要买，要快哦！(day 2)

First morning in Taichung（台中）: woke up early to catch a 6:10a.m. train to Chiayi Station from Taichung Station. The underpass shown here is just outside Taichung Station and leads to the hotel we stayed in.

It's a chilly morning, less than 20 degrees Celsius. So we had hot soy milk and homey sandwiches for breakfast. You can find them in front of the station entrance. They're so, so really good. As a matter of fact I miss them dearly so!

Train arrived ON TIME.

Past all the paddy fields in the morning sun; behind them misty mountains. Took a minibus ride from Chiayi Station to Alishan where we stayed at DengShan Hotel（登山别馆） for the night. The 3-hour journey, punctuated with temporary stops due to road works (they were drilling out loose boulders!) made us realise how dangerous the road up was! Since Typhoon Morakot destroyed parts of the road, repairs are needed to be carried out before the peak season (called 花季）, starting that weekend (we went up Alishan on Friday, 12Mar) arrives.

Alishan Train Station, after the renovation, is still not in use. Heard from our Alishan tour guide that the government spent millions refurbishing it. Majestic, but too bad we could not go for the train rides.

It's 12.30 in the afternoon. and 9 degrees Celsius. Freezing cold, albeit the town centre looking warm and sunny. 1.30p.m. and the mists settles in.

Went for a walk in the park, past a mosaic tile art along a stretch of wall. They're repairing some slopes in the park,too. Saw cherry blossoms and their many other species, ranging from dark pink to pure white. The weather wasn't good, quite cloudy in fact. We walked back to our hotel when it started to rain.

Had TaiYang cake or 太阳饼 we bought in Taichung. Buttery and sweet. Liquid honey filling. oooh, how it melts in your mouth... Dinner? Cup noodles from convenience stores, one of it is the 7-Eleven in Alishan. Then TV and goodnight. It's freezing! What can we do? Better to snuggle ourselves in heated beds than to brace the wind outside...