Finding our way into Kaohsioung is not easy as we reach it during rush hour but we find the correct exits and even if the going is slow we reach the Lotus Pond area. Even though the major attraction here are the pagodas we decide to start with the old city walls. There are quite a few signs and we try to follow them as we want to find the city gate which should we near our parking area.
A parking area that is filling up with buses. We are not sure why until we deduce that they are for the pagodas, it seems we found the best parking possible by a combination of luck and research. But our way is in the opposite direction towards the museum. As it is late already we don’t have time to visit it but it looks quite modern, so maybe next time.
The gate is not that far and we are happy we made the detour, it is quite impressive and the setting is also quite interesting. The gate and the reconstructed wall seem to protect the park from the encroaching civilization with the apartment buildings looming over the now seemingly small walls.
The reconstructed area is small but then another section is rebuilt in more modern fashion with an elevated walkway following the contours of the old walls. It is actually quite a nice idea, you can see how the walls would have looked way back when protecting the city.
There are even a few birds on this stretch of wall with the special one being Indian Silverbills. Lots of them in fact just hanging around the wall. We have looked for them unsuccessfully before so it is surprising to see them now in Taiwan, but welcome of course.
This section of wall walk is wheelchair friendly even with an elevator however it is not an actual wall. It is more like a suspended boardwalk impersonating a wall.
The wall walk then continues on towards our next goal the pagodas of the Tiger and the Dragon, a couple of extravagant, even kitchy you could say, pagodas.
