Day 19: Maokong Gondola

Because of sleeping late, it was so hard to stay awake at work. I thought I was going to be able to take a really long nap when I went home after work, but instead, I got to go to the Gondolas in Maokong! It's always a place I really wanted to go to because these gondolas take you up into the small mountains of Taiwan where you can drink tea and view Taiwan's cityscape. My roommate's mom and grandparents were heading there that afternoon and she was nice enough to invite me out. :)

We got to go into the glass bottom gondolas, but there wasn't much to see, except green foliage. -__-. The idea is nice, but the view was all the same through the whole ride. lol. Still, it was a nice experience. When we got to the top (not that high up, but quite a distance), we went to go drink tea and eat dinner at this quaint, cute restaurant. The view we had was breathtaking. We got to sit outside with a view of Taiwan's cityscape. It was especially beautiful when it got dark out and all of Taiwan's lights were out. Totally a date place. haha.

Dinner was delicious too. Ate a lot of food that can't be found anywhere else, like these vines that only grow in Taiwan's mountains. After dinner and some talking, we slowly made our way back to the gondolas. It was nice sitting in these gondolas on the way back. It was calming as you float through the blackness, on one side viewing the lights of Taiwan and the other side, knowing you're surrounded by lush, green foliage.