Wulai

Wulai is a small township south of Taipei. It has the famous Wulai waterfall as well as cultural history from the aboriginal tribes that inhabited Taiwan before the Chinese came. It is an easy day trip from Taipei. We got there by taking the MRT to the Sindian stop and then taking the 1601 bus to Wulai. It took about 1.5 hours, (longer coming back).

 Lots and lots of dumplings.

 Yummy sweet potatoes. They sell these all over Taiwan.

Wild pork sausage. Delicious!

The main street has all the foods/museums. Then the street branches off into the hike to the waterfall (or you can take the log cart for $50 NT) or to the hot springs.

 Yummy! Dead wild boar. I wouldn't eat it though because I didn't know how long it was out. I always try to be really careful, and I haven't gotten sick yet! General rule of thumb is if the place has a line it has good food turnover and it should be fresh. Never eat cold street food.

 Poor roosters :(

I think these were quails. Whatever they were, they were selling a lot of
 them.

Pink guavas that look like watermelons           

Bamboo snack

Big tortilla chips! Not really, but it looked like it!

there is a virgin mary in the background

 

This guy was really getting into making the kebabs.

A kid stepped on this bag and fell through. In the U.S. his parents would of sued. In Taiwan, his parents just hauled him out.

Rico is inspecting a cousin of our ladybug

These cars took you to and from the waterfall we decided to walk though.

The cable cars take you up very high.

sheepish after I ate most of the cotton candy.

Rico gets his turn

 

 Whenever I go into a stall with a Western toilet I always find the seat up. Being a girl, I found this extremely odd until I learned that Taiwanese people climb up onto the toilet and squat over it. Hence the worn out rims and foot marks. Now, this is something we would find insane in the American culture, however, for some reason they think that toilet seats give you diseases and apparently don't think to TP it. Sometimes you will find someone who was not quite that accurate in squatting over the seat. Therefore as Rico said "of course you will get diseases from the seat if you crap like an animal!" Enough said about that. :)

As you can see, the worn out seat from people's shoes :/ All in all though, for mountain bathrooms they were pretty decent.