The vast sky opened out before him, while light flashed off the water at the mouth of the Tanshui River. But what thrilled him most was the vista of mountains climbing up into the clouds at the edge of the Kuantu Plain on the other side of the river.
長空無垠，淡水河入海口波光粼粼，而最叫他興奮震撼的，是對岸關渡平原彼端，高聳山脈插天與白雲綿延偕行的壯闊景觀。