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Travel Blogs from Wulai, Taiwan

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Beautiful mountain scenery on way to Lishan, Lishan, Taiwan travel blog

Beautiful mountain scenery on way to Lishan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... ;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, Nanshan ( No. 7 ), Taiwan travel blog

Decided-via mountain No7, not coast / Christianity

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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 ...

A whole day down direction Taroko, Luoshao, Taiwan travel blog

A whole day down direction Taroko

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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, Lishan, Taiwan travel blog

Around Lishan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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, Wuling ( No. 7 Highway ), Taiwan travel blog

A wonderful day in Wuling Recreation Area

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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 ...

An exausting day to highest street point - Hehuan, Hehuan Shan ( Mountain ), Taiwan travel blog

An exausting day to highest street point - Hehuan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... ;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, Wuling, Taiwan travel blog

My next goal: Wuling Recreation Area

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... great 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 ...

A long walk up to Taiping Shan (Taiping mountain), Taiping Shan, Taiwan travel blog

A long walk up to Taiping Shan (Taiping mountain)

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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, Chiao Wulai, Taoyuan County, Taiwan travel blog

Day hike on Bei Cha Tien Shan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... , 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.  ...

Arriving in Tiensiang, Taroko Gorge, Tiensiang, Taiwan travel blog

Arriving in Tiensiang, Taroko Gorge

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... bit 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, ...

Wulai, Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

Wulai

A travel blog entry by taiwan_mike2007

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... 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 ...

Wulai Falls, Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

Wulai Falls

A travel blog entry by ilombardo

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... was malfunctioning 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 ...

Waterfalls and Aboriginal Culture in Wulai, Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

Waterfalls and Aboriginal Culture in Wulai

A travel blog entry by alifebeinglived

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... , "wow" to myself, about all the day trips!  Taiwan seems so small, I mean, it's less than three hours from Central Taiwan to Northern, but there is so much to see!  I think at least if anyone comes to Asia, they should consider Taipei and the ...

Central Taiwan Mountains, Fusing, Taiwan travel blog

Central Taiwan Mountains

A travel blog entry by sponger42

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We 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 ...

test, Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

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A travel blog entry by danielwmh

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Great hike to lovely Chilan Mountain and Pond, Chilan Shan and Pond, Taiwan travel blog

Great hike to lovely Chilan Mountain and Pond

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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From Mingche Hotel parking lot to Chilan Pond and return 9 hours including about an hour of accumulated breaks, so net about 8 hours hike without the top of Chilan Shan (mountain) - add about 45 minutes. Altitude from 1.100m to 1.550 on trail old road ...

Tough hike after winter break: Hulishan/Yufongshan, Hulishan, Taiwan travel blog

Tough hike after winter break: Hulishan/Yufongshan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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It's Sunday and one of the few beautiful days between many cold and rainy weeks and we, that's Joe and myself are up for a longer hike we haven't done previously.  Our goal today: Hulishan and perhaps Yufongshan from Maliguan village side. ...

Babokulu Shan hike, Babokulu Shan, Yilan County, Taiwan travel blog

Babokulu Shan hike

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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Babokulu Shan lies behind the village Mingchih on the eastern ( Yilan ) side of the Northern Cross Highway No 7. Joe and I started on Saturday from Taipei/ Chungli via No.5 freeway to Yilan and from there on No.7 provincial road to a village called ...

Bonding at a Hot Spring, Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

Bonding at a Hot Spring

A travel blog entry by raoughsten

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... what we were told, is town that features a good sized aboriginal population, which equals me being excited. Wulai is actually on the verge of being located on Taiwan's east coast/mountainous region, which (my I've used that word quite a bit) we were ...

Pouring rain and steep climb: Wulai+Tatung Shan   , Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

Pouring rain and steep climb: Wulai+Tatung Shan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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 ...

The Town in the Mountains, Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

The Town in the Mountains

A travel blog entry by ak4711

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... and something called a fried milk ball. The milk balls were delicious as were the chicken's bottoms. Bloated, we took a taxi back to the hotel and settled with Taiwan Beer bought from the 7-eleven nearby the hotel. It was a great second day in Taiwan. ...

Hike up to Husband & Wife Mountain - Fu Fu Shan, Fu Fu Shan - Husband & Wife Mountain , Taiwan travel blog

Hike up to Husband & Wife Mountain - Fu Fu Shan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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We are lucky - one of the few beautiful days with lots of sunshine and warm temperature. We meet at 8:00am in Fushing village on Road No.7. From there we drive to the east direction Baling/Ilan, At Km 31 on road No.7 we turn left to a road just before a ...

Chilan Recreational Forest, Ch'i-lan, Taiwan travel blog

Chilan Recreational Forest

A travel blog entry by trekkergold

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... the road to a Cultural Art Museum.  It was quite a large facility which includes cultural arts and crafts from around Taiwan.  There are even several streets designed in a historical contents with shops to sell handmade crafts (as well as ...

3 shorter trails in Yilan County, Yilan County, Taiwan travel blog

3 shorter trails in Yilan County

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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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 ...

Taman Shan, Meigueisimo Shan, Meigueisimo Pond, Taman Shan, Meigueisimo Shan, Pond, Taiwan travel blog

Taman Shan, Meigueisimo Shan, Meigueisimo Pond

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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Wonderful hike in pristine old forest and in perfect sunshine. 7:40am  Start: Last Home-stay/camp-ground above Shangbaling or better the Shangbaling Shenmu. at 1.700m - the trail entrance is just 5 to 10 minutes from home-stay a bit further up the ...

Visiting Wulai in a Taiphoon, Wulai, Taipei County, Taiwan travel blog

Visiting Wulai in a Taiphoon

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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, Shang Baling/ Chiao Wulai, Taiwan travel blog

2-Day hike Baling-Lala-/Lupin-/NanChaTienShan

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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... 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 ...

Beihen km 31-Xuewu village-Fufushan-Lalashan-Balin, Taoyuan County, Taiwan travel blog

Beihen km 31-Xuewu village-Fufushan-Lalashan-Balin

A travel blog entry by kurtmult

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Two days hike on April 10 and 11, 2010 by Joe from Canada, Geiri from Island and me, Kurt from Germany. Day 1: Country road ( 13 km, 1.100m up, 150m down, time 4 - 5 hours ) - from Beihen road No. 7, km 31 at Xuewu tunnel - down to river and bridge - up ...

Tiawan day one, Teipei, Taiwan travel blog

Tiawan day one

A travel blog entry by utexas

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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. ...

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