April 21, 2015 was a sea day spent crossing the East China sea
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| The queen behind the Queen's head rock at Yeliu Park |
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| Entering the port of Keelung |
We are in the port of Keelung, the harbor for Taipei, which is where David went to see the National Palace museum which holds some of the artifacts found in the Forbidden City. The artifacts were moved in 1931 to avoid the ravages of an impending Japanese invasion.
the happy Buddha
Vista from the park area. Our ship is in the harbor
One of Buddha's guardians.
The fishermen have lights along the perimeter of the boats because they fish at night.
The Yeliu Park is on a promontory one mile into the sea. There are an amazing variety of rock formations formed by erosion of the natural sandstone from wind, rain, and earthquakes.
There are the tofu rocks
The princess rock. The neck is a little stronger.
The gorilla
I went on an overcast, 70 degree day to Keelung and the Natural Wonders of Yeliu. We drove through the small harbor town and went up to the Chung Cheng Park and saw the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy Statue. This imposing statue oversees the harbor and can be seen from our balcony. I climbed up to the top to see the view of the area. There were Buddha statues, and a reclining Buddha. There were a fair number of tourists.
Amusing followers of Buddha
the reclining Buddha
View from inside the Goddess of Mercy statue
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| The holes are the little windows from which you can take photos from the Goddess of Mercy statue |
Next we drove on a very windy road along the shoreline, east, With a steep cliff on one side and beautiful coastline. By the park is a fishing village.
There are mushroom rocks.
This looks like barnacles
More mushroom shapes.
There are the Queen's Head rock. The neck is getting close to falling apart. The community is divided as to whether or not to fix it or let it fall as nature intended. But every Chinese tourist must have their photo taken here. I opted for my photo behind her majesty because the cue was very long.
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| The queen behind the Queen's head rock at Yeliu Park |
The fairy shoe
The elephant
The candle rocks
This area is active geologically. They had a big earthquake two days ago.
I didn't get to the actual city of Taipei, but David didn't seem to think I missed much, at least at the museum.
He mentioned the same thing I saw, which was Chinese protesters of abuse by mainland China of a certain group of people who were reluctant organ donors. The large numbers of Chinese tourists can see this and learn about it because in China the internet is censored. Our guide explained about it but thought that it might be exagerated.
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