We got up at around 10am on Sunday morning, and started to pack up for Alishan. Paul told me that we had two options for transportation- we could take a train and a bus, or we could take the scooters. He warned me that the scooter might be a bit uncomfortable, but that it would allow us to stop whenever we wanted and we could stop whenever I needed a break. He thought the ride would take about four hours. It was a really fun drive- we stopped every couple of hours to get snacks at the 7-11 (I kept trying weird sushi triangles- ham, cheese and corn, pork bits, chicken- the food here is so strange!) Driving in Taiwan is nothing like home- there doesn't seem to be a speed limit, and half of the
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