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{Hiking} Travel in Taiwan -- Sandiaoling Waterfall Trail (三貂嶺瀑布群)
One of the best easy hikes in the greater Taipei area. Take the train to Sandiaoling and follow the tracks to the trail head. The trail is easy to follow and you will be rewarded with three beautiful waterfalls.
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Travel in Taiwan (2016, 1/2) By Richard Saunders
A ride along the Pingxi Branch Railway Line, which runs through a picturesque valley about an hour from the Taipei City center by train, is a great way to spend a day of relaxing sightseeing, but it also provides easy access to some of northern Taiwan’s finest day walks. Hikers are truly spoilt for choice in this area: there’s enough to discover hereabouts to keep an explorer happy for a week of hikes or more. If there’s only time to do one of the easier routes, however, the choice is pretty clear. One of the finest short hikes within day-tripping distance of Taipei is the stunningly scenic Sandiaoling Waterfall Trail.
The Sandiaoling Waterfall Trail is named for three waterfalls, Hegu, Motian, and Pipa Cave, all three impressive, though the first can only be seen from a distance. It takes about two hours to get from Sandiaoling Railway Station to the last of the falls (about 2.5km). From there, most casual hikers will take the same route back, but for more adventurous types there are two alternative routes, one to Dahua, the next station on the Pingxi line, the other to Houtong, the station before Sandiaoling when coming from Taipei.
Getting to the trailhead is easy. Take a Local Train (NT$59 one way; about one hour) from Taipei Main Station to Sandiaoling, a tiny settlement picturesquely set in the densely wooded valley of the young Keelung River. Leaving the station, follow the tracks away from the Taipei direction towards a tunnel. Before the tunnel, the Pingxi line splits off from the main trunk line, which heads to the northeast coast. Take the pedestrian underpass under the railway, and then follow the path beside the Pingxi line. After walking about ten minutes, the tracks enter a small settlement, passing the pale-blue building of the abandoned village elementary school across the tracks. Cross the tracks (keeping a lookout for trains!) and you have reached the trailhead, which is right beside the school building. Walk up the concrete path, passing a few houses and following the steps, to reach the wooded hillside above. After a short ascent the trail levels out, and then it’s an easy 30-minute walk through mixed woodland, including several attractive bamboo groves, to the first of the three waterfalls. Hegu Waterfall, 40 meters in height, plunges into a deep gorge below, and can be seen in the distance from a flat observation area to the left of the path.
Above Hegu Waterfall, the path joins the stream of the waterfalls for the first time, crosses a pair of small suspension bridges, and continues along the left bank of the stream, now through thick jungle. The trail becomes narrower, and is a little rough in places, with some slippery tree roots and small rocks to negotiate, but the scenery is beautiful. After 20 minutes the trail reaches the foot of Motian Waterfall, which falls well clear of the cliff face.
A small wooden viewing platform offers great views of the waterfall from below. More adventurous walkers can follow the trail a few meters further as it starts to climb out of the gorge, then turn right at a junction and traverse a short but muddy path that leads into the overhang, where it’s possible to get right behind the waterfall.
To continue the walk to the third fall, head back to the junction and turn right to continue along the main path, which climbs out of the gorge via a newly installed metal staircase. At the top, less than a hundred meters above the second fall, is Pipa Cave Waterfall, a slightly smaller version of its sister below, which leaps over an overhanging cliff of golden sandstone. Both waterfalls are perfect spots for a rest or a picnic lunch, although the upper fall is generally quieter on busy weekends.
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Sichuan | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:49 1 Names 00:03:16 2 History 00:03:24 2.1 Prehistory 00:03:58 2.2 Ba and Shu Kingdoms 00:05:40 2.3 Qin dynasty 00:06:50 2.4 Han dynasty 00:07:19 2.5 Three Kingdoms 00:08:11 2.6 Tang dynasty 00:08:53 2.7 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 00:09:24 2.8 Song dynasty 00:11:07 2.9 Ming dynasty 00:12:24 2.10 Qing dynasty 00:13:23 2.11 Republic of China 00:15:18 2.12 People's Republic of China 00:17:09 3 Administrative divisions 00:17:44 3.1 Urban areas 00:17:53 4 Geography and biodiversity 00:20:37 4.1 Giant Panda 00:21:11 4.2 Linpan settlements 00:21:36 5 Politics 00:22:10 6 Economy 00:25:35 6.1 Foreign trade 00:26:34 6.2 Minimum wage 00:27:17 6.3 Economic and technological development zones 00:27:27 6.3.1 Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone 00:28:25 6.3.2 Chengdu Export Processing Zone 00:29:01 6.3.3 Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone 00:30:22 6.3.4 Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone 00:31:17 7 Transportation 00:31:50 7.1 Airports 00:33:11 7.2 Expressways 00:34:02 7.3 Rail 00:34:22 8 Demographics 00:35:46 8.1 Religion 00:36:48 9 Culture 00:38:35 9.1 Languages 00:40:20 9.2 Cuisine 00:41:33 10 Education 00:41:42 10.1 Colleges and universities 00:43:07 11 Tourism 00:44:16 12 Notable individuals 00:46:02 13 Sports 00:46:33 14 Sister states and regions 00:47:48 15 See also
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Sichuan (四川; alternately romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan) is a province in southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north, and the Yungui Plateau to the south. Sichuan's capital city is Chengdu. The population of Sichuan stands at 81 million. In antiquity, Sichuan was the home of the ancient states of Ba and Shu. Their conquest by Qin strengthened it and paved the way for the Qin Shi Huang's unification of China under the Qin dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Bei's Shu was based in Sichuan. The area was devastated in the 17th century by Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion and the area's subsequent Manchu conquest, but recovered to become one of China's most productive areas by the 19th century. During the World War II, Chongqing served as the temporary capital of the Republic of China, making it the focus of Japanese bombing. It was one of the last mainland areas to fall to the Communists during the Chinese Civil War and was divided into four parts from 1949 to 1952, with Chongqing restored two years later. It suffered gravely during the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–61 but remained China's most populous province until Chongqing Municipality was again separated from it in 1997. The people of Sichuan speak a unique form of Mandarin, which took shape during the area's repopulation under the Ming. The family of dialects is now spoken by about 120 million people, which would make it the 10th most spoken language in the world if counted separately. The area's warm damp climate long caused Chinese medicine to advocate spicy dishes; the native Sichuan pepper was supplemented by Mexican chilis during the Columbian Exchange to form modern Sichuan cuisine, whose dishes—including Kung Pao chicken and Mapo tofu—have become staples of Chinese cuisine around the world.