Saturday November 24th. 2018 (cont'd)

Some lovely fall colored leaves which is rare to see in the city

Battleship Rock (軍艦岩) in Beitou (北投)

Overlooking the city on a gorgeous afternoon from Battleship Rock

Playing around on Battleship Rock

Saturday November 24th, 2018 (cont'd)

Had to follow GPS on foot to find this place — at 台灣幸福石 in Beitou (北投)

A lovely easy-paced  hike in Beitou — on the Junjianyan trails (軍艦岩步道)

Very rare to see fall colored leaves in the city

The Taiwan Happiness Rock (台灣幸福石)

Saturday November 24th, 2018

At the Liuhuanggu Sulfur Valley (硫磺谷) in Beitou (北投)



At Thermal Valley (地熱谷) in Beitou (北投)

Sunday November 18th, 2018 (cont'd)

Low clouds rolling in quick

Last glimpse of the teapot before it disappeared in cloud cover —Teapot Mountain (茶壺山)


Getting ready to climb the teapot

Sunday November 18th, 2018

Playing tourist around Jinguashi (金瓜石) in Ruifeng (瑞芳)

The Golden Waterfall (黃金瀑布) at Jinguashi (金瓜石)

Stunning views on the way to Teapot Mountain (茶壺山)

Silver grass season with Teapot Mountain in the distance (it really does look like a teapot!)

Saturday November 3rd, 2018 (cont'd)

At the Donglong Temple (東港東隆宮) in Donggang (東港)


These trucks were carrying bags and bags of ghost money to be burned at the boat burning ceremony

The boat being paraded around the tiny streets of Donggang

Saturday November 3rd, 2018

Wandering around the grounds of the Qingshui Yan Scenic Area (清水巖風景區)

Lovely Banyan trees along a quiet mountain road ... well, except for the family that was running a karaoke machine off of a generator in the back of their van with a massive TV ... ugh.

The QingShui Temple entrance