Alishan Gou Hotel

On Saturday, 31., we left the village at about 10:15 am and walked about 1.5 hours back to where we have parked our car.

The main part of the day we drove North, on country-road 185, visiting the old, but well restored Spanish Christian basilica Wan Chin in the village Wan Chin. From there we went further North on roads 27, 27 minor ( because 27 has almost completely been destroyed by typhoon Morakot. ) and then 20 ( the Southern Cross Highway ), which is ...

12 May 2009
We took the forest train to Fenchihu Train Station (奋起湖火๗ 0;站) and found our way to Adagio Homestay (缓慢民宿). The check-in time is 3pm, so we left our backpacks in the dinning hall and went taking photos in Fenchihu old town (奋起湖老ජ 3;) and the surrounding.

We started with the Square Bamboo Forest ...

10 May 2009 (Sun)
We took the forest train to Alishan from Chiayi Train Station at 10am. It was a 4.5 hours ride. We had to alight at Zhangnaoliao Station (樟脑寮站) and change to another train 600m away to avoid a damaged section of the railway caused by a landslide in 2008.

At 1pm, we reached Fenchihu Train Station (奋起湖站) where the train ...

... the spirit of the Atayal. Opening hour: Every Tuesday to Sunday 8:00am to 5:30pm *Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area Taiping Mountain stands within Datong Township in Yilan County with an elevation of 1950 meters. The mountain is surrounded by clouds and fogs all year long, the gTaiping cloud seah is