I went to the east coast side of the island this weekend. The Pacific Ocean looked so blue and clear. I drove a manual transmission car around tight curves that thinly separated the Pacific and the mountains formed at the edge of the Phillippine Sea Plate. The day turned into night while I drove and the bright full moon came out. Driving is great. There was a cow farm out there. I drank some pretty good chocolate milk. The milk is free if you just slaughter the cow yourself and clean up all the blood, but I didn't do that cause [View Full Entry]

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We were on the way to the Jiaming Lake but we failed. Our luck was only to see a sea of clouds, not Jiaming Lake. We joined the tour for three days with Baoke this holiday. We 8 people and the guide Baoke drove down to the south and the rain flew to the south. Jiaming Lake is famous for its beautiful and mysterious lake. It is full of legends and ghost stories. We were supposed to visit the lake and climb two more peaks. The night we camped it rained a lot. The wind was strong too. Our tents were [View Full Entry]

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Hey Everybody! We're still in Taiwan and doing well. We finally got to take a little trip at the end of May. The Taiwanese work a lot, so we won't have many opportunities like this. We had a four day holiday and decided to head to the East coast. Taiwan's east coast is the less developed side of the island due to the large, steep mountains (several peaks over 12,000 feet) and the typhoons experienced each year. There's also a large indigenous population of various tribes. The trip was great. The city of Taitung was our base. We spent a good [View Full Entry]

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Back again to Taitung, in Spring which is really good for travelling. The weather is so warm but not too hot to walk. This time, in weekend afternoon, i walked alone the bicycle pavement which was re-constructed by the abandoned railway tracks alone the old train stattion to the new one. Along this bicyle specific pavement, bothside with green trees and flowers which may be planted by people who live in both sides. In spring, i see lots of different flowers which i did not know their names at all. Who care? it is so beautiful with butterfly , lazy [View Full Entry]

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At Chinese new year, flew back to hometown and stayed with famly is the key activity for people to celebrate the festival with family together. That is also the only period which i would stay with my parents for a longer time during whole year since i worked in Taipei. Taitung is located at the east of Taiwan where is not so convenient by train or flight also. Only the difficulty of booking train tickets but also the available seats of flight. I went to visit the children story park where reconstructed based on the old japaness styled buildings , [View Full Entry]

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Li-Gi Moon word located in Taitung closed to Taitung new train station. You could rent a car or motor to there when you arrive in the new train station of Taitung, it is really worth visiting. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Taitung late in the evening and the tourist info centre was closed. We negotiated 900 NTD for the hotel by the train station which included breakfast and free bicycle use. Excited not to have to walk so we jumped on our rusty steeds down the road to a cool but touristy restaurant that had tables around a grassy centre which we guessed was used for tribal dancing. The next day we looked into getting out to Green Island or Orchid island which we had heard a lot about. However, we found out we missed the only ferry for [View Full Entry]

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My primary motivation for traveling to Tawu Mountain Nature reserve in southern Taitung County was to visit a protected area set up with the help of legendary conservationist and wildlife hero Alan Rabinowitz and George Schaller . Two of the world's most proactive field biologists, these two dudes met with former Taiwanese President Lee Tung Hui and in 1987 finalized work in the area to secure its protection. Rabinowitz writes of his meeting wit [View Full Entry]

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This weekend, Flied back to visit my parents located in the east of Taiwan, where is a small city fullfilled with pure and fresh air and faced the pacific ocean. The sunshine was so warm.. we drove the car to visit many small cities along the ocean path. To have the tea time suffering the freeze wind . Not too many,crowded people in the afternoon, green field , few fishermen and blue sky.. that is the life i like mostly. without anyfurhter working pressure. Taitung county has many beautiful natural scences and free leisure atmophere, so for travelling, i will [View Full Entry]

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Taitung, located in the east of Taiwan facing the pacific ocean and spetacular ocean mountains. The most convenient way to Taitung is by airplante , for 40 mins from Taipei. Or you could take the fast train(not high speed train) in east line to Taitung. it will spend you 4-5 hours from taipei. The view on train still is worthy seeing across ocean line and mountains. Taitung is really hot in summer with cloudless sky and blue ocean. also it is the hometown of aborigies. i live in city where there is a bicycle park closed to the ocean. You [View Full Entry]

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