Maokong Gondola

MM's birthday today. It was cool and did not rain, so we decided to try Maokong Gondola.

Maokong Gondola just recently opened few months ago. Very easy to get to the station. Just take the brown line of the mass transit to the last stop, and walk 300m, and you'll be there. Quiet night tonight. We did not have to wait more than a minute to get on the gondola. Ride was smooth, but when the gondola went over a pole, it was a bit jerky. We got on the gondola from Taipei Zoo station, and the destination is Maokong. Very disappointing at Maokong. The city opened up this ride, but did not plan very well in Maokong, which is a quite famous place for tea. Many people will go to Maokong to see tea farm, have tea at the tea house, or simply go hiking. But when we get to the Maokong Gondola station, we did not see clear information where to go. We saw a sign saying for this tea house, its number is B16, for that tea house, its number is B10, blah blah blah, but did not know how to get to those places. We stayed there for like 20 minutes, and decided to come back.

Ride itself was fun. The night view was very good. Quiet ride with sounds from frogs, crickets, dogs, and laughters of course. 50NT for one way is really worth it. I'll try the day ride some day.