We were planning to go on this trip on Aug.19th(Chinese Valentines). It was just perfect timing to celebrate our anniversary. However, the typhoon stopped us. Therefore, we postporned to yesterday(Aug. 28th) after checked the weather report for sure would be a sunshine day!
We left home at 8am and got on highway 5 heading to JiaoSi. The weather was great. We passed the Snow mountain tunnel. The exit was right before the toll gate so we missed it and had to pay the toll fee. However, it didn’t ruin our happy mood.
We arrived our hotel at 9am and it was too early to check in. Therefore, we decided to go sightseeing around that area. We went hiking
–Paoma Historic Trail —the trail was for transport woods before. The total length is 5km on way.We only finished 3K so was 6K for return. 
On the trail, we can see the whole town view. The weather was cheerful, not so hot for hiking. We were very lucky. We walked through bamboo trees, saw many mountain streams
and 
played with water to cool down the feet.
We ended up at this point 
and walked on the same trail back. On the way, the town was even more beautiful & glittered under the sun. 
We were heading that way as Moh pointed the direction. It was easier while getting down the trail. We felt very hungry and so happy to see the entrance of the trail where we parked our car.
Then we decided to enjoy the moment and continued to go on the next tourist pot-WuFengChi Waterfalls. It was noon exactly while we got there. Just grabed an apple to get some energy. There are three levels of this Waterfalls. It is about 5 mins to see the level 1. It was not that obvious and so quick so until we reached the 2nd level, we realized that we passed the level one already. We didn’t have chance to take photos for level one but the level two was fantastic and gorgeous!
On the way to level 3 was a bit tough especially we just hiked for 6kms. However, we believed it would be whileworth to see it.
We were wet already by the strong falling down water on level 3. It was really great to get wet and cool down the heat.
Then we finally checked in our hotel. It is always nicer in the pictures. I was a bit disappointed but we just enjoyed what we got. That is the good point for both of us. The jacuci tub is just right for the moment to get rid all the tireness of our sore muscle from the hiking. Before went for dinner, we enjoyed the spa, steam room for about an hour. The Sauna was not working but the steam room was the best among the facility. The water was so good because it is hotspring resort area and the water is soft and makes our skin touch so nice. You don’t need to put on a lot of sampoo or body wash and you get a lot of bubble right away. You can feel the difference although the JiaoSi hotspring is no color and no smell. The dinner coupon was NT$200 per each. I ordered a famous hotspring vegetable dish, seafood noodle, BBQ fish and shimp and a restaurant main dish appetizer-raddish pickles. The hotel itself has no restaurant and they has package set with other one near by. Generally speaking, the food was good. However, I think next time we will just pay for the hotel not including the dinner if the hotel even doesn’t have a restaurant. 
The great spot of this hotel is the front yard. They set tables just next to the main street so you can see people passing by. We brought our wine( was a gift from Swear. She brought it back from USA), chips(Lays Swiss cheese flavor- Moh said this is the best among Lays), olives and chocolate. It was so cool and the night was so beautiful with cheerful breeze. Many tourist passed by and waving to us. I also enjoyed a cup of coffee from the lobby. It was free! After finished the wine, I felt a bit dizzy but still wanted to ride the bicycle. The hotel offers free bicycle to ride around the town. We were also tired to walk around.
This is a park and you can find the hotsprings area for people to enjoy it with their feet. It was so hot so I felt my head is hot because of the wine and the feet because of the hotspring. However, the heat from the feet awaked my head. The heat just so hot to wake me up from the tipsy status. Then, we went to the GuanGun Statue. It looked like the landmark of this town.
Then, we went back to hotel and enjoyed the rest of the night…..
Today(Aug.29th) we left the hotel around 12. We were too tried to go hiking and decided we just relax and made the rest trip easy. It was too hot so we lost the feeling. We even didn’t want to walk along the Golden sandy beach on the way. Just stopped and took some photos on the way back. It was terrible to drive on the seacoast highway due of so many crazy truck drivers. They drive their truck like on one on the way and like in a hurry to somewhere. I was so scared. Before arriving home, we stopped for a late lunch- hot pot with AC room. It was great. We were so tired and didn’t want to cook. It was a great trip. Thanks for Moh’s acompany. He is always the sweetest partner to share the time with. Happy delayed Anniversary! ~ written on 2007. Aug. 29th
See more photos on my MSN space photo album then.
The first sentence I said was "Siao Ye" (My thinking is that flowers are so expensive in special days. Besides they only leave for a few days. No need to waste money.) I think my practical thinking really pour water on his head. He went to different places to find them so this is truly the part that moves me. It is not how much the flowers but how much efforts he has done makes this surprise even more touching..Thanks, Hamodey, I love you so much! After dinner, we put them in a glass vase. They just look so nice with our tiny room. I decided to take photos for this special moment. Otherwise, soon they will all be gone. 
後來他說他還想做一件事 像狗狗一樣留下記號囉!
司機還很理直氣壯 還好在眾人抗議下 回程時 終於讓我們換車
ㄏㄏ 不過所幸強壯的我並沒異狀 
那個小丑女生來自蘇格蘭 她的大眼鏡很酷
還有來自墨西哥 巴西 加拿大…當然船員志工還有來自台灣的
Living La Vida Loca! 