http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Taiwan , Taroko Gorge en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 14:26:13 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:26:13 +0000 There is a place in Taiwan where things are different. There is a place where the grey concrete of Taipei seems so far away. There is a place where the blue is bluer the green is greener marble stones shine in all the colours of the rainbow and the clouds hang lower.I am not talking about Neverland and I am not Peter Pan or Michael Jackson for that matter... What I want to talk about in this ent http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-772712.html If you want to downloaddown load movies to iPad you can practically drown yourself with very good high quality movies devoid of spending each time you downloaddown load. Check out some free sources that give no cost iPad downloads today.Prior to any of us even hearing about the iPad or the iPhone employing the phrase apps which is short for the word programs is in no way actually that pr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-704219.html Siedze sobie w domu nad brzegiem oceanu kilkanascie km na poludnie od Hualien. Dotarlem tu wczoraj wieczorem do 3 rano trwala popijawa przed pojsciem spac zdazylem jeszcze spisacDzien dzisiejszy niezbyt ciekawy za wyjatkiem wieczoru. Za dnia zwinelo sie z goscinnej kwatery u Mayny w Kaohsiungu wzielo takse potem na stojaka pociag 3 razy Taiwan pijio dla przyspieszenia podorzy w koncu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-662582.html NA dan mrtvih smo bili se kako zivi in to se ob 7.20 ko sem se odpravila na vlak za Taroko. NAjprej do Hualiena kjer sem imela se dovolj casa da sem podaljsala zajtrk v eni od minirestavracij se oglasila se v TICu in izvedela za kolakni kolesarski festival potem pa se ob 8.40 odpravila na bus do Taroka. Cez urico smo prispeli v uvodni stab tega nacionalnega parka sijalo je sonce kar je za http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-662571.html We took the evening train 2.5 hours to Haulien a small town on the east coast which would be our base while exploring Taroko Gorgo. Taroko is a national park area with tall jagged imposing marble cliffs and mountains with clear rivers running through the valleys. There are many hiking and walking trails throughout the park and some stunning views to be seen.In Haulien we stayed at Formosa Back http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-539753.html Day 3 after a restful morning at the hotel we joined a small group tour to visit the North East coast an area noted for its numerous capes backed by green mountains.We visited Pitou Cape where a rock formation was supposed to look like a face with a nose neither of us could see the resemblance our guide said to look closer as it wasnt a western face but an asian face with a flatter nose http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-534705.html The Final InstallmentThe cool rainy weather forced us to change our east coast surfing plans. We decided to go north from Taitung to the city of Hualian and the Taroko Gorge. The Taroko Gorge is impressive. It's a 19mile long canyon near the east coast coast of Taiwan. It features a dramatic elevation gain from the coast to around 3000 meters in about 60 horizontal kilometers. It's also crumbli http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-517980.html My friend Su from Tainan picked me up at my hostel and we took a train to Hualien. There was a long queue at the ticker booth as it is weekend and we got the 840pm train we were told all seats were taken and we paid for no seats tickets. The train was half empty when we got on and we sat and will give our seats if someone comes up with a ticket but all the while a few stops here and there no o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-496554.html Here are some pictures from a visit Cynthia and I made to Toroko National Park in eastern Taiwan. We were really lucky and had gorgeous weather for the day and the scenery as you can see from the photos was stunning. There was one section of a walk we did where there were falling rocks so we had to wear helmets although from the size of some of the boulders already fallen into the path I don't http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-485441.html Day 524 on the road A three hour train ride south on one of Taiwan's comfortable and reliable trains brought us to the city of Hualien on Taiwans' east coast the stepping stone for the magnificent Taroko Gorge. Or shall we call it as the English translation in the tourist brochure does Extreme beauty of the world and a pleasing delight of hills and water CatchyWe had missed the last bus f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taroko-Gorge/blog-435394.html