Sunday, August 7, 2011
We wondered outside and found a long, yellow covered walkway and decided to see where it led us. It ended at a tea house, which softened the blow of not being able to ride the gondola to the Maokong Station.
We wondered outside and found a long, yellow covered walkway and decided to see where it led us. It ended at a tea house, which softened the blow of not being able to ride the gondola to the Maokong Station.
They had tables and stools made of tree stumps. They served us a pot of tea, large roasted soy nuts and rice krispie like treats.
We also bought Kaylee an ice cream cup and weren’t sure how much all of this would cost. Troy handed them $100 NT (~$3USD) and they gave him a lot of change. We realized they only took donations. Kaylee dropped some money in the money box and they wanted her to ring the bell for good fortune.  |
| Ringing the Bell for good fortune |
They didn’t speak any English, but tried really hard and one lady in particular was dying to practice. They kept trying to serve us more and more tea and snacks. They would not let us pay any more money. Kaylee was approached by a man who tried to talk to her and gave her a tea egg. Kaylee was a bit turned off by the color, but did take a bite.
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| Tea Egg |
We were then joined by two Americans. One was an older lady who works for the Social Security Administration (?) and has lived in Taiwan for the past 12 years. She was getting ready to retire. The other was a young lady from Texas. After they left, the tea house ladies offered us their tea and when we decided to leave insisted we take all the snacks with us and bagged them up. Quite a wonderful experience for around $2 USD.
The only downside to the place was the toilet. Could not find any toilet paper, so was glad to have my little mini travel roll. I realized on the way out there was a pay dispenser.
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