Jamie and I decided to take a trip to the mountains. Again it was a long bus ride, but much more bearable than a ferry ride. It was sort of a last minute trip, we were able to catch the last train that would get us to the last bus on time.
When we arrived we set out to find a hotel. We thought it would be easy, but it seemed like all of Taiwan made the journey to Alishan. We went to every hotel in the area and we were turned down by every single one. At the very last hotel Jamie asked if there was anywhere the had a free room, so the lady made some calls and told us we were very lucky there was 1 more room for 2 people. We could not believe our luck, 2009 was already shaping up to be a great year! The lady from the other hotel came to get us and led us to her tea house, where she rented out her extra rooms in her house. It was even better than a hotel, it was a homestay, and I love homestays!
Alishan is famous for their sunrises. So Jamie and I woke up at 3 am and stayed outside until 7:05 am waiting for the sunrise. Somehow I didn't think it would be that cold, but the top of a mountain with no sunshine was miserable. I thought my toes were going to freeze off. I saw some kids and it looked like they had turned blue from the cold. When 7:05 came the sun rose in a matter of 3 seconds, I have never seen the sun move that fast before.
After we watched the sunrise we took a well deserved nap, and took a hike in the forest. The signs were crazy. The map would keep turning so it pointed toward north, instead it caused lots of confusion for us. Supposedly there is a sacred tree and a giant tree but we saw at least 20 trees that were labeled as "The Sacred Tree" or "The Giant Tree" after a while it didn't really matter which really was the one, because we had taken tons of pics with each supposed tree.
A 3 generation tree, 3 different trees were growing from it. Taiwan was nice enough to make signs for each. 
Love tree!
Sacred Tree #224
Sunset!
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