Alright so here's a map of Kaohsiung. I'll show you we're going to go.

So there are two main ways, two main trailheads to climb the mountain.

The first one is here. The locals call this trailhead Shou Shan

even though this mountain, you can see, is pretty much all one mountain,

I don't know maybe it's technically two -

but it's pretty much all one mountain.

This side is Shou Shan, the south side,

and the north side is called Chai Shan,

that's kind of how the locals will differentiate the two,

and you can see this is kind of the center of Kaohsiung,

this is Formosa Boulevard station,

this is the red MRT line and this is the orange MRT line

so you can't catch the MRT directly to the mountain

but you can consider catching it up to one of these stations

and grabbing a taxi across depending on where you're staying.

So if you're a family if you want to go to the zoo

and you want to make a day of it then maybe climbing up here

at Shou Shan Zoo is the way to go,

the trail is a little less steep

but it's not exactly a huge big difference

because both of them have plenty of stairs and things like that.

I prefer the trail at Chai Shan, which is where we're going today.

I prefer it because there's a lot of leaf cover so there's less sun,

it's much greener, I just think it's much nicer

so even though it's further from my house that's where I go.

So we're gonna be climbing up this end today.

There it is, there's the mountain, so see the description for a map how to get here to this 7,

and you need to walk straight down that little alley next to the 7

and we're going to get to the trailhead, I'll show you in a minute.

You just have to follow the alleyway around until you see this Buddhist temple okay

now at the moment the gate is shut because I'm here at 6:30

but a bit later on they open it

if you need to go to the toilet you can go in here

you just go into that door there and then you turn left straight away

you'll see the signs towards the toilet. When you actually get to the toilet there's

only Chinese characters on it so left is men's right is ladies okay

So to go to the toilet you don't need to go into the worshipping bit

you just go straight in and turn to the left.

Everyone can go so that's no problem

but if you're coming early in the morning

you might just want to go before you leave home

that way after you finish climbing the mountain you can go here.

And the trailhead is just next door. Let's go.

If you came by scooter which I did, you can park here no problem.

The trailhead is just there in front, you see where all those people are going, those steps

Okay so when you come to the mountain you gotta remember,

don't bring any food because there are monkeys,

it's actually a rule of the mountain, that you're not allowed to bring any food

you'll see signs that say it so please just don't,

no packets, nothing,

I don't know how they know but even if stuff's in packets, they just know.

When you start climbing there's steps

and just keep on following the steps until you get to a choice

So the mountain has a lot of trails and there are some that are off the path

we're following the path today but you can take a picture of the map if you

want to get really complicated but just remember that if you did park your

scooter back at Longquan temple trail entrance then make sure that you

get back there, if you caught a taxi maybe not so important.

Maybe it doesn't matter.

So here's the map.

Okay we want to go to a place called Yazuo but they changed the signs now

but they did put English on them which is good

so you got to follow this one, Xiaoping Pavilion,

if you want to get to Yazuo...

if you want to go what's called tough-guy way

then maybe you want to go here.

We're currently in the first little pavilion where you can have a little rest.

So if you want to go up that way that way it will actually

still lead you to Yazuo, you can still get there but maybe if it's your

first time just go up this way okay?

Next you will come to a crossroads

and there's another map which is very helpful and

we want to go to Yazuo

okay? So you've got two ways, Xiaoping and Yazuo.

You want to go to Yazuo and look it's only 35 minutes away

So we're turning left alright?

Okay we're halfway we made it halfway

how long did it take us?

About half an hour just to get here

so it's not a really hard hike

And we are at the zhong xin ting.

So you can have a rest here,

possibly get bitten by some mosquitoes

that's another thing I didn't mention probably bring some ...

what's it called in English?

Bring some mosquito spray so you don't get bitten by mosquitoes

that would be a good idea

and after we've had a little rest

we will continue to the top

which will probably just take us another half an hour.

You're probably pretty tired by this point you do need to tackle this

but we're not far away

It's so peaceful here though

We call this one Indiana Jones Rock

And we're at the top!

Yay are you happy?

Yep he looks pretty happy to me

Actually at the top you can do exercise, you can do stretches

Just be careful of the monkeys like I said just don't bring any food up

In case you want to know what just happened

he grabbed onto my leg

I don't know why

And up here, this is Yazuo Pavilion

and up here they're making tea

and you can drink tea for free

Today is a beautiful day

Here's the view from the top

So on a day when there's not a lot of pollution

the view's actually really nice

sometimes you can't really see anything

but this is really beautiful.

And this little baby monkey's enjoying the sun

He's so cute

See they'll take your stuff

whatever you've got they'll take it

don't know what that is

okay let's go down

now we're gonna have breakfast

we're just gonna go north on

Gushan road about five minutes ride away

We're gonna have the best breakfast ever!

You know what else is cool about Taiwan

I was so busy videoing

that I left my keys in my scooter

and no one even stole it

Taiwanese people are awesome

Kuan Lai Shun breakfast restaurant

here's all the stuff you can have

and if you can't read Chinese

you're not going to understand

it which is why I'm going to show you pictures of what you should eat

there are two lines

the left one is for eating here

and the right one is for taking away

so you line up

and this lady who's pretty hilarious and quite fierce and

quite grumpy but overall awesome will take your order

I'm going to eat what I always eat

because it's the best

I'm going to eat a ham danbing

and I'm going to eat two meat buns

and I'm going to have nai cha,

I'm going to have milk tea

Because that's the best

and every time I change I feel regret that I didn't just eat my usual breakfast

The nai cha is the best

Yep, the milk tea is the best

and the meat buns are the best

What do you want?

I want a ham danbing and two meat buns

What do you want?

I want a ham danbing and two meat buns

danbing, two meat

Ham danbing

One cup of warm milk tea

Warm milk tea

(unintelligible Taiwanese)

(more Taiwanese)

yes it's a breakfast donut

it's a long breakfast donut

So good.

That's called a youtiao.

and they have some buns in here

but they're not as good as the meat buns

okay so that is a ham danbing

and that is a rou bao, a meat bun and it's the best

and this is the sauce

you just get it from the left of where you buy the food

and it's soy sauce with onions and chillies and it's really good

and we like to bite the meat bun open and put it inside and it's really really good

and this is radish cake

the radish cake is really good

and you can actually order it with scrambled eggs as well, together with scrambled eggs which is really yummy too.

Thank you

Thank you (in Taiwanese)

They are having soy milk soup and shaobing right?

Shaobing. Shaobing youtiao.

Oh youtiao. That's like savory, that soup

and then you can dip stuff in it and it's really good

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