2026年7月5日 星期日

鷺鷥湖 (The Egret Lake)

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台東旅遊 第四天 (B)
A Trip to Taitung
Day Four (B)

Late yesterday afternoon, we visited Pipa Lake, a small but beautiful lake in the southern part of Taitung Forest Park (see the previous post). This afternoon, after finishing lunch at SOBDEALL, we returned to the forest park to explore another lake in its northern corner.

The lake we visited for the first time today has a wonderfully poetic name: Egret Lake.

Since I started my personal blog in 2010, I have published quite a few posts about egrets. They take various forms: some are poems, others are prose, and still others are short stories in which these elegant birds appear. Simply put, I like egrets very much. I enjoy watching the graceful way they fly, take off, and land. A white egret in particular—sometimes also called a "white heron," I believe—easily sets my imagination soaring from deep within me, much like the colorful hot-air balloons we saw on Luye Highland the other day!

Jean and I took a long walk through Taitung Forest Park this afternoon, and we were delighted to enjoy the beauty of Egret Lake together in person. (See the photos below.)

In addition to the pictures of Egret Lake, I'd also like to share four old photos that I have reprinted from one of my previous blog posts. If you read the accompanying text beside the images, you may gain a glimpse of some of my philosophical reflections inspired by the white egret.

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以下讓我回味一下
2010 年拍攝的老照片

那裏面有我對白鷺鷥
美好且神聖的印象






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沙伯迪澳橄欖莊園 ~ SOBDEALL

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台東旅遊 第四天 (A)
A Trip to Taitung
Day Four (A)

We had originally planned to stay in Taitung for only three nights. However, captivated by the area's beautiful scenery and touched by the warm hospitality of our B&B hosts, we decided to extend our stay by one more day and night.

Instead of traveling to Kaohsiung to meet the other family at St. Steven's Church, we spent this Sunday leisurely exploring another corner of Taitung.

The hosts of Flower Blank House recommended that we have lunch at a seaside restaurant in Fushan Village, Beinan Township (卑南鄉富山村), such as one called Little Fish (小魚兒的家). With the help of GPS, we found the place without difficulty. The peaceful seaside scenery, together with the roadside vendors and shopkeepers, welcomed us warmly, making us feel at home even on this bright, hot summer day.

However, when we arrived, we found Little Fish so crowded with lunchtime diners that Jean and I immediately changed our minds. Following the GPS once again, we drove to another restaurant, SOBDEALL (沙伯迪澳橄欖莊園), which looked even more upscale—and, as we expected, was also more expensive. I believe it is located about halfway up the "holy mountain," Mount Dulan (都蘭山).

In the photos below, you'll first see seven pictures taken at Little Fish and along the nearby seashore, followed by fourteen photos of the set meal for two we enjoyed at SOBDEALL, higher up on the mountainside.

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2026年7月4日 星期六

海濱公園 + (森林公園的) 琵琶湖

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台東旅遊 第三天 (C)
A Trip to Taitung
Day Three (C)

After spending several hours at the National Museum of Prehistory, Jean and I headed to Taitung Seashore Park, on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean. We took a leisurely walk across the expansive grassy grounds before climbing the Taitung International Landmark (台東國際地標).

Standing on the bridge-like Landmark, we could easily locate and point toward Lanyu (Orchid Island), Lüdao (Green Island), and other offshore islands by following the arrows marked on the bridge floor.

Before long, we headed in another direction and entered Taitung Forest Park (台東森林公園), which is adjacent to Seashore Park. To our surprise, we reached a beautiful lake called Pipa Lake (琵琶湖) in just a few minutes.

At the very first sight of the lake, a strange feeling suddenly came over me—something we might call déjà vu or, in Chinese, 「似曾相識的感覺」. I tried hard to remember when, and with whom, I had visited this place before. Had I really been here? And if so, when? Those questions lingered in my mind as I stood quietly by the lake.

I asked Jean whether we had visited the lake before. She said she couldn't remember. Fortunately, thanks to my previous blog posts, I finally discovered that we had indeed come here about fifteen years earlier. Just look at the final photo below—an old picture taken on a rainy day when Jean and I visited this very place: Pipa Lake (琵琶湖).

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下面這張：大約 15 年前
拍攝於琵琶湖的老照片



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