Hengchun Old Town (Near Kenting National Park, Taiwan)
Hengchun / 恆春 is located within Kenting National Park and is the gateway to the tropical beach resorts and night markets of Kenting, therefore it is one of the most well known tourist towns in Taiwan. The city itself was once completely surrounded by a city wall; now about half of the wall remains intact, as well as the four city gates. On weekends, the streets of nearby Kenting are filled with cars and tour buses.
The Hengchun Old Town / 恆春古城 is one of the best-preserved historical towns in Taiwan with four gates intact and about half of the walls remaining. It was built during the Qing Dynasty in the 1st year of the Guangxu Era (1875) and completed in 1879. It has a north, east, south, and west gate and the outer circumference of the moat measures 880 zhang (about 2,700 m or 8,800 ft). In 1988, an actual measurement of the length was conducted, showing that the length in total amount to 2,550 meters (8,370 ft).
The peak season of tourism in Hengchun usually lasts from April to late October when daytime temperatures are usually hot, while the off season lasts from November to March of the following year, with the exception of the week of the Chinese New Year holiday which usually takes place during late January or February, when large amount of tourist from around the whole country, mostly from Northern Taiwan travels to Hengchun and Kenting for the peninsula's warm weather.
The township was served by Hengchun Airport, with domestic flights from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei. Scheduled flights ceased in 2014.
On December 26, 2006, a 7.0–7.2 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter off the southwest coast of Taiwan occurred (approximately 22.8 km southwest of Hengchun). It caused damage to many houses in Hengchun, including fifteen historical buildings in the historic center of the township.
Hengchun Old Town / 恆春古城
Hengchun / 恆春 is located within Kenting National Park and is the gateway to the tropical beach resorts and night markets of Kenting, therefore it is one of the most well known tourist towns in Taiwan. The city itself was once completely surrounded by a city wall; now about half of the wall remains intact, as well as the four city gates. On weekends, the streets of nearby Kenting are filled with cars and tour buses.
The Hengchun Old Town / 恆春古城 is one of the best-preserved historical towns in Taiwan with four gates intact and about half of the walls remaining. It was built during the Qing Dynasty in the 1st year of the Guangxu Era (1875) and completed in 1879. It has a north, east, south, and west gate and the outer circumference of the moat measures 880 zhang (about 2,700 m or 8,800 ft). In 1988, an actual measurement of the length was conducted, showing that the length in total amount to 2,550 meters (8,370 ft).
The peak season of tourism in Hengchun usually lasts from April to late October when daytime temperatures are usually hot, while the off season lasts from November to March of the following year, with the exception of the week of the Chinese New Year holiday which usually takes place during late January or February, when large amount of tourist from around the whole country, mostly from Northern Taiwan travels to Hengchun and Kenting for the peninsula's warm weather.
The township was served by Hengchun Airport, with domestic flights from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei. Scheduled flights ceased in 2014.
On December 26, 2006, a 7.0–7.2 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter off the southwest coast of Taiwan occurred (approximately 22.8 km southwest of Hengchun). It caused damage to many houses in Hengchun, including fifteen historical buildings in the historic center of the township.
Kenting Youngster Hostel - Hengchun - Taiwan
Kenting Youngster Hostel hotel city: Hengchun - Country: Taiwan
Address: No. 258-3, Shengbei Road; zip code: 946
Featuring free WiFi and a barbecue, Kenting Youngster Hostel offers pet-friendly accommodation in Wangsha, 1 km from Hengchun Old Town North Gate. Free private parking is available on site.
