Rebecca and I were "hiking mates" along the way. We love the weather, which was just moderate and not even close to cold, and we were able to hide in the shade for cooling down a bit or let the sun shine on us for a soak of warmness. Beside the weather, we adored the landscape and vegetation along the trail. We were having so much fun since we got the chance to take our time and appreciate the everything around us. Since this was my first time here, I was too excited that I kept asking Rebecca to take photos of the mountains and me.
The hiking entrance of the main peek of Mt.Hehuan. Here's Rebecca at the entrance.
Along the way, I just can't get enough of the beautiful sceneries and I those plants that I had never seen at a lower elevation.
I think it was because we were still adapting to the environment in hight mountains, so it was harder to walk fast. But slowing down was just what I needed, being able to take a closer look at the world, this paradise.
This was how the scenery on the top of the main peek looks like. We counted that we could see 10 layers of mountains through this angle.
This is the sign of the elevation: 3416m. It is worth noted that there was another sign showing the elevation of the peek; however, according to a hiker who seemed very experienced, this should be the exact point where they measure the elevation. And he also said that the scenery level there on the sign is level 3, which means the distance we can see from there is at most 4km (if I memorize it correctly).
Before ending my post here, I would like to mention about our driver, who was a really nice and experienced person, he already had 30-year experience being a driver. One thing special about driving in Mt.Hehuan is that the drivers are all equipped with something like a walkie-talkie on the car, and they have to report constantly about where they are so that cars won't run into each other so that the traffic won't be stuck. Also, the driver called normal cars "小烏龜" and the motorcycles "風火輪".
The hiking entrance of the main peek of Mt.Hehuan. Here's Rebecca at the entrance.
Along the way, I just can't get enough of the beautiful sceneries and I those plants that I had never seen at a lower elevation.
I think it was because we were still adapting to the environment in hight mountains, so it was harder to walk fast. But slowing down was just what I needed, being able to take a closer look at the world, this paradise.
This was how the scenery on the top of the main peek looks like. We counted that we could see 10 layers of mountains through this angle.
This is the sign of the elevation: 3416m. It is worth noted that there was another sign showing the elevation of the peek; however, according to a hiker who seemed very experienced, this should be the exact point where they measure the elevation. And he also said that the scenery level there on the sign is level 3, which means the distance we can see from there is at most 4km (if I memorize it correctly).
Before ending my post here, I would like to mention about our driver, who was a really nice and experienced person, he already had 30-year experience being a driver. One thing special about driving in Mt.Hehuan is that the drivers are all equipped with something like a walkie-talkie on the car, and they have to report constantly about where they are so that cars won't run into each other so that the traffic won't be stuck. Also, the driver called normal cars "小烏龜" and the motorcycles "風火輪".
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