I first learned about
朱銘美術館 Juming Museum last summer while at home nursing my broken leg. It was reintroduced to me during a History of Western Art class that I took at the university. Over one year later, I finally found the opportunity to take the trip; and what a trip it was!
Two of us drove scooters, taking our time on the way. The trip was exactly 1.5 hours. Signs were clearly marked in English along the main road and luckily my eyes caught the tiny sign written in Chinese only which required us to make a u-turn back to the small mountain road that leads up to the museum. Not sure why the signs are in English up until the most important part; the turn off. 外國人, 加油！
The museum was most impressive and that's putting it mildly. It sits over a huge land mass in the mountains and it took us a few hours of strolling in the hot sun to complete. Part of it was under construction which made the walk a bit longer as we couldn't loop, we needed to backtrack. Although scorching, it was an absolute pleasure. I most definitely need to go back a bit closer to evening time for some shots.
Next stop was the historic street of Jinshan for some food and cold beer. Time allowed us to stop for a jump in the ocean as well. We found ourselves at a beach resort but were turned down at the door as the beach is reserved for the guests until 6:30pm. The gate we found ajar with no cameras told us otherwise. The water was wonderful!
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