On this trip, we went to the East Coast of Taiwan and saw a lot of ocean. :)
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Niushan 牛山
Qingshui Cliff 清水斷崖
Qixingtan 七星潭
Sanzhan River 三棧溪
Shitiping 石梯坪
Yuedong (Moon Cave) 月洞
Qixingtan Star Sea Bed & Breakfast (七星潭星海民宿)
Add: 12, Lane 79, Qixing St., Dahan Village, Xincheng Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣新城鄉大漢村七星街79巷12號)
Tel: 0932-307-912
Website: 7starocean.com
Go to Sea Café Homestay (來去海邊咖啡民宿)
Add: 1-2 Yongfeng Rd., Fengbin Village, Fengbin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣豐濱鄉豐濱村永豐路1-2號); near the 48km marker on Prov. Hwy 11
Tel: (03) 879-1898
Website: goto-sea.com.tw/ (Chinese)
Sawalian (莎娃綠岸)
Add: 2-1, Ward 4, Gangkou Village, Fengbin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣豐濱鄉港口村4鄰2-1號)
Tel: (03) 842-1224 / 0920-330-842
Website: makutaay.com/page4.php (Chinese)
Kavalan Cuisine Restaurant (噶瑪蘭風味餐廳)
Add: 42 Xinshe Village, Fengbin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣豐濱鄉新社村42號)
Tel: (03) 871-1339
Hailang Café (海浪 Café)
Add: 73-1 Lide, Fengbin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣豐濱鄉立德73-1號); near the 58km marker on Prov. Hwy 11
Tel: 0912-935-208
Website: facebook.com/tapalik
Lily Studio (百合工作室)
Add: 15 Guangfeng Rd., Fengbin Village, Fengbin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣豐濱鄉豐濱村光豐路15號)
Tel: (03) 879-1591
Paterongan (Xinshe) Banana Fiber Workshop (新社香蕉絲工坊)
Add: 42, Ward 2, Xiaohu, Xinshe Village, Fengbin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣豐濱鄉新社村小湖2鄰42); near 43km marker of Prov. Hwy 11
Tel: (03) 871-1361
Website: pataronang.com (Chinese)
Travel in Taiwan (2015, 7/8)
By Rick Charette
Qixingtan is a landscaped area immediately north of Hualien City. The name means “Seven Star Lake,” but this is in fact a lovely arcing bay of crystalline blue-green Pacific waters, invariably made even more photo-friendly by local fishermen busy on their craft close inshore. The bay’s north end is the north terminus of a breezy seaside bike path stretching 21km to Nanbin Park on Hualien City’s south side. There are bike-rental stations near the bay’s north and south ends. Among the many other facilities are the Stone Sculpture Park, Star Watching Plaza, Sunrise Building (Qixingtan’s sunrises are renowned), children’s playground, and seaside botanical garden. At bikeway-side are signboards explaining the seaside ecology, many with English. Another key draw is the terrific camera-perfect view of distant Qingshui Cliff.
Shitiping. The name means “stone steps.” The dramatically terraced volcanic rock and raised-coral formations here form what looks like a staircase rising out to sea. The sea’s great erosive powers are in visually inspiring evidence here – all about are kettle holes and surging tide pools. The teeming marine life draws fishermen, shellfish collectors, and scuba divers. The distinctive ecology also features such oceanside-adapted plants as screw pine, cactus, and morning glory. There isn’t much shade, so bring water; there’s also ice cream, popsicles, and other cooling goodies available at the visitor center.
Starchasers (as in “movie stars”) will be especially thrilled to learn about the existence of Niushan, where legendary director Martin Scorcese, Irish actor Liam Neeson, and other big names recently did shooting for the movie Silence, scheduled for release in 2016. What you’ll find at the end of a steep, narrow, long-grass-brushed road that leads off the here inland-and-upland coastal highway is a long and dramatically fetching arc beach bracketed by mountains that drop into the sea. The only buildings here are right behind the isolated beach – those of the Niushan Huting, a combination restaurant/café/bar/homestay/campground complex (rainbowiscoming.com/huting; Chinese), owned by members of the Amis tribe, Taiwan’s largest, and beside these a couple of tourist-draw thatch-roof structures from the faux village built for Silence (the rest were being torn down the day we visited). “Niushan” means “cow mountain”; to find the side-road entrance, look for the highway-side “Niushan Huting” sign on a totem pole capped with a steer-head sculpture (26.6km mark).
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Strolling in culture!!!! Taiwan road trip (Kaohsiung高雄) . feat Travel North Taiwan
Taiwan is such an amazing place that has so many places yet to discover. So as the traveling enthusiast, we decided to spend 10 days to explore this island, and show all the best and hidden spots in Taiwan.
台灣這個美麗的寶島,有太多太多景點可以去發掘了,有山有海,有沙漠有寒帶. 但實在太少人有用心去尋找挖掘
生為一個旅行的愛好者 Travel North Taiwan, 我悶決定用十天的時間去帶給妳台灣的美跟所有你想不到的私房景點以及人文
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After leaving Taroko Gorge, we visited a few places in the East Rift Valley and on the Pacific Coast. We also stayed at a surprisingly nice B & B!