-- 垦丁少年派平价旅店提供位于网纱的宠物友好型住宿、免费WiFi和烧烤设施，距离恒春古城北门1公里，设有内部免费私人停车场。 这间住宿加早餐旅馆的每间客房均配有空调、电视以及带浴缸或淋浴、坐浴盆、拖鞋和免费洗浴用品的私人浴室。 住宿加早餐旅馆亦设有共用休息室。 住宿加早餐旅馆可安排汽车租赁服务，距离高雄国际机场74公里。
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New world record set with 1000 playing Taiwanese moon guitars in Hengchun
A new Guiness World Record was set on the weekend when one thousand people in Hengchun, Pingtung County, gave a performance playing on Taiwanese moon guitars, a traditional two-stringed musical instrument. The activity, part of the 2015 Hengchun Folk Music Festival, was certified as the largest-ever moon guitar performance in history. Students of all ages and the elderly from the region enthusiastically took part. Together they sang a traditional Hengchun folk song inside Hengchun’s ancient city. Hengchun’s northern gate was full of people holding moon guitars on the ancient wall and in the square, all playing and singing folk songs.There were not only high school and middle school students playing. Even a 90-year-old took part.Chen Ying90-Year-Old Participant “I could sing these songs when I was 15 or 16 years old. I learnt how to sing these songs when I was young.”In addition, the Taiwanese Moon Guitar Folk Music Association, which is based in Taipei, also took part in the performance Member of the Taiwanese Moon Guitar Folk Music Association“Of course, this is incredibly moving. Because we hope that Taiwan can become like Japan and other countries (and have a national instrument.) If anyone asks what Taiwan’s representative music instrument is, we can now say proudly: it is the Taiwanese moon guitar.”Although the Taiwanese moon guitar is not as universally recognized as other musical instruments, in recent years it has been vigorously promoted in Pingtung’s Hengchun peninsula. These 1000 moon guitar players, young and old, have now set a world record for the largest moon guitar performance ever.
Old creepy bunker in HengChun, Taiwan
walked through an old long bunker around the military territory in the mountains. its usually full of water under, and it was so dark in there even with lights. the ground was soft but solid.
then tried to scare some people who were talking pass by the bunker! [that part was kinda fun haha]
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????????KENTING Trip West Coast BAISHA BEACH IS GREAT (墾丁/恆春半島西海岸)
Third and last video of our recent Kending (Kenting) We visited Maobitou, Baisha Bay, Wanlitong and Hengchung Town. I really liked Baisha Bay. Not many people there on a weekday in April. Probably packed in the summer months.
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Baisha Bay 白沙灣
Chenghuang (City God) Temple 城隍廟
Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島
Kenting/Kending 墾丁
Kenting National Park 墾丁國家公園
Maobitou 貓鼻頭
Mt. Gui (Trail) 龜山
Wanlitong 萬里桐
West Coast and Maobitou Peninsula
On the coast in the park’s northwest corner, along County Highway 153 not far off Highway 26, is the renowned National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (nmmba.gov.tw). Directly to its north, lookouts cap a large hill that strikingly soars up amidst flatlands all around. This is gentle-slope Mt. Gui (“Turtle Mountain”), shaped like a giant turtle shell. The Mt. Gui Trail snakes up to the 72m-high crest, from which grand inland panoramas of farmland, towns, and backdrop mountains fill the eye. The hill’s upper reaches are dotted with military ruins; the Japanese landed a punitive expedition on local shores in 1874, after area natives massacred shipwrecked Japanese sailors, and fortified the mountain after taking over Taiwan in 1895.
Further south along the national park’s west-coast side is Wanlitong and, near its southernmost tip, Baisha Bay. Compact Wanlitong village, markedly quieter than most other local tourist hotspots on the Hengchun Peninsula, is perched up above the raised-coral coastline. The tiny, shallow bay here is a first-rate snorkeling spot and there is just one on-site snorkeling outfit, resulting in a notably relaxed feel to the fun akin to a party atmosphere, with waves of groups wading out into the waters behind instructors.
Baisha (“White Sand”) Bay has a long white-sand beach with a cluster of beach bars and simple eateries at its northern end, and water-fun rental facilities at different points. There is paid parking at the northern end, and free parking about halfway down its length, the latter leading to a stretch somewhat quieter on busy weekends/holidays.
Baisha Bay is on the Maobitou peninsula, which projects south into the sea from Hengchun Peninsula’s southwest corner. Maobitou offers superb scenery at its southern tip, giant boulders strewn at the foot of its cliffs, viewed from a breezy plateau-top park which has food and drink facilities. High up its eastern side is Houbihu Fishing Harbor, from which many area diving/snorkeling enterprises launch boat expeditions.
