Blogs from Puli, Taiwan, Asia
April 13th 2012
这个早晨真的有点冷，口里一呼一吸之间，都带有薄薄的气雾，从前几天的天气预测，已经知道这几天会有寒流，不过没想到温度直线下降，会感觉这么冷。我们俩从台北车站的捷运出来，走带跑地赶紧去到隔壁的“客运西站”，准备搭巴士车离开这个“七度”的台北。目的地是南投，行程是从台北往南下，途经台中，然后在南投的埔里镇下车，之后就在那儿转车到山区的清净农场。 南投县，台湾内陆中部，属于山区，有“台湾屋脊”之稱的中央山脉其中一段也在此县境内。农业为主要经济活动，旅游资源大部分都和山林大自然有关，比如著名的日月潭，国家公园或国家森林，如奥万大国家森林，是九月份欣赏枫叶的好地点；而我们这次选择旅游的地点是清净农场和合... read more
March 9th 2011
This morning we woke up at around 9:30, took a hot shower, and made some toast for breakfast. We checked out at 11 and headed to Taipei Main Station. Dave had written directions for us on how to get to the bus terminal that would take us to Puli, a little town about 3 hours south of Taipei. It's faster on the train, and more expensive, but we have time and no money so decided to bus it! Anyways, we tried to leave the station through the wrong exit, innocently following the exit signs for the Taipei Bus Terminal, but as we were leaving we decided to ask at information and the woman told us we needed exit Z5. This meant going up a level and exiting through the metro shopping mall. When we got to ... read more
April 20th 2009
A Trip to Beigang, Puli and the Mazu Festival Nick and Kristen write: Nick's program was closed for a holiday from Wednesday - Friday of last week and so we decided to join their trip to central Taiwan for the Mazu parade. Mazu is the goddess of the sea that the Taiwanese worship, and this religious festival is one of their big holidays in Taiwan. Thousands of people make a pilgrimage to worship the deity. The trip was comprised of students in Nick's program who wanted to make the three day trip. There were about 20 of us, and we started the bus ride to a town called Dajia, where we made a Taiwanese cake from scratch and were able to take it home with us. Next we headed to a historic town nearby called Lugang. ... read more
March 23rd 2009
Sun Moon Lake, i never been there before, is the most famous and populous touristing place in Taiwan. It is the place surrounding by mountains and used to be destroyed at 921 earthqauke. But now, most of the hotels reconstructed and get welcome again by tourists. There are many hotels and B&B around the lake, but i still booked in advance on the net with tour package including bus fee and hotel reservation with dinner and breakfast, it costed around 5000NT/per , not too expensive, and accpetable for me. we rented the electronic motorcycle to explore around the lake with NT$500 per day. As to foods, not too many shops there, but still provide some interesting aboringial foods there . Taking the boat to visit the lake is the most populous must to do thing ... read more
May 27th 2007
This weekend I was up in the mountains. Friday night Muoy and I headed to Puli, which is the geographical center of Taiwan, to spend the weekend hiking, paragliding and whatever else came our way. There is a hostel run by foreigners and they also take the guests river hiking, paragliding, kayaking and whatever else they choose to do. Yuri picked us up at the bus stop and we went to the hostel. I felt right at home when we got there. There is a bar and cafe downstairs and about 6 beds upstairs and Yuri lives on the 3rd floor. We had a great time hanging out on Friday and just talking. Saturday we headed out in the morning for a river hike. I wasnt sure what to expect but we certainly were not ... read more
