View the large
As you can see in the pan, the people on the left side of the pan had walked over to the right side by the time I had shot the final frames.
The original train station was severely damaged after the 921 Earthquake. The station reopened after years of reconstruction this month at a cost of NT$120 million (US$3.6 million). It is the largest railway station made of wood in Taiwan [China Post].
The station’s beautiful information board:
Cathy is about a million times more photogenic than I am, which explains why there are so many more pictures of her than of me in this series of posts:
Just about the only railroad picture on the whole trip I took where there wasn’t someone in the background:
Went outside and attempted a pan of the second and third floors of the station from the balcony. On the bottom of the photo towards the left you can see my shadow:
View the large
There were also a handful of interesting moths, insects, and mosquitoes hanging out outside the building:
After playing around the station for awhile we stopped here for dinner, they make a pretty mean grilled pork dish:
All information, unless otherwise noted is from various tourist brochures, information plaques, and the Alishan Forest Recreation Area website.
In may I was there, you had better weather ๐
Unfortunatly, I read that the railway was damaged heavily by the typhoon Morakot.
I am planning my next trip to Taiwan in the end of october, and I really hope that everything is repaired then.
P.S. I also like photographing bugs, but I prefer spiders ๐
Hope everything is cleaned up in time for your visit!