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| At the not so impressive Cigu Salt Mountain (七股鹽山) in Tainan (台南) |
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| The 40 minute drive to Cigu Salt Mountain |
My travel partner was still unwell and the weather wasn't great but that didn't stop me from hopping on a train for the hour and a half trip up to Tainan. Once there, I rented a scooter from just outside the train station for NT$500 and took off to Cigu in search of a salt mountain I had been wanting to see for years.
The day was grey, cold and extremely windy. I wasn't dressed appropriately which made for a cold journey. The weather, perhaps, kept visitors away as I had the place to myself?! Or it could be that many already know this isn't an overly exciting tourist attraction ...
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| Making friends with the locals in Tainan while birdwatching at Taijiang National Park (台江國家公園) |
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| Taijiang National Park as seen on Google Maps |
Taijiang National Park is one of the more odd national parks I've been to. It mostly consists of wetlands and is a popular place to see the
Black-faced Spoonbills. I was lucky enough to see two though I was hoping to see more. I hung around the area for hours and spoke with the volunteers about the birds and their habits.
The park was huge but after a half hour or so of zooming up and down tiny lanes, I went back to the bird watching site to see if more birds had shown up. Alas, no luck!
Before sundown, I made my way back to the Tainan train station. It was early the next day, at 4AM, that the southern part of Taiwan experienced a
6.4 earthquake causing a building to collapse in Tainan city. It was the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday and not a great way for the nation to start their nine-day holiday.
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