11 November 2006: Yangmingshan

Francoise, Jasmine, Mu'en and I went to Yangmingshan（阳明山） in the afternoon. Yangmingshan is not an attraction; it is a site of many attractions. We had only time to venture one of the attractions, which is the Chingtienkang（擎天岗）. I am serious when I say that many days would be needed to explore the whole mountain.

We LOVE the place. It is covered with a huge green blanket and herds of cattle had used to graze the pasture. I heard from Jasmine and other friends that this exact spot had been the filming location of some Rainie Yang and Mike He show, as well as of many MTVs of Mandarin-pop songs. As Mongoloids, we truly like the emptiness and vastness of it all.

After covering about 10km on foot, we finally caught the long-awaited sunset. This scene of the red disc setting beyond the horizon had more than compensated for the cold and long hiking up those tracks at our altitude. I was almost frozen in my "defenseless" shirt.