Last weekend (25/11-26/11) I went on a trip with some of my friends to Pingtung/Kenting. Although it was my second time going there but I was surprised to see so many different things which I had never thought of.
Our journey started from Tainan Station, since there are no direct train to Kenting, our tour company has arranged a car for us from Koushiung; Xinzuoying train station. Here we meet our driver(Xiaoqi). She is one fun loving lady. From there she took us to kenting. It took us two and a half hours to reach there, but with the company of friends and good music, it felt like it got over in a flash.
At first we arrive at Hengchung, where we first visited at Leshan Eco Con. This store sells many local products and I was amazed to see this place as it has many toys, food and Skulls. Not sure if they were original or they have been carved but they definitely picked my Interest.
Our next stop was a Hike. we had no idea what kind of hike it was, so of us were hesitating to take it, as most of us hasn’t been on a hike before, but at the end every one of us decided to take it. We were told that we would follow the trail that school children used to take it during the Japanese occupation in Taiwan.
At first our Hike doesn’t seem very hard but the more we went into the forest we realized it was not easy for those school children and for us. It took us way longer to finish our Hike, although it was something I really like. Our tour Guide Mr. Chang showed us toys which children use to play with and it will definitely not consider safe in this times. Our tour guide showed us how they use to make traps for birds and small animals. Like shooting needles through a hollow bamboo stick, although we just tried to shoot wet tissues from them. On our whole journey he taught us how hard the life was back in the days and how kids use to set up traps for their meals and how hard it was for them. He also made us rings with leaf and showed us how to call eagles through a leaf whistle then there was pinwheel and other toys too.
After the hike we were really hungry and exhausted. Now it was the time for lunch. Although I wanted to eat some meat at that time but with our surprise, we have been taken to a small restaurant in the hills. My first impression was not so good about this place but when the food arrived I was stunned by the taste of this local cuisine. I will say I wanted to taste some meat but this was even better. It’s called Yu-Lai-Gu,
里山生態公司負責人林志遠（右一），帶領一群「hen傻」的年輕同事，在恆春半島推動吃力不討好的生態旅遊。（圖片提供／里山生態公司）
