Rocky start
14 March 2017
Climbing on rocks at Xiaoyeliu
Before anything else, today I caused a breakfast incident. My hotel includes breakfast, they generally do in Taiwan, and since it seemed to be a r....
Footpath observance
13 March 2017
Railway art park in Taitung
Taitung not only has footpaths, you can walk on them. People seem to observe the general rule that a footpath exists for people to walk along, and....
Far from station
13 March 2017
Travelling by train from Hualien to Taitung
Now I am in Taitung or Taidong or Tai(random) and thats the last time I do that. The train station is far from the city, so very very far, 90 minu....
Dry trip to station
12 March 2017
Eating pasta in Hualien
Tomorrow I am moving further down the coast, this time to Taitung, which is what maps say, but is actually Taidong, because somehow tung and dong ....
Cloudview
12 March 2017
Hiking up Zuocang in Hualien
For the last 3 days I have been looking at the mountain towering over the city of Hualien. So today despite it being covered in cloud, I decided t....
Department store rain shelter
11 March 2017
The Hualien Far Eastern department store
Imagine my lack of surprise when this evening I stepped out of my hotel room to find it was raining. It is not really a problem at night, and it d....
Cement factory rubbish dump beach
11 March 2017
Walking along the beach from Hualien to Chishingtan
Today I walked along the beach to the next town over, Qixingtan, formerly Chishingtan. Cheetsingtchan is famous for its view of the beach with the....
Surprise carnival
10 March 2017
The Hualien night market is more of a carnival with fighter jets
Not many photos this evening, I actually did 40,000 steps in the gorge earlier today, so I did not have much strength left. I did however manage t....
Engorged
10 March 2017
Day trip to Taroko Gorge from Hualien
Today I went to Taroko Gorge, one of Taiwans 2 main tourist attractions. Dont worry I am going to the other one as well later in my trip. I know y....