So we had to wake up at 7am to prepare and head out , after preparing, we headed out to the nearby breakfast store to eat and alvin and alwin got their lunch to takeaway as well.
We then took the bus to 淡水mrt and took the mrt to 北投，and then wait for a long 40mins for the bus to 阳明山。
It was a long bus ride, somewhat like genting if i were to say the landscape of the entrance of the mountain.
There was alot of elderly in the bus and the bus was going round and round the wavy mountain roads, which made me a little motion sick but its all good.
After reaching we Had to take another transfer bus to go in further to the mountain. there was a few tourist traps there at the bus terminal while waiting such as people offering absurd prices just to ferry the people up in cars and was lying about the travel time of the bus being long and pointless. But the bus came and he was so wrong.
Upon arrival we were greeted with rain, countless of rain in fact thru out the whole journey.
The sulfur spewing mountain was right at the entrance and it amazed me as i have never seen such sights before, it smelled like hard boiled eggs to me somehow.
We then began climbing.
It was steep, Countless of stairs and rocky platforms that was dangerous.
As we go higher the fog gets more thicker and we couldnt even see the place where we came from.
It was a cool sight to look at and it was pretty chilling as well.
When we reached the peak after i would say an hour plus ?
we sat at the top and was glancing around, due to the rainy season the fog covered literally everything so we didnt really get to see the beautiful sceneries, there was also alot of huge bugs flying around at the peak and i dont know why.
We then began our descent and walked.
It started pouring heavily as we were climbing down the steep rocks , i almost fell a couple of times.
Our bodies were drenched completely.
After that agonizing descent we arrived in the hot spring area.
took a bit of rest outside at the gazebo and decided to go in to have some relaxing time.
This is where i got so shocked.
As we went in ,the whole hot spring( male only) was filled with naked old men, so we were quite awkward at first as we didnt really know what to do so i decided to go in with my boxers.
Only to get reprimanded in a funny way by the old dudes, saying everyone here is naked so theres nothing to be scared or afraid, so in our minds we just said f*ck it and stripped down , we also had to scrub clean our own bodies before entering.
After soaking in the natural hot spring water for awhile , i realised its not too bad afterall .
Upon finishing we wore back our soaked shirts as we didnt bring our towels and headed back home.
SHIHLIN NIGHT MARKET
so we decided have a stop here and have a quick dinner, i got some chicken cutlet and pork pepper buns.
Afterall , today is a unforgettable experience as i would never get it in singapore.
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