Eat,Shop,Love : Kaohsiung Qishan

A hidden treasure place where hardly any tourists would visit. This place is 旗山, which is at Kaohsiung county.. I guess tourists would probably be interested only the cities area and because it widely promoted. We wanted to go somewhere near but not somewhere we have been before. Since we have already 七七八八 touring around kaohsiung city, we decided to venture out to the county. The place is convenient because there are several buses which go there from kaohsiung city(either at zuoying/kaoshiung main station).

The big and comfy bus~ Just NT50

Some photos taken during the bus ride, pardon for the lousy quality

Reached the Qishan bus interchange~ We transferred to another bus from the interchange to a place called "新威森林公園"(Sinwei Park) and it was a fantastic place for photo-taking! There's a "桃花心木大道" which is a popular spot for couples to take their wedding photos.

Tata here are the photos taken at the place, we spent like 1.5 hours there spamming photos!

This is the popular spot for wedding photos... Too bad I didn't have taken more photos here because I was bitten by the mozzies and was also rushing for the public bus!

The backdrop is beautiful because of its dreamy feel... plus the fallen leaves. Like the korean drama 秋天的童话 I guess I din capture it well enough :(

Last few photos of the place before we head back to Qishan Old Street...

This was not meant to be my pose fyi but somehow I like it~

Perfect place to emo right ( My favourite pic of the day )

Haha but no i am not~

After spending about 2 hours there, we took the shuttle bus back to Qishan and we walked to the old Qishan Train station. To our surprise, there's so many things to see there, especially lots of banana-made products! I have done a bit on research on the town, and found out that Qishan's sandy soil was good for growing bananas and they have made quite a large bit of profit from the Jap who really love their bananas. Hence, banana industries grow as the folks started to put in effort in growing bananas since it was a lucrative business then.

It is now known as the "Banana Pier". I am in love with their banana ice cream sold at this old qishan train station which is converted to a mini stall and museum now. It is really quality ice-cream with strong banana taste, and it costs only a dollar!

This is actually a banana postbox, so cute!! I didnt notice at first

Other banana related products that they are selling:

I didn't know banana can taste so well when they are "cooked" in other forms :)

Postcards that I bought with cute banana stamps *aww*

Behind this train station is a stretch of road with stalls, like a mini night market~ It was already 6 plus by den

We heard that there are several stalls famous for their "当龟鸭" and hence we decided to give it a try at this stall. I am not a big fan of this hence we ordered only a bowl to share :) It was really awesome, especially the duck!! The soup also don't need say...