The key attractions in Hengchun Town are the remnants of the brick-façade city wall built by China’s Qing Dynasty government in the late 19th century, for protection against anticipated attacks by the world’s colonial powers and to intimidate the region’s rebellious indigenous population.
A total of 2.7km of the wall and gates has been preserved. The best-known site is Nanmen (South Gate). Close by is Hengchun’s bright, floral-color City God Temple, first built in 1892, razed by the Japanese, and rebuilt in 2014 to house the City God icon, which was hidden away from the Japanese.
Café 1918 (恆春信用組合)
Café 1918 is close by Hengchun’s South Gate, in a heritage building originally built in 1918 to house a credit union and last housing a farmers’ cooperative. One of the original safes is now part of the décor. Café by day and bar by night, the quest here is to be a welcoming LOHAS space, sharing space with artists and craftspeople – currently, metalwork-jewelry classes are held on weekends, and local crafts and specialty-food products are displayed for sale. The highlight menu offering is a distinctive chicken curry made with dark chocolate.
Add: No. 155, Wenhua Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County
(屏東縣恆春鎮文化路155號)
Tel: 0930-808-389
Website: zh-tw.facebook.com/Cafe1918/
Taiwan’s only beer museum, off Highway 26 on Hengchun’s west side, is also home to a craft-beer brewery. At Hengchun 3000 Brewseum visitors are met with one soaring wall lined with 3,000 beer mugs/steins sourced from around the globe, and another with a giant Mona Lisa made of beer-bottle labels. Sit down to try the brewery’s numerous creations on tap, all named after Hengchun-area places, or buy them in cans to take home.
Add: No. 29-1, Caopu Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County
(屏東縣恆春鎮草埔路29-1號)
Tel: 0905-786-383
Website: zh-tw.facebook.com/3000Brewseum/
HISTORICAL PLACES OF TAIWAN IN GOOGLE EARTH PART FIVE ( 5/5 )
1. CHENG-TIEN BUDDHIST TEMPLE,TUCHENG 24°57'3.02N 121°26'45.12E
2. CHANGHUA CONFUCIOUS TEMPLE,TAINAN 22°59'25.47N 120°12'15.77E
3. DONGHE BUDDHIST TEMPLE,TAIPEI 25° 2'21.95N 121°31'21.56E
4. TEMPLE,LUGANG,CHANGHUA 24° 2'55.12N 120°26'17.95E
5. LONGSHAN TEMPLE 25° 2'13.94N 121°29'59.73E
6. SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF GOLD,WANLAUN
22°35'42.34N 120°36'40.69E
7. WENCHANG TEMPLE 25° 3'33.05N 121°31'15.50E
8. CHUANFANSHIH KENTING 21°55'52.34N 120°49'25.69E
9. ZHONGSHAN CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN 25° 2'56.57N 121°31'27.10E
10. BLUE MOTHER ZUWAN CHUN HING TEMPLE,TAICHUNG
