Extraordinary Miles

台湾阿里山游记

2025年7月10日, 今天一早从台中的gogo 酒店出来就前往位于嘉义的阿里山,第一段的行程一个半小时,到达阿里山下的济公庙,据说这里是台湾最大的济公庙。因为今天又是下大雨,所以来阿里山的人不多,济公庙门前的游人也只有我们和另外的一两个人。济公庙分为两层,一层供奉济公和土地神。二层供奉的是观世音菩萨,文殊菩萨和普贤菩萨。祭拜一番之后我们继续上路,前往位于半山腰的奋起湖火车站。阿里山是日据时代和蒋介石统治台湾时代的重要的伐木基地,木材要用火车运送出山,所以遗留了火车站和一些蒸汽火车。据导游介绍台湾在80,90年代颁布了禁伐令来保护生态,休养生息,所以现在的阿里山植物丰茂,伐木用的火车道也成了旅游站点。我们在车站食堂稍作停留体验铁盒车站午餐便当。据说铁盒便当是当时铁路工人的午餐。便当有三种选择,猪排饭,鸡腿饭和猪排鸡腿双拼饭. 我们两个大人,两个小孩儿点了3份双拼饭,不一会儿就全部干掉。饭后在雨中闲逛老街和旧时火车站,老街上和台湾其他地方的景区差不多,也是有各种小吃,火车站里收藏了两台旧时的蒸汽机车。我们来的这几天碰巧进山的旅游火车不开放,还好我们有包车服务,可以开车上山。 午饭后继续上山,在开出20分钟的地方遇到了山体滑坡,不停的有石头落下,砸在公路上,我们被堵在一个开山隧道里,一直等待道路开放。在下午6点左右我们终于可以继续往山上开车,晚上就住在山上的名叫大峰旅社的宾馆。晚上的阿里山,下着蒙蒙的小雨,我们放下行李后就去山上的生活服务区逛逛。可能是淡季的缘故,服务区里有小一半的店家都是关着门的。两个娃娃元喆和元杰在房间看电视,我和春妍一起出来买饭。小雨打在伞上,打在身上也打在脸上,在空旷而且幽暗的服务区,有一种静谧的感觉。时不时跑出来的店家养的小猫小狗,自顾自的跑来跳去,在灯柱上解决二号,悠闲自得。 我们最终选择在7-11买了冷藏简餐和一些方便食品回去解决温饱问题,虽然简单但是也很好吃。一夜无话。第二天早上我们6点多就起床了,因为要赶早上8:00的游园车去阿里山的高点沼平车站。跟我想象的不太一样,还以为要坐很久的车,结果也就是10分钟的功夫我们就到了,看来我们所住的服务区离山顶已经很近了。当然就在前一天往山上开车开了1个多小时才到达的住处。沿着向山下蜿蜒的步道,我们缓缓进入原始森林,周围的大树笔直向天生长,顶端的枝叶严严实实的遮住阳光,使得地面上的植物很难生长。所以树冠下面的世界很清爽,并没有很多的藤蔓植物生长遮挡。我们沿着林间小道缓缓下行,在巨树中穿梭,时不时还看到巨大的树洞和川流的小溪。行进了20分钟左右前方出现了一潭碧水,这就是称之为姐妹潭中的妹潭了,这窝潭水很小被周围的巨树围绕。再向前进就出现了一汪更大的湖面,这里的水清澈见底,大约两尺深,水里有蝌蚪小虫游来游去,小朋友们看到很开心,不停的用雨伞捞水,想捞上来一些虫子之类的。湖中心还有一座小亭子,我们走上去稍懈片刻就继续前行。 沿着步道下行不久,就来到一处平地,溪流在这里变得平坦,园中还修了观景平台让游客驻足观赏和休息。突然间元喆大声喊说“这里有猴子!”我也转头看过去,果然在他们行走的步道前方有几只大小不等的猴子正在驻足看着我们。元喆和元杰可兴奋了,向猴子们奔去,这几只猴子给吓了一跳立刻开始向旁边的树丛逃窜。他们跑到一棵大树下停了下来,倒也没有继续逃窜,而是悠闲的坐定,一边余光留意着我们。我们几个人也就继续站在步道的围栏边观察着这几只猴子。春妍说道,这母猴子怀里还抱着一个呢!果然一只母猴子怀中抱着一只小猴正往树上爬哪。这些猴子显然是见过很多游客了,不慌不忙的自顾的忙着自己的事,其中一只小猴子还时不时的挠着身上的痒痒。一副悠闲的样子。这时候7岁元杰说,”爸爸,这猴子肚子上有袋子,撞着小猴,这是袋猴啊。”我被他逗笑了就说,”恩,你说的对!” 稍过了片刻,又有一些猴子从远处跑来,我们这才发现,原来这是一个猴群。先跑来的猴子里面也许有他们的首领,看到没什么事,后面的猴群才跟上来。我和两个孩子继续前行到了步道平台的顶端继续看猴。而妈妈沿着步道的另一侧转到了猴群的后方。孩子们远远的看着穿着白色防风衣的妈妈,元喆跟我说,”爸爸,看,那里有一只白猴”,我们都乐了起来,妈妈离我们太远,但是看着我们三个冲着她傻笑心里估计也明白我们在拿她开玩笑。于是冲着我们幽怨的撅嘴做出赌气状。孩子们和我就笑的更开心了。

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