January - March 2019
1. Views From the Top of Liyu Mountain 鯉魚山 Li Yu Mountain is in the middle of Taitung City. I walked around up there last weekend, and these are the pictures I took. This pagoda is for dead people. Tourists get their hopes up when they see it, but no, you can't go up to the top. The green building is the new Gaya Hotel. The building with the red roof is the old stadium. The green space around it is where Taitung University used to be. It's since moved south to Jer Ben 知本. This mountain was a military base long ago. There are still many tunnels leading into the mountain, but the government has blocked them all up. That's Dulan Mountain 都蘭山 in the background. Nanjing Road 南京路. The smaller hill in the distance is Monkey Mountain 猴子山. It's still a military base, so civilians aren't allowed up there. The pagoda from above. The Pacific Ocean in the distance. Still higher up, but also looking toward Dulan Mountain. On the other side of the m...