【Video】Enjoy Maokong by Maokong Gondola (Māokōng lǎnchē/貓空纜車) and take in the beauty of Taipei at once Maokong Gondola is the first gondola lift transportation (jiāotōnggōngjù/交通工具) system in Taipei city to… 更多 feature a unique (dútè/獨特) newly-built transparent (tòumíng/透明) "Crystal Carriage (shuǐjīng zuòchē/水晶坐車)". It enables 360 degree view from the floor of the carriage, as if you are walking in the clouds (yún/雲). The chance of taking this carriage is 1/130. The view takes in all of Taipei City including Taipei 101 and Shinkuang Mitsukoshi department store (bǎihuògōngsī/百貨公司) offering a panoramic view (quánjǐng/全景) of the whole city in a single glance. The starting station for Gondola line is Taipei Zoo(dòngwùyuán/動物園) station. Tourist (yóukè /遊客) can conveniently take gondola from Taipei Zoo and continue their journey (lǚchéng/旅程) in Maokong. The steepest(dǒu/陡) part of Maokong Gondola climbs up at nearly 70 degrees and the highest vertical altitude(gāodù/高度) from the cables to the ground is over 100 meters. Link: http://www.huayuworld.org/learningchinese/video/tourism_detail/137