00:50 Liangjin Shitang Restaurant 兩津食堂
01:20 Feicui Valley 翡翠谷
04:00 Fenglin Mingxin Ice Shop 明新冰菓店
04:35 Jilitan 吉利潭
05:50 Jinlai Huilan B&B 境籟迴嵐
10:35 Butterfly Valley Resort 蝴蝶谷溫泉渡假村
16:00 Xinshe rice fields 新社稻田
17:00 Hualien Fengbin Sky Trail 花蓮豐濱天空步道
20:00 Dashibi Hill Trail 大石鼻山步道
21:50 Jiqi Beach 磯崎海水浴場
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From Travel in Taiwan magazine 2018-7-8:
Feicui Valley
The pathway is less than 1km long and takes you upriver along the Mugua, through an old tunnel with dozing ceiling-clinging bats, and along an up-and-down au naturel exposed-root section to a tributary-stream waterfall with a wadeable rock pool at its base. This is the bottom of the narrow Feicui (Emerald) Valley, increasingly popular with river tracers.
Jilitan
Up a tributary stream just inside the mouth you’ll find the placid Jilitan (Jili Pond). It was created by the Japanese as a log pond, and is now cleared. It’s the centerpiece of a new breeze-brushed park with walking paths, Chinese imperial-style arch bridges, and foot-soak facilities.
Jinlai Huilan B&B
Located north of Ruisui town on Highway 9, the Jinlai Huilan B&B is run by a delightfully warm and young husband/wife team who not long ago decided to opt out of big-city living. Its layout is motel-like. Meals are taken in the main entrance area, and the five simple, tastefully appointed rooms, in the rear and along one side, are entered directly from outside. The tableau seen from the rooms is blissfully quaint – across valley-floor farms into the Butterfly Valley, trains drumming along with percussion-like rhythm in the distance. The meals are another soothing satisfaction. The husband has international-cuisine culinary-arts training, and clearly studied well.
(Rooms start at NT$2,200)
Jinlai Huilan B&B (境籟迴嵐)
Add: No. 226, Sec. 3, Zhongzheng N. Rd., Ruisui Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣瑞穗鄉中正北路三段226號)
Tel: 0960-667-286
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Butterfly Valley Resort
The Fuyuan National Forest Recreation Area is in yet another central-range valley. The park is between the towns of Guangfu and Ruisui. The focus here is eco-tourism. The Butterfly Valley Resort ( is managed by a commissioned private enterprise, and most of its amenities are just inside the park entrance. This is near Fuyuan Stream’s lower reaches, where the terrain is less steep. The resort’s amenities include a small upscale hotel, landscaped gardens, a butterfly museum, and an outdoor hot-spring spa. Guided eco-tours are available. These last 1.5 hours and take you through the gardens, along lower-area trails, and into the more rugged upper area. The upper area offers misty waterfalls, suspension bridges, and a broad camphor-tree stand. A fee is charged for non-hotel guests.
Coastal Skywalk
The new Hualien Fengbin Sky Trail is a double-thrill attraction. The “sky trail” is a 150m cliff-clinging skywalk that hangs you right out over the ocean, breakers and shore fishermen at your feet. A 20m section is transparent. The trail follows a narrow old path hacked from the cliff face, which connected local villages during the Japanese period. The second thrill is that your access walk is along a retired cliff-edge section of Highway 11. Your skywalk return is through an old highway tunnel, today filled with gift and snack stands.
Dashibi Hill
The hill on the south side of Jiqi Beach is easily ascended. It juts out into the sea, and the highway curves around it inland. The wood-stair pathway to the top, the Dashibi Hill Trail, starts at a highway-side parking lot and takes about 15 easy minutes to conquer. Your reward is splendid views of the rugged coastline north and south, local fishing craft out at sea, and the highway-side indigenous village inland.
Jiqi Beach
Jiqi Beach offers 3km of soft sandy shoreline in a shallow bay surrounded by mountain on three sides. This is the first good swimming beach south of Hualien City. On the south end is a resort with water- and beach-fun equipment, a snack shop, a retail/gift shop, and a camping area with covered wooden platforms.
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Surfing in Taiwan with The Perfect Wave and Taiwan Surf Tours
Experience surfing in Taiwan, a country with year-round swell, scenic routes, beautiful beaches and old temples. Let a very experienced, bilingual guides take you to the best spots in any given conditions and get to know the ancient culture of this modern, thriving island. Surf time is at your discretion - whichever times and as many times as you'd like per day. They know all the spots: What works where on which tide, wind, swell size and direction. Taiwan offers breaks for all levels of surfers -- beginners to pros, beachbreaks, rivermouths, points & the odd rock/reef setup. Taiwan hosts 'everyman' waves -- something for everyone.
(#2) 10 DAYS IN #TAIWAN l #台湾TravelVlog l Taidong & Tainan l Wulai & Hot Spring l Tamsui Old Street
Finally uploaded the second part of the 10-day Taiwan trip. #travelvlog #taiwan #vacation #wulaioldstreet #hotspring
In this video: leaving from Hualien and heading to Taidong & Tainan, Wulai, Tamsui was our last stop, and we spent two nights in Taipei before our departure.
Taiwanese Food Parade Ep. 1 | Potato Chips!
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the: Taiwanese Food Parade!
In this series I will be introducing you to different Taiwanese foods that I really enjoy and that I think are unique to this part of the world. And I am going to try and consistently put out a new episode for this series on the same day, once a week, every week for at least the foreseeable future. Let's see how this goes ;)
What's your favorite kind of potato chip? Let me know in the comments section. And if you have any ideas for future episodes of this series let me know.
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