24° 8'31.70N 120°40'53.74E
11. PA PA LITTLE BIG EAGLE'S NEST 24°27'27.35N 121°15'29.61E
12. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,TAIPEI 25° 2'24.16N 121°30'43.21E
13. SOUTH GATE,FENGSHAN 22°40'20.62N 120°17'11.73E
14. BLISS PALACE 25° 2'38.80N 121°32'33.03E
15. BEIDING ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 24°25'38N 118°30'18E
16. XIA HAI TEMPLE MATSUYAMA 25° 2'59.81N 121°34'12.57E
17. WEST GATE,HENGCHUN 22° 0'20.07N 120°44'35.76E
18. SHIN KUAN PIER,KAOHSIUNG 22°36'34.49N 120°17'48.97E
19. TAIPEI'S CITY NORTH GATE 25° 2'51.88N 121°30'40.16E
20. ANPING OLD FORT,TAINAN 23° 0'4.76N 120° 9'38.56E
21. CHIANG MONUMENT 24°50'47.80N 121°47'26.99E
22. MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY,BALI 25° 9'25.48N 121°24'17.95E
23. RED LIGHTHOUSE 22°37'3.73N 120°15'22.54E
24. MUSEUM OF GOLD,RUIFANG 25° 6'24.25N 121°51'31.83E
25. GREENWAY,TAIWAN TAICHUNG 24° 9'35.99N 120°38'44.43E
26. MUSEUM,ZHONGSHAN 25° 4'20.59N 121°31'49.44E
27. ZHANG'S ANCESTRAL TEMPLE,XINPU 24°49'37.61N 121° 4'15.82E
28. HERITAGE MUSEUM 25°10'31.51N 121°26'0.73E
29. NAN TEMPLE CHUNYANG PALACE 24°58'47.36N 121°35'12.30E
HISTORICAL PLACES OF TAIWAN IN GOOGLE EARTH PART ONE ( 1/5 )
1. FO GUANG SHAN BUDDHA MEMORIAL CENTER,KAOHSIUNG 22°45'23.94N 120°26'32.19E
2. ZHANG TEMPLE 24°58'22.63N 121°34'45.54E
3. DRAGON&TIGER TOWERS,KAOHSIUNG 22°40'49.75N 120°17'32.83E
4. TSEN PAGODA,NANTUO 23°50'30.94N 120°55'14.91E
5. TEMPLE OF ANCESTORS 24°56'2.36N 121°22'13.02E
6. MR.SUN YAT-SEN'S STATUE,ZHONGXING 23°57'28.55N 120°41'13.62E
7. TAIPEI GRAND MOSQUE 25° 1'40.52N 121°32'2.58E
8. SHUNGCHENGMEN,PENGHU 23°33'45.98N 119°33'44.14E
9. SHARP STONE,KENTING 21°57'34.43N 120°47'54.81E
10. TAIWAN NATIONAL DEMOCRACY MEMORIAL HALL
25° 2'4.76N 121°31'18.27E
11. TAICHUNG TAIWAN 24° 8'3.74N 120°40'25.96E
12. NAN TEMPLE JUPITER PALACE 24°58'49.39N 121°35'19.62E
13. NORTH GATE,HENGCHUN 22° 0'29.05N 120°44'52.50E
14. MARITIME MUSEUM OF TKU 25°10'34.60N 121°27'1.91E
15. JUGUANG,KINMEN 24°25'30.08N 118°19'8.62E
16. TAIWAN FLAG 25° 2'18.71N 121°33'36.84E
17. TAIWAN CROP LOGO 23°19'26.78N 121°18'46.21E
18. SAN DOMINGO FORT,DANSHUI 25°10'31.44N 121°25'58.56E
19. LIGHT HOUSE 23°58'10.79N 121°37'40.39E
20. GATE OF CHENG CHING LAKE,KAOHSIUNG 22°39'14.91N 120°21'0.24E
21. CHURCH,BEITOU 25° 7'52.63N 121°30'5.12E
22. MAXWELL CHURCH,ZHONGXI 22°59'36.02N 120°12'20.82E
23. TAIPEI 25° 2'1.75N 121°33'52.60E
Kenting ♦ O Luan Pi
O Luan Pi (E Luan Bi), der südlichste Punkt Taiwans - Ausflug zum National-Park, viele Jugend- und Touristen-Gruppen am Leuchtturm (Eluanbi Lighthouse).
HISTORICAL PLACES OF TAIWAN IN GOOGLE EARTH PART THREE ( 3/5 )
1. MAITREYA BUDDHA STATUE,EMEI 24°40'51.47N 120°59'9.27E
2. TAIWAN SALT MUSEUM 23° 9'19.53N 120° 6'20.51E
3. TAIPEI TEMPLE HOUSE 25° 2'58.50N 121°34'34.25E
4. CHIH KAN PAVILION,TAINAN 22°59'51.16N 120°12'9.51E
5. THEAN HOU TEMPLE 25° 2'34.85N 121°30'23.04E
6. SHAN GATE OF LONGSHAN TEMPLE 24° 3'1.27N 120°26'5.68E
7. BAO'AN TEMPLE,TAIPEI 25° 4'24.12N 121°30'55.76E
8. GOLDEN GATE HALL LUKANG,CHANGHUA 24° 3'0.52N 120°26'7.57E
9. PAGODA,MEMORIAL PARK,TAIPEI 25° 2'31.62N 121°30'56.74E
10. CENTER OF TRADITION ART,YILAN 24°41'4.21N 121°49'25.33E
11. NATIONAL MUSEUM,TAIPEI 25° 2'34.02N 121°30'54.10E
12. ZHONGSHAN GREEN BRIDGE 24° 8'16.39N 120°40'59.13E
13. CHIHSHANYEN HUI JI TEMPLE 25° 6'11.11N 121°31'50.75E
14. KAOHSIUNG MUSEUM OF HISTORY,KAOHSIUNG
22°37'36.85N 120°17'12.67E
15. BEITOU HOT SPRINGS MUSEUM,BEITOU 25° 8'11.72N 121°30'25.73E
16. NORTH GATE,ZUOYING,KAOHSIUNG 22°40'48.70N 120°17'25.48E
17. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST,TAIPEI 25° 1'52.84N 121°31'40.14E
18. MONUMENT,XIULIN 24° 1'41.73N 121°16'46.64E
19. GYEONGBOKGUNG DOOR 25° 2'20.51N 121°31'3.50E
20. EAST GATE,HENGCHUN 22° 0'14.41N 120°45'0.63E
21. MONUMENT SQUARE,KINMEN 24°25'37.36N 118°15'31.88E
22. FROG ROCK 21°56'19.81N 120°48'3.97E
23. GORGES CHANGFU BRIDGE 24°55'59.32N 121°22'16.67E
24. FLORENTIJN HOFMAN 22°36'58.83N 120°17'28.29E
25. NATIONAL CONCERT HALL,TAIPEI 25° 2'13.13N 121°31'9.19E
26. GATE OF DONGLONG TEMPLE,TUNGKANG 22°27'48.04N 120°26'51.01E
27. HSINPU LIU'S ANCESTRAL TEMPLE,XINPU 24°49'37.63N 121° 4'30.08E
28. YANAGIHARA CHURCH 24° 8'46.19N 120°40'52.26E
29. MATSUYAMA MUKDEN PALACE 25° 2'14.26N 121°35'4.87E
Taiwan, Taipei, bus 32 night ride from Minquan Zhongshan Intersection to
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- recorded with Sony a6500 (firmware 1.05), Sigma 16mm F1.4, Zhiyun Crane v1.0 (firmware v1.60), Sony ECM-XYST1M
January 2018
HISTORICAL PLACES OF TAIWAN IN GOOGLE EARTH PART FOUR ( 4/5 )
1. TA CHENG PALACE,ZUOYING 22°41'21.05N 120°17'56.26E
2. BEITOU PUJI 25° 8'9.28N 121°30'40.37E
3. TAIWAN PREFECTURE TEMPLE 22°59'31.59N 120°12'32.69E
4. TAOIST CHING SUEI SHRINE 25° 2'24.92N 121°30'10.04E
5. LUKANG DECANG TEMPLE,LUGANG 24° 2'54.42N 120°26'11.72E
6. TEMPLE,SHILIN 25° 5'7.01N 121°30'30.29E
7. THREE MOUNTAIN KING TEMPLE,TAINAN 23° 0'4.72N 120°12'10.91E
8. BELL HOUSE,DONGHE BUDDHIST TEMPLE 25° 2'21.42N 121°31'19.16E
9. SPRING GATE,TAINAN 22°59'13.70N 120°13'3.14E
10. NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM,TAIPEI 25° 6'7.69N 121°32'55.20E
11. LAKE POLICE RING 24°26'26.37N 118°24'47.50E
12. RED HOUSE,TAIPEI 25° 2'31.42N 121°30'23.52E
13. TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 24° 2'45.53N 120°41'13.62E
14. TEMPLE,BEITOU 25° 7'11.04N 121°30'25.19E
15. SOUTH GATE,HENGCHUN 22° 0'3.15N 120°44'41.27E
16. MARTYR'S SHRINE,TAIPEI 25° 4'46.50N 121°31'58.09E
17. GAOZI TOWER 22°33'3.64N 120°19'3.60E
18. MONGA CASTLE PALACE 25° 2'23.35N 121°29'58.28E
19. YUAN CHENG WEN HUA YUAN 24°10'59.52N 120°38'22.00E
20. NATIONAL GATE OF TAIWAN 25° 2'11.87N 121°31'3.58E
21. KAOHSIUNG 509,025.6 NAUTICAL MILES 22°36'36.87N 120°17'55.17E
22. GUANGHE TEMPLE,XINPU 24°49'41.07N 121° 4'28.12E
23. MATSUYAMA PALACE,SONGSHAN 25° 3'4.70N 121°34'39.62E
24. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,HSINYUAN 22°32'36.44N 120°27'36.03E
25. SOUTH GATE OF TAIPEI TAINAN 25° 2'6.51N 121°30'53.91E
26. CHIHKAN TOWER WITH MEMORIAL,TAINAN 22°59'47.45N 120°12'6.88E
27. CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHRISTIAN CONCERT 25° 2'36.38N 121°31'10.10E
28. EAST GATE,ZUOYING,KAOHSIUNG 22°40'29.82N 120°17'24.84E
29. CHUNG SHAN HALL,TAIPEI 25° 9'20.48N 121°33'10.12E
Straits and channels of the world
List about straits and channels of the world
Here is a list of the most famous and impressive straits and channels (natural and artificial) in the world.
In this list about straits and channels of the world you can find:
40. Strait of La Pérouse
39. Kerch Strait
38. Narrow Karimata
37. Bass Strait
36. Taiwan Straits
35. Strait of Malacca
34. Tsugaru Strait
33. Torres Strait
32. San Jorge Canal
31. Bab el-Mandeb
30. Strait of Oresund
29. Otranto Canal
28. Kattegat
27. Step Drake
Canal del Norte
Hudson Strait
Strait of the Probe
Narrow Davis
Strait of Korea
Strait of Ormuz
Skagerrak
Dardanelles
Pas de Calais
Estrecho Juan de Fuca
Strait of Florida
Strait of Tiran
Strait of Denmark
Cook Strait
The Bosphorus
Golden Gate
Mozambique Channel
Strait of Bonifacio
Strait of Singapore
Canal de Yucatán
Suez Canal
Bering strait
Corinth Canal
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Gibraltar
Panama Canal
40. Strait of La Pérouse
The northernmost point of Japan is occupied by the photo monument, in the narrow stretch of La Perouse that separates the Russian island of Sakhalin from the Japanese Hokkaido.
39. Kerch Strait
In the image, the Ukrainian coast. In front, the Russian coast. This narrow between 4.5 and 15 km wide connects the Black Sea of the Sea of Azov. Kerch is the most important city.
38. Narrow Karimata
In full sea of Java separates the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
37. Bass Strait
These 240 km of sea separate the coasts of mainland Australia from its largest island, Tasmania. It is located in front of the city of Melbourne.
36. Taiwan Straits
Also called Strait of Formosa separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan.
35. Strait of Malacca
Narrow length that separates Malaysia from Indonesia. Very close to Singapore
34. Tsugaru Strait
These 20 km of sea separate the two main islands of Japan: Hokkaido and Honsu.
33. Torres Strait
This strait with Spanish name is one of the most important in Oceania since its 150 km separates Cape York in Australia from Papua New Guinea.
32. San Jorge Canal
Very close to the Canal del Norte, this canal is the other entrance to the Irish Sea. Separates the coasts of Wales and Ireland.
31. Bab el-Mandeb
These approximately 30 kilometers of sea separate Djibouti in the continental Africa of Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula, being thus the door and the point of separation of the Red Sea of the Indian Ocean. It is important because the Red Sea is the continuation of the Suez Canal and its oil wealth. It is one of the busiest sea routes today.
30. Strait of Oresund
This strait separates Zealand from Scania, or rather Denmark from Sweden. Along the strait there are cities as important as Helsingor (Danish) and Helsingborg (Swedish) in the north and Malmö and Copenhagen in the south. A large bridge and tunnel connects these two last cities. Suppose, together with Skagerrak and Kattegat, the passage from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea.
29. Otranto Canal
This European channel of about 72 km wide connects the Adriatic and Ionian seas and separates the Albanian and Italian coasts. Take the name of the Italian city of Otranto (in the image).
28. Kattegat
The second entrance from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea, after Skagerrak, separates the Danish peninsula of Jutland from the Swedish coast. Göteburg is the main city of this European strait.
27. Step Drake
El Paso Drake is made up of the most stormy waters in the world. Separates South America from Antarctica.
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The place has a lot going on for such a small town. Old gates, Street Markets, Air Force Bases, Cape #7 movie sets, Greased Pole Climbing Competitions and lots of happy faces.
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DRONE - DJI Mavic Drone
CAMERA - The Canon G7X mark II
TRIPOD – DJI tripod
SELFIE STICK – DJI extension pole
THE RECUMBENT TRIKE – HP Velotechnik Scorpion 20fs
TRAILER – AIDOO cycle trailer
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JY_VLOG #618
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DJI MAVIC 4K 空拍 台灣 新北市 無耳茶壺山 半平山 Aerial Drone Taiwan Xinbei Wuerchahushan Banpingshan 20180930
此處PO的空拍影片多為本人於周末空檔背空拍機在著名景點拍攝。
I like to bring the drone to take the beautiful view .
私はドローン使て美しい景色を取るためにドローンを持って好きです。
若需要購買我空拍的素材 , 請至以下網站購買
If you need to buy my video, please go to the following website to buy
私のビデオを購入する必要がある場合は、以下のWebサイトにアクセスしてください
Typhoon Malakas headed for northern Taiwan only days after Meranti leaves trail of destruction
Typhoon Meranti has finally moved on after pounding southern Taiwan and Jinmen County with record-setting winds, but right on its heels is another storm, Typhoon Malakas. The Central Weather Bureau expects Malakas to affect the northern half of Taiwan late Friday and Saturday before heading toward Japan.A driver dangerously skirting a fallen tree blocking part of a road. A traffic light blown to the ground. Typhoon Meranti was the first typhoon ever to directly hit the island county of Kinmen, and it left plenty of damage in its wake.Meranti’s winds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour were the strongest ever recorded at the Kinmen weather station. They blew Tianhou Temple’s gate to pieces, bringing even the stone lions crashing down. Fortunately for Kinmen residents, the storm has moved on to China, with the Central Weather Bureau lifting its land and sea warnings at 11:30 am. Lo Ya-yinCentral Weather Bureau ForecasterAfter Typhoon Meranti makes landfall in China, it will progressively weaken in strength.But Typhoon Malakas is following close behind, gradually approaching Taiwan.Lo Ya-yinCentral Weather Bureau ForecasterTyphoon Malakas is likely to get stronger because of limited wind shear and favorable sea surface and sea temperature conditions along its expected course.The Central Weather Bureau expects Malakas to have its greatest effect on Taiwan over the course of Friday night and Saturday.
Pteradons Fly Over Beach
A flock of prehistoric Pteradons fly over Moonee Beach in Northern NSW Australia.
{Trip} South Taiwan DONGYUAN FOREST RECREATION AREA (東源森林遊樂區)
A truly special place in southern Taiwan. Refreshing forest, a lake with lotus flowers and wild ginger lilies. Friendly people of the indigenous Paiwan Tribe. Great live music!
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Biya 比亞
Crying Lake 哭泣湖
Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area 東源森林遊樂區
Dongyuan Lake 東源湖
Dongyuan Wet Grassland 東源水上草原
Ginger Lily Festival 野薑花季
Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島
Mudan Township 牡丹鄉
Paiwan Tribe 排灣族
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Also watch the latest video on this channel: {Trip} LALASHAN on the Northern Cross-Island Highway (北橫拉拉山)
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Article from Travel in Taiwan 9/10, 2016
Author: Rick Charette
Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area
Mudan Township in Pingtung County is like a “botanical garden,” a hidden-away mountain gem bursting with color where nature is allowed to be herself by her Paiwan Tribe custodians.
As we turned off Pingtung County’s east-west Provincial Highway 9 and headed south along the narrow and twisting, yet well-paved and -maintained County Highway 199, which meanders its way toward the very popular tropical Kenting National Park on Taiwan’s far-south tip, the impression quickly built that this was one of the prettier roads I’d been on in Taiwan.
We were in the deep-south section of Taiwan’s long, thick central-mountain spine. There was thick foliage on both sides; trees leaned over the road as if in welcome, presenting the gift of dappled shade on this bright, hot day. There was a strong scent of blooming flowers and busy butterflies and birds flitted about. Ever so often we’d catch a glimpse of the Pacific to the east, far below and beyond.
We had entered Biya’s world. Mudan Township is Paiwan Tribe country. Our destination was Dongyuan, one member of Taiwan’s southernmost cluster of indigenous settlements. It was early July, this was the first weekend of Dongyuan’s annual Ginger Lily Festival, and Biya (whose Chinese name is Sun Ming-heng) was to be our guide.
Adding to the color of our approach on Highway 199 was a steady stream of huffing, puffing, bright-garbed cyclists headed uphill the other way. Biking has exploded in Taiwan, and the 199 is part of a popular round-island cycle route. Here, on the Hengchun Peninsula’s east side, the coastal highway is interrupted, so riders, literally and figuratively, face an uphill battle when heading north from Kenting National Park.
Biya, decked out in traditional warrior ceremonial garb, met us at the wood-theme entrance to the community’s pride and joy, the Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area (NT$100 entry fee). Before us was a lovely small lake, thick with lily pads and reeds along its sides, bursting with the year’s wild white ginger lily bloom. On the far side was a large grove of tall trees shading a park-like area busy with people.
“Dongyuan is in a mountain depression,” Biya began his introduction. “It is oblong-shaped; the northeast end, where we are, is higher than the southwest end. Roughly speaking, the shape is like a tongue. Our village runs along the middle of the tongue’s north side, along the main road. We use this lake and mahogany-grove area as the tourist entrance to the forest recreation area, which runs higher up along the edge of the tongue behind and down beyond the village. At the tongue’s bottom is a huge bog, the Dongyuan Wet Grassland, which is a protected area.”
The community offers eco/culture tours to visitors (about 2 hours), which take in the lake-perimeter trail, forest grove, village spots, and bog. Biya first took us around the trail, which also goes through the grove, called the Aroma Forest.
“The Dongyuan community is a sub-tribe of the Paiwan Tribe, Taiwan’s second-largest indigenous group. Today we number about 500. The Paiwan have long lived in the hills and mountains of the far south, away from the coasts, for safety.
“The name ‘Dongyuan’ was chosen because we are east of Mudan, the largest area village, and in a headwater catchment depression; so ‘Dongyuan,’ meaning ‘eastern source or fountain. The lake is formally called Dongyuan Lake, but is also called Crying Lake. People believe some sad or mysterious Paiwan tale must be the source, but in fact the reason for the name is that the Chinese for “crying,” kuqi, sounds like the original name ‘Jiaguji.’
“The lake has now been allowed to return to its natural state, and we’ve introduced wild ginger lilies, not here before, for tourism purposes. They’ve long been important in Paiwan culture, used to strengthen stream and pond banks, in herbal medicines, and in our foods. In fact, during the Japanese era, the Mudan area was called Taiwan’s ‘botanical garden’ – wild peonies, wild ginger lilies, and other wildflowers grew in abundance, decorating the landscape.”