Wulai, Taiwan Travel Blogs

Beautiful mountain scenery on way to Lishan
Apr 20, 2007 (33 photos)

... ;One banner reads: The road ( No.8 ) is like a lucky Dragon - to interrupt this lifeline will negatively affect Taiwan's Dynasty. One information worries me - I hear conflicting infos that the road to Taroko is closed due to last night's land ...

Decided-via mountain No7, not coast / Christianity
Apr 17, 2007 (35 photos)

... may have up to four churches, which can be somewhat confusing, not only for the visitor. Christianity was brought to Taiwan in the early 17th century by the Spanish and Dutch missionaries. A large number of missionaries came from Mainland China after& ...

A whole day down direction Taroko
Apr 23, 2007 (20 photos)

... in Hualien ( Tse Wei Tang ) and one in New York. She has a son and 2 daughters who all work in the cities in Taiwan. Her husband had passed away 10 years ago. He had been discovered by the master when her husband had been a child and introduced him ...

Around Lishan
Apr 21, 2007 (12 photos)

... sounds easier than it's done and I am covered with scratches. I visit the Lishan local museum with information about Taiwan's geology, Lishan itself, water and soil conservation, the Deji water reservoir and Atayal culture. Back at my hotel I take ...

A wonderful day in Wuling Recreation Area
Apr 19, 2007 (33 photos)

... to get a ride to my next target, the camping place and the even higher located entrance to the second-highest mountain in Taiwan, the 3884m high Syue- Shan.  I walk through the valley with old farm houses and fruit orchards. All is well developed and ...

An exausting day to highest street point - Hehuan
Apr 22, 2007 (26 photos)

... ;are much more work intensive than vegetables - Local fruits get a lot of competition from fruits from overseas, especially since Taiwan joined the WTO ( World Trade Organization ) - Fruits can only be harvested once a year, while vegetables can grow ...

My next goal: Wuling Recreation Area
Apr 18, 2007 (30 photos)

...  baseball fan ( in the villages everyone is a baseball and basketball fan ) and he knows all teams and game results of the Taiwan and America league. Now that's not a topic for me as I don't even know the rules and I try to make clear to him ...

A long walk up to Taiping Shan (Taiping mountain)
Apr 15, 2007 (39 photos)

... and I often slip on the wet grass and getting back on my feet is not easy with the backpack ), pass by the Baling Taiwan Red Cypress Giant Tree and a side trail called Jianching historic trail. This trail has been a logging train track a century ago. ...

Day hike on Bei Cha Tien Shan
Dec 10, 2006 (21 photos)

... , beautiful and challenging one ( and one trip I have photos from ). This will give an idea what mountain hikes in Taiwan are like. As I have described before there are a lot of mountains to choose from, even just close to Taipei.  A ...

Arriving in Tiensiang, Taroko Gorge
Apr 24, 2007 (37 photos)

... worn out. Other places to stay are: another church above the Regent hotel, the 5 star Regent hotel ( only by Taiwan standard ) and a Youth Activity Center. The afternoon we spend leasurely reading in the garden coffee shop of the Regent hotel, read ...

Wulai
Feb 11, 2008 (13 photos)

... subway system, toward the southern outskirts of the city. From there, we had a 45-minute bus ride southeast to Wulai. The town is considered one of Taiwan's top hot spring resort destinations. Of all of the places I have visited on the island, Wulai ...

Central Taiwan Mountains
Jul 31, 2009 (8 photos)

... set off with Jacy's family to Fusing, a favorite retreat of Chang-Kai Shek. We ascended to the central mountains of Taiwan. The mountains are covered in bamboo and palm trees with winding roads threading between small towns and villages. The town of Fusing ...

Wulai Falls
Jun 4, 2004 (3 photos)

... that day and every single one of the 40-some pictures I took came out blurry. So I have scheduled another trip to Wulai Falls this Sunday, and barring bad weather, I should have some of my own pictures to show you next week. In the meantime, I will post ...

Pouring rain and steep climb: Wulai+Tatung Shan
Oct 24, 2009 (15 photos)

... a Typhoon lingering around made for a uncertain start of this hike.When we meet in Taipei it begins again to drizzle. When we arrive in Wulai it raining pretty heavy - shall we really go? One of us four decides to take it easy in a hot spring instead. So ...

3 shorter trails in Yilan County
Dec 8, 2009 (43 photos)

All 3 trails begin from road No.7 between Yilan City and Chilan. Trail 1: Chang Ling Lu trail ( this trail is mainly on a paved road and intended as well for cycling and walking ) - the trail begins in a small settlement ( see board on right side of ...

Visiting Wulai in a Taiphoon
Sep 15, 2008 (14 photos)

... during a Tyhphoon. The river you see is usually a gentle low stream in which fishermen are standing to persue their hobby and families with their children come in summer to play and cool down in the warm blue/green water. ( Kurt Multhaup - Taiwan )

2-Day hike Baling-Lala-/Lupin-/NanChaTienShan
May 2, 2009 (30 photos)

... group, which later gives us a lift from the trail end to Sanmin township. We reach the trail head at 5:30pm, still 5 km from Wulai village. From here bus to Dasi, bus to Taoyuan, train to Wanhua ( Taipei ), taxi home - hurray 9:30pm home! 

Tiawan day one
Jul 5, 2006 (5 photos)

TIwan Day one July 5, 2006 Ok Guys sorry if it is a little detailed but this is kind of a journal to. Our fist day in Asia, I must say when I first set foot on it I really wasn't crazy. It is sooo hot. I think it is more hot and humid then Texas. ...