A few years ago, an acquaintance showed me photos of a lake high up in the Taiwanese mountains, which she said was formed after a meteor strike. SPECTACULAR photos. At the time, she told me the Mandarin name of the lake, but I promptly forgot it. And I've been trying to remember it ever since.
Anyways, today's China Post and Taipei Times both had pictures of Chia-ming lake on the front page, and I instantly recognized it. From the Sep 18/07 edition of the Taipei Times:
Did a quick check on the net for more images:
Interestingly enough, I ran across the English-language blog of Barking Deer Adventures, a tour company that arranges hikes there. Says it's a three-day hike, "Suitable for the reasonably fit," so that kind of rules me out. Even WITH the new porter service. :-(
But it's good to know the name, now. Makes it POSSIBLE for me to go. Maybe someday...
Depends on what you want to do in three days... it shouldn't be too hard to reach the small shelter that's situated roughly at the 2/3rds point between the start of the path and the lake itself, and on the second day you can get to the lake fairly quickly. Ideally though you'd stay at the lake for another day because it's just beautiful...
Posted by: Steve Chen | September 18, 2007 at 10:20 AM
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No arguments about the aesthetic qualities of the lake; the pictures I saw a few years ago were amazing. But I've got a knee that's been giving me trouble lately, so 2 or 3 day hikes are probably out of the question for a while.
Posted by: The Foreigner | September 19, 2007 at 03:05 AM