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Taitung Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Taitung, Taiwan
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Coastal walk to Dulan,unexpected concert/Ami tribe
This is a top pick! ... related to Mormons in the States, Neal and Dan have some in depth discussion about the two religions. He recommends two places in Taitung, the 'Gringo' for cheap sleeping and the 'Kasa' Bagel restaurant, coffee shop and bar to eat, drink and ...
Floating around Green Island ( Lyudao )
This is a top pick! Route: Lyudao inner trail and coastal road - Nanliao Total Distance: 15 km by walk and bike Altitude up: 150m Altitude down: 150m Finally a cooler day with clouds and bit rain. The island is really made for tourists and at this time of the ...
Soaking in hot spring spa - Jhihben / Puyuma tribe
This is a top pick! ... degrees and use the spa facilities to get bubbled by air, sprayed by water and what else. [ Puyuma tribe: The area around Taitung and Jhihben is populated by Indigenous Peoples of the Puyuma tribe ( Tzu ). They are also known as Beinan tribe. ...
Return to Taiwan from Lanyu by small plane
This is a top pick! Total distance: 10 km Altitude: 0 - ...
Easy day to Taitung
This is a top pick! Route: Dulan - Shanyuan Beach - Fugang Harbor - Taitung Total Distance: 24 km Altitude: 0m We wake up at 6:00am - I get the feeling that it's impossible to get long sleep in tents. After packing our stuff we buy breakfast at a traditional breakfast ...
Good Morning Taitung!
... it showed their pride in me - and that is sweet. It's just quite jarring to see that when anyone comes to their house in Taitung Taiwan the first thing they will see is me and GW. As usual, lots of drama.... My biological father, who gave me up 30-odd ...
Taitung
Taitung, Chihpen, who? According to the Lonely Planet guide book, many people go to Taitung for the hot springs. Actually, the hot springs are located in Chihpen. You could simply stay in one of the hotels in Chihpen without ever setting foot on ...
Getting Rained On On Green Island
... ) is a special place. It is a tiny speck of land (16 square kilometers in total area) off the southeast coast of Taiwan. It was formed thousands of years ago by plate tectonics and volcanic activity. The island is covered by lava rocks and surrounded ...
Wow!
... forced out of the country...haha. So, as usual, our last minute planning lead us to the train station to buy a ticket to Taitung, then hopefully a plane ticket to Green Island. It went kind of like this: Arrive at the train station at 9:41am, wanted to ...
Xmas
Jamie and I set out in search of the elusive Who bar and after some searching she decided to head back to our hostel. Unfazed I walked back with her to open the door and then set out on my own to find the Who. I walked for about a half a KM and found the ...
Last few days of the adventure
... Campen, a team mate from SFU wrestling years ago, for some pub style food and beer. It has been a great trip and I would recommend Taiwan as a cheap and exciting place to visit. There is so much we didn't see...maybe next time. Once home I'll throw up ...
Oh Yeah it's Christmas!
... by traversing mountains and hugging the coast line. We arrived in Taitung where we set out to locate our hostel called the Gringo. Taitung is where we will catch the ferry to Green island. We signed up for a tour which will include snorkeling and cruising ...
Day 3: beautiful sunny day of cycling
The 2nd day of cycling was far more enjoyable in clear blue skies! The countryside scenary was amazing, and the cycling was fun! We biked around 60km today, across more paddyfields, and mountains. We also tried some local ...
made in Taiwan part 2
... vasici na caju (tuki je caj BIG - predvsem Oolong tea, ki je poleg laptopov verjetno export nr.1 na Taiwanu ;). Prvi dan; preckat Taiwan od zahoda proti vzhodu cez southern highway... seveda...like I said... WE HAD NO IDEA! ;) "So many high points on ...
Day 4: final day of our cycling tour to Tai Tung
... - it felt very similar to the other side of the Pacific ocean, cycling in L.A.! But the scenery here is more petite, smaller scale, in terms of distances and sizes, I really love this part of Taiwan! ...
Day 8: Finally! A Hot Springs!
... ride to the hotel was relaxing and somewhat of a relief; we were able to sleep. When we finally got to the hotel in Taitung, it was around 5:00. I was so excited because we had arrived deep in the mountains. It might have been my ...
boiled and frozen in one night
... a bathing hat - which you have to buy - and they pools are all mixed. So, it was an ok experience, and seeing as there is sod all else to do in Taitung you may as well go and sit in a hot spring for a couple of hours till you can get the next train ...
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Ruei Suei to Taitung
... ouvertes aux campeurs....Que faire? David demande a un des surveillants pourquoi les ecoles de tout Taiwan sont accessibles aux gentils campeurs sauf celles a Taitung....Cette question exprimant son enervement se revele etre efficace. Le gardien le prend ...
Paradise on Earth
Despite the crazy adventure Green Island welcomed us with (including flooded roads, land slides and gaps of roads washed away to the ocean), it turned out to be heaven on earth. Without much detail, Carolyn and I made it from the west side ...
88.52 km – Steine, Feldwege und nette Leute
... etwas hügeliger, eine größere Erhebung zu überwinden Der Tag begann heute mit einer Umrundung von Taidong (Taitung) auf dem dafür vorgesehenen "Mountain-Ocean Bikeway", die ungefähr 20 km umfassen sollte. Aufgrund streckenweise etwas mangelhafter ...
Wind and waves on lovely Ludao (Green Island)
... Ami Taiwanese aborigines. It is a tiny volcanic island with approximately 17 kms of rugged coastline, almost directly east of Taitung on Taiwan’s mainland. If you draw a line further eastward, you will only hit the northern islands of Hawaii before ...
Kidnapping pt 2
Jan 4...later So ends up Mr Huang wasn't a rapist or a pervert.. And the off roading to a natural hotsprings was kinda neat. I still didn't go in cause I felt a cold coming on (I'm fighting it with 4000mg of vit C a day) so I just soaked my feet.. All ...
Mr. Huang's magical emporium
... rock that shifted due to the tectonic plates. Mr. Huang called up a couple of his friends and we got some free custard apples (Taitung's specialty) and went to visit a guy that plays music with folded leaves. Whut? This guy sits on his little farm with ...
Kidnapping
Jan 4, 10pm We got kidnapped. In a truck full of grapefruits and a mattress. Ok, Mr. Huang is nice and took us around.. To see Valencia orange orchard, an auction at the fish market....we feed monkeys..... Blah blah..all fun.... Then it started to get ...
Dulanshan trail, Dulan, Taitung
here is the trailhead, entrance, someone introduce Momordica charantia to Taiwan, someone introduce this to Taiwan, find another one trailhead, it tooks me two hours from the first one trailhead to the second one traihead, the second one trailhead is ...
Green Island Adventure
... water while listening to the waves crash against the ocean was a perfect way to wrap up a day on Green Island. We were back in Taitung in time for dinner, so we headed out to the street to try to find some good eats. We found a street stand that was ...
台东
... Taidong 好行provided poor service. The others provided excellent service! Currency Exchange service is really poor in Taiwan. If Taiwan intend to attract more foreign tourists, it should easier the procedure of money exchange. I spent 1 or 2 ...
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