Loving Mother Bridge Ci Mu Qiao 慈母桥
Liu Fang Bridge 流芳桥
Meander Core Scenic Trail Bu Luo Guan Terraces 布落湾
Eternal Spring Shrine 长春
Su Hua Highway 苏花
Qing Shiu Cliff 清水
Toilet break
Taipei
All photos by Amelia Tran and Kevin Ouyang.
Read the Taiwan Tour posts: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5.
Little Ye Liu 小夜流 (?)
East / Dong He 東河
Three Immortals Platform San Xian Tai 三仙台
Pebble Beach
Stone Steps
Marble Factory & Showroom
Taroko Gorge Swallow Grotto Yan Zhi Kou 燕子口
Hotel: Silks Place
All photos by Amelia Tran and Kevin Ouyang.
Read the Taiwan Tour posts: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5.
We were the bad tourists this morning and was late for our 9:15 AM check-out. The itinerary for the day:
After an hour drive, we arrived. This is now a memorial from the Sep 21, 1999 earthquake and the new one built after 3 years. Despite the destruction, the roof is still in one piece. You can walk around the entire temple and peek inside.
We went to the new temple after.
This area also had a market! Maybe about 600km long of vendors x 4 rows. We bought some loose tea leaves here. This was actually the cheapest place we bought tea from. Wish we exchanged more cash! The toilets in the back were very clean and there were so many stalls. Such a luxury as we are going through the country side.
The bus drove through the Jia Nian Plains area. Taiwan is sometimes called Formosa, which was the 16th century name (“beautiful island” in Portuguese).
Day 1 of the tour! Look at this awesome preview that Alan Chou put together. Lots of activities and things to see!
And look, a box of water to make sure we stay refreshed with the 80 F weather.
There were 2 bus stops before we got to our destination. After a 1 hour drive, we stopped by a convenient store that had a food court on the second level. We tried looking for bubble tea and were not successful. There were a ton of toilets! After a 1:20 drive, we had a second stop. We sampled some flaky cakes and pork jerky along with the mini cup of tea. The store had a souvenir stamping station that I stupidly put in my actual passport. (That’s actually illegal since you’re defacing government property… but I didn’t run into any trouble at customs when coming home, phew.)
Off the bus and to the little town, we go!
It was lunch time, so we helped ourselves to this great recommendation from Alan. It was 65 TWD each.
We picked up our bubble tea and sat on these benches so we can eat like savages. Nom nom. Wish I had that chicken wing right now… it was so delicious.
I do not remember this walk at all (I thought I took great notes during this trip…). This staircase reminds me of garlic bulbs, LOL! 570 steps / 20 minute walk to the next tourist sight.
