On our second visit to Taipei city, Rachel and I went to the Yangmingshan National Park to check out the scenery there. We remembered passing by the area on the MRT during our first visit there and was awed by it’s grandeur outlook.

Here are some photos we took during our short excursion. We challenged each other to try to spot at least ten insects and/or wildlife and get a shot of them before we leave the area, hence there a quite a few such photos.

waiting for the bus to bring us up Yangmingshan

old lady selling vegetables and fruits

chopping up roots

More fruits and vegetables for sale

We have to climb a flight of stairs to reach the Visitors’ Centre

Rachel posing by a signboard

First insect spotted – a fat cricket

A stick-like spider

Rachel in a tunnel

At the Yangmingshan Visitors’ Centre

An old poster exhibit

Rachel looking happy and fresh still

Scaly lizard

Slimy lizard

Another fat cricket

Passion fruit! Delicious! But bad for the throat.

Green spider trying to camouflage on a leave

Spiderweb

Butterfly feeding

Shiny little beetle

A large, majestic butterfly

From another angle

Another look again

A fly (we were getting desperate on completing the ten insects target)

A hairy, disgusting spider

Stick insect! Can you see it?

Rachel enjoying the view while eating lychees

The highest point which the public bus will bring you

Slimy spider

Slimy tree frog

Geysers

On the road

Small white flowers

Well-camouflaged lizard

Finally, a cheery sunflower as we end our excursion

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