the famous Mango Ice in Pingtung (~TWD165). We ordered another Milk Pudding Ice which I like it more than the Mango Ice personally.
After that he brought us to hundred years old Harbour bridge 港口吊橋. The bridge used to be the only connection to the village last time before they build the concrete bridge next to it. There is "entrance" fee to walk on the bridge which is TWD10/person. We only stayed there for around 30 minutes and head over to the next destination.
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| The old Bridge and my lovely coursemates |
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| The new bridge |
Next we visited to FengChuiSha 風吹沙 (Windblown Sand). According to WuDaGe, the name comes from the strong wind that blown at the area. The wind is so strong that it bring the sand from the bottom of the mountain up to the top of mountain at the place where we standing.
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| Our very first group photo of the trip. SMILE. :) |
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| View at Fengchuisha |
After capturing multiple photos here then we went to LongPan Park 龍槃 and the view here is even more breathtaking than Fengchuisha. That's my blog background picture. A best place to sit on the grass listening to the sound of the wind while facing the Pacific Ocean at the day. You can also watch sunset and sunrise at here.
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| Our favourite pose when travelling around |
The last spot we went before our dinner is 臺灣最南點 (Southern Most Point) of Taiwan. The place is not reachable by car so we have to walk more than 800m to reached the most southern part of Taiwan. There's actually a lookout point at this place where you can enjoy sunset but unfortunately it was close when we visit.  |
| View from the southern most point |
Dinner was at HengChun Town 海王子 熱炒 海鮮 燒烤 (Sea Prince) Restaurant. Recommended dish is their Pumpkin MeeHoon. One of the best food I tasted in Kenting. There also served barbecue seafood. We didn't order much seafood here as we had enough of it.
After dinner WuDaGe brought us to buy some fireworks for stargazing in LongPan Park at night. The boss treat us fruit when we thinking of what to buy. While on the way we get back to LongPan Park we were lucky enough to see little Bambi on the road. The best moment of the day will be stargazing. For the first time in my life to feel totally surrounded by star as there is no light pollution up there. If you are lucky enough, you get to see one or two meteor. My friend manged to saw 5 while I spotted one. The view is so fascinating that none of us want to get back to hostel at all. Remember to bring a torch with you as it is really dark up there that you can't see the road. There are no fence at the cliff so you to be careful on it.
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| The best I can capture using Canon S101 |
Day 2 ended with beer session with Taiwan variety show in the hostel room.
Summary of our Day 2 trip
Houbihu 後壁湖 - Harbour bridge 港口吊橋 - FengChuiSha 風吹沙 (Windblown Sand) - LongPan Park 龍槃 - 臺灣最南點 (Southern Most Point) - LongPan Park 龍槃
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