Today we went to the other side of the the lake, to the west side to catch up with friends of Sissi who also run an Airbnb. They live in a very small house and they pay only $50 a week. During the week Xishan is a great place to visit to get away from the maddening crowds, but come the weekend the population increases dramatically.

The weather was beautiful, after a cold start and with the sun shining we quickly realised that we were all wearing too many clothes.

The small village we went to has a tree that is over 1000 years and it’s massive. We had lunch here up on a small deck over looking the lake.

After lunch we went for a drive around Xishan and here’s a few pictures from our day.

We headed to the west of the island just in time for the last few moments of the sun as it headed off on its journey through the underworld.