An early breakfast today and then a fast walk to the departure point for our bus to Sun Moon Lake. About two hours on the road takes us 'up hill' to the Lake, situated at an altitude of 762 metres.

It was quite cool in Taichung but downright cold at/on the Lake. Foggy also.

On the subject of fog: many of our photos taken in Taiwan show what looks to be polluted skies. Some of it no doubt is, but in the main it's actually fog. Even the photos taken from Taipei 101 appear to show a big City with an air pollution problem. Nah, couldn't smell it or taste it - just the usual cloudy skies with added fog, even later in the day. Weird.

We had two boat journeys on the Lake, both of which were interrupted by heavy fog - if they can't see where they are going they don't sail - and fair enough too.

We did make it to the Cable Car Station though and enjoyed a lovely ride to & from the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village. A shame about the weather and it must be stunning on a sunny day. We still enjoyed the views in any case and fog makes for a dreamy atmosphere - all good.

After testing our patience waiting for the fog to lift for the third time we caught a "Surrounding Lake" bus to take us back to Shueishe Visitor Centre from where we caught a different bus back to Taichung - another 2 hours on the road.

Glad to be back inside out of the weather and looking forward to a good nights sleep in the King Size bed supplied in our room - v. comfy!