Spring has arrived in Taiwan once again. To commemorate my favorite time of year, we made our annual pilgrimage to Yangmingshan National Park for the Yangmingshan Flower Festival. The mountain is alive with budding green trees, azalea bushes in shades of white, pink, and red, while different varieties of cherry blossoms are in full bloom along the roadways and riverbanks. We finished our afternoon jaunt at Zuzhihu (Bamboo Lake) where we walked amongst the calla lilies in the fresh mountain air.
Here is a visual diary of our day on Yangming Mountain.
There are over 80,000 azalea bushes blooming on Yangming Mountain at the moment. My favorites are the hot pink azaleas.
My husband doesn’t like spending too much time looking at flowers, but he enjoys taking advantage of Yangming’s shaded picnic areas.
How could you not love following these colorful walkways, especially when they lead to shaded fishponds?
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gorgeous!!
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You know I’m a sucker for flower photos, but I also love the close up of the fish (koi, right?).
Lovely, Carrie. I would love a sunny day and some flowers.
looks like a perfect day! great photos.
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Thanks MJ. You’ll have to let us know the next time you and HC are planning on visiting Taipei.
Your photos are awesome. I like fishponds the most. I would like to ask, if there is any chance to see large version of the picture with carps? I really like it. Those colours are truly amazing.
Thanks Krzysztof! That photos is attached to my Flickr photostream. If you follow it, you should be able to view it in large.
Yes, I’ve seen it on your flickr. However I’ve been thinking about a bit larger frame (more than 550 x 392).