Friday, July 10, 2009

Bear Free Mountain in Taiwan

Early this morning at around 5am. We went up to Bear Free Mountain in Taiwan to practice some Qi Gong. The Taiwanese / Chinese translation would be "a hole for bears" meaning that bears used to live there but there are no longer any bears there at this point. It was about a 1.5 hr drive from where we live in Taipei, Taiwan.

It was very peaceful, there were many strange bird sounds in the wilderness, and there was a stream. I really loved seeing the "stick" palm trees (very thin - like the folks that live here compared to me). These palm trees grew near the bottom of the mountain and were densely packed together (kinda like people in Taipei).

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hsiung+kung&sll=23.5,121&sspn=138.822,360&ie=UTF8&v=2.2&cv=5.0.11733.9347&hl=zh-TW&latlng=2634770812998318299&ei=fNBWSpmpD4awuwO4kfTBAQ&cd=1

is the google maps link to the location of this mountain.

The Chinese name for this mountain is Hsiung Kung.

It reminded me a bit of a tropical version of Yosemite in California, USA. It has a similar peaceful feeling for me. As a way to get out of the plastic surgery office.

- Calvin Lee

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