Semi Round Island Tour - Day 1 半環島之旅 I
After April 19th, the photoshoot, we were supposed to depart for our "pre"-wedding honeymoon (though probably won't have a post-wedding honeymoon) on the 21st. However, with lots of wedding planning remained unfinished, we postponed the trip one day, and decided to return Taipei 1 day earlier as well. This cut off beautiful Alisan from our plan. > _ < " We also had to discard the idea taking regular train traveling about, but took HSR (High Speed Rail) + Buses to accomplish our trips. We have to rephrase our trip to "Semi Round Island Tour".
由於婚禮待辦事宜太多，我們只好延遲一天出發，並提早一天回台北。環島計畫變得相當充促，台鐵環島也演變成高鐵加客運，哈哈哈。在台灣長大，卻從來沒搭過(台北)外縣市的客運，土包子二人組，展開了未知的旅程。環島之旅也得正名為半環島之旅。
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About 2:30 PM (yes, PM), we met at the HSR station, and bought tickets to Taichung. Our destination today is LuGang.
It took about one hour to arrive Taichung, and then we stood in line to get on the bus to LuGang. 約一小時抵達台中，然後我們找到往鹿港的客運。
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When we got to LuGang, it's about 4:30PM already. We could only hurried ourselves all the way.
到鹿港，天快暗了。於是我們開始了走馬看花的鹿港之旅。
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LongShan Temple was completely built of woods. All the details and the geometric design were so fantastically done. You can also find documentary of how this temple was built and fixed later. I was surprised to see a neat restrooms available in the back.
其實到鹿港前，我們並沒有聽說過這座龍山寺，但是這座全木製的龍山寺實在太棒了。看得到歷史的痕跡外，設計精簡到位，沒有傳統廟宇的鋪張華麗，簡樸卻有力。幾個拱門的設計讓人流連忘返。更可貴的是乾淨美麗的廁所(誤)。我們非常喜歡這座龍山寺。有空請來逛逛。
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Some might feel bored, but we enjoyed walking in the preserved old town area during weekday. The buildings and streets were just awesome. The very narrow alley got a humorous name - "Touching Breast Alley". It may look like nothing special from the photo, but as you go passing the alley, the stress and tension pile up upon you. It's an unique experience.
也許有的人對老街老房子沒甚麼興趣，但是在非假日的傍晚在裡面漫走其實相當愜意(周末假日攤販太多，應該走起來挺累的，但熱鬧也沒甚麼不好)。看似平凡的摸乳巷，走起來其實滿可怕的，因為兩邊的高牆和窄弄，讓人倍感壓迫感。
The whole town is packed with all kinds of temples, small, large, new and old, truly a very religious town. 鹿港真是三步一小廟，五步一大寺。這大概是海港老鎮的特色。靠海吃飯，就是靠天吃飯。所以媽祖廟才會這樣受到尊崇。
As it was getting dark, and there were so many temples, we got confused with the Mazu temples.
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Well, it can't be missed, the well-known LuGang Mazu Temple, because it's grand. 果然鹿港媽祖廟氣勢非凡，一進拱門就有美麗的燈籠一路掛開。
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And then of course we had to stop by the famous oyster pancake located just outside the temple before returning to TaiChung. 回台中前當然不能免俗地享用一下鹿港媽祖廟外的蚵仔煎和蚵仔湯!
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Suggestion 建議: Bike around! 鹿港適合騎腳踏車逛!
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