Fushan with Browns
With Laurie's brother, Christopher visiting Taiwan,
we stop in Wulai 烏來 for an early breakfast
before driving on to Fushan 福山.
From the Fushan 福山 Atayal settlement of Kalamoji 卡拉莫基 (qlang krmut)
we hike in east toward Hapen 舊哈盆部落
before dropping down to the Nanshixi 南勢溪 stream to one of our regular spots.
The trail foot bridges are still under constant repair.
One of the bridges had a framework laid but was unfinished and tricky to cross.
After a short hike upstream, we swim back down to our beach camp for lunch.
The water is cool for late May and about a half meter below normal level.
We see a brown dipper in the water.
A group of Atayal fishermen come down the river after us fishing carp.
They have woven bags clipped on behind them to store their fish.
They must have nearly a hundred of the 4 to six inch fish.
The group of 7 or 8 men range in age from their 20's through their 50's.
The older men do not seem to speak mandarin Chinese.
One of the younger men is friendly and engages us in conversation
about their fishing and show us how their spears work.
They also caught fish with a net which they swam downstream with
which they cleaned 30 to 50 fish out at the beach.
They had also caught a small eel.
Another Taiwanese fishermen fishing from the rocks ignores the group of aborigines
who start pitching their camp for the night.
As we leave they have already started their camp fire and are cooking a stew of fish, bamboo and mountain boar.
We all head back to our house in NGC for an evening snack
before the three visitors continue on to Taipei metropolis.
This is the first adventure with Dan's new Totota truck.
