Yihuality : Busy December

December was a very busy month, beginning with a field trip, ongoing with the visit and travelling with my boyfriend, enjoying Hot Springs in Wulai and Ending with Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

A new year already started and it is time to tell you what happened and which recommendations I can make! In this post I start with the Field Trip!

Field Geology II – Excursion

In the beginning of the semester I followed the recommendation of a good friend from Taiwan to participate in the course “Field Geology II”. The course contains a four-day-field-trip to Hengchun Peninsula to discover many interesting spots and learning a lot about how the island developed and how it will develop in the future. I am not going to repeat the content about how the Eurasian plate and the Philippine plate collide, which consequences this has. The Field Trip is very straightforward, no free time, quick lunch, and homework every evening after dinner. I despite that strongly recommend participating in the course, even if you think geology might be boring – the places you get to see are not! Analysing stones might not be everybody’s favourite task but the wonderful scenery you could hardly get access to on your own are definitely worth it! Be very careful walking on the stone corals – I fell and it was not nice. My knee was open (nothing severe, but annoying), also my hand and because the corals are so sharp if you falls the gloves you get from the TAs don’t help. It took three weeks to heal properly so best would be: don’t fall. Don’t let anyone stress you – even if the TAs want to hurry (because you are going to an area of the national park not open to ordinary visitors).

I have some pictures to give an impression – many thanks to Yuta Futamura for providing the pictures because I didn’t take my camera with me.

Stay positive,

Yihua.