Thursday, September 10, 2009

Skywatch Friday No. 61: Flying-Cow Ranch

Grace wanted to take me to take some photographs of butterflies. From the internet, I found this place called "Flying-Cow Ranch". The "Flying" actually refers to the butterfly walk and greenhouse in the ranch. It took us two-hour drive to get there. It was a very hot sunny day.

What really surprised us was the landscape of the place. It is located in a kind of valley. The landscape does not look like what we have ever seen in Taiwan.

It has a distinct European flavor, almost looks like an Alpine meadow of Swiss Mountain.

We have a lot of rice field in Taiwan, but rarely any grazing field for cow or sheep. This image almost looks like it is from Africa.

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12 comments:

EG CameraGirl said...

The farm really DOES look it could be in the Alps!

Sylvia K said...

Yes, I agree with you and EG, it could be in the Alps! How beautiful! Great shots!

Have a great weekend!

Sylvia

Photo Cache said...

the second to the last photo really does appear to be in the Alps. what a lovely drive that must have been. happy weekend.

Anonymous said...

Oh, how wonderful! I never would have guessed that those were pictures of Taiwan. Beautiful shots. I love the colors of the first photo. The composition just draws you in.

darsden said...

beautiful pictures love the pictures of the country side and the cows:-)

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Beautiful place beautiful pictures. I see two great egret there.

Three Rivers, Michigan said...

Fascinating - friends of mine have visited Taiwan and returned with beautiful mountain photos (but none of flying cows, :-) ) There seems to be a lot of different terrain in a small country!

Christine

Three Rivers Daily Photo

Louise said...

I've never been to Taiwan or any part of Asia, but this is not what I would expect to find there, either. It's very pretty. Love your first photo.

J said...

The last photo reminds me of when we were in Yangshuo, Guangxi, and there were waterbuffalo in the river - my friend thought they were bears!

Glennis said...

A very peaceful scene and landscapes, a very pretty area. I hope you spotted lots of butterflies too.

DeniseinVA said...

Such a beautiful area, incredible scenery and gorgeous photographs. Thanks so much for sharing them.

Amit Varde said...

So what part of the picture would be distinct to Taiwan?

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