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Easy Hike in Yangmingshan, Taiwan

If you are looking for a walk surrounded by wilderness but not really the thrill-seeker, you should visit Yangmingshan when you are travelling in Taipei. Yangmingshan offers a lot of options for hiking trails from the easy one to the more challenging one. We are not really those hiking-addicts and hence, we chose the easy option to walk in the mountain from the Yangming Park (which entrance is located near the Flower Clock, one of the main attraction in Taiwan). Our walking trail starts here.

Somewhere in the park, we were passing by a statue of Wang Yang Ming, who is a famous Chinese scholar in the 17th century.

Statue of Wang Yang Ming in Yangming Park Taiwan

The path has led us to a stairway to the deeper side of the mountain greens. The path at Yangming mountain is already paved and hence, it is not difficult to walk on. Not like those mountains which I hike in Indonesia. Some of the paths are still natural and full of rocks and can be slippery after the rain.

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We saw a lot of trees along the trail path. Refreshing scenery considering that we see high-rise buildings everyday in the big city.

A walk in the mountain at Yangmingshan Taiwan

A lot of ferns are spotted along the pathway too.

Somewhere inside, you will find this beautiful scenery of a small pond surrounded by the trees. Magical.

Hike from Yangming Park in Yangmingshan Taiwan

How to go to Yangming Park:

You can get to Yangming Park by riding S8 bus which is leaving from Shipai MRT Station or the S9 bus which is leaving from Beitou MRT Station.

Spring in Taiwan: Yangmingshan Flower Clock Trail

If you like to walk around the mountain while enjoying the natural surroundings, you will love walking in Yangmingshan Trail. There are a lot of trails in Yangmingshan but since I did not really have a lot of time, I just walked around the Flower Clock area. (To read on how to get to Yangmingshan Flower Clock, click here. )

There is a small waterfall along the way.

A field of lavender. They are still small though.

You shall never go hungry in Taiwan. After a few steps into the trail, there's a food market selling tea egg, fried chicken and other stuffs like sausages. Awesome!

We came out from the other side of flower clock. Here is one last shot of another pretty flowers along the way. So pretty!!! I must pay a premium to enjoy this kind of view in Singapore. Hmmph!

We're going to explore another place in Yangmingshan after this. Stay tune! =)

Spring in Taiwan: Viewing Sakura at Yangmingshan

If you never ever see sakura in your life, you may have the chance to do so in Taiwan. Yep, you read that correctly, you do not have to buy your ticket to Japan just to see sakura. You can simply go to Yangmingshan National Park.

There are a number of ways to go to Yangmingshan. You can get the detail here . I opted to go to Jiantan MRT station and ride R5 bus all the way to the last stop, Yangmingshan.

From the last stop, you still need to take a smaller bus to visit the scenic spots at Yangmingshan. To be honest with you, I did not really know which bus I should take after I stepped down the R5 bus. I overheard a bus driver shouting 花鐘 (huā zhōng/ Flower Clock) and simply rode that bus because I read that name before somewhere in the internet. Trust your intuition much, eh? Hehe.

I glad I did, I love this place!! I hereby welcome you to Yangmingshan Flower Clock (陽明山花鐘/ Yángmíngshān huā zhōng). =D

The flowers here are oh-so-pretty. ^^

And there are the cherry blossoms trees. Sakura season is rather unpredictable. I was glad to be able to catch it before all the flowers petal drop to the ground.

Close-up shot of the beautiful flowers. For your information, sakura is called 櫻花 (Yīnghuā) in Chinese.

There are other flowers in the vicinity too. These flowers are pretty-in-pink. Just like the sakura? Hehe.

Another type of flowers, this time in red.

Are you a fan of flowers? If yes, you must go to Yangmingshan in spring. The air is fresh and the flowers are pretty. Make sure you layer up properly though because the weather can be rather cold up here in the mountain. Is sakura your most favourite flower? For me, it surely is. =)