Went to Taipei for a business trip in July, and managed to take 2 nice day trips myself. First to Maokong, an area used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei.
1. Take the Maokong Gondola to go up.
2. Take the Maokong Gondola to go up. There were only 2 + 2 little windows on opposite sides that can open a little for ventilation. It felt like a steamer inside.
3. Take the Maokong Gondola to go up.
4. Tea promotion center at Maokong. Not much going on during weekdays. In the weekends, they offer tour etc stuff.
5. Teapot at the tea promotion center.
6. Teapot at the tea promotion center.
7. Lots of tea farmers selling tea related stuff on Maokong. I had an ice cream cone here for 80 NTD.
8. Taipei looking from Maokong.
9. Hiking trail on Maokong.
10. Saw this dragon fly along the hiking trail.
11. and some lotus flowers.
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13. Do you know what this is?
14. It was for rice storage ...
15. and a shaded pavilion on a rotating base.
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17. Zhinan Temple, a stop on the Maokong Gandola.
18. Zhinan Temple.
19. Zhinan Temple.
20. Zhinan Temple.
21. Zhinan Temple.
22. Another temple nearby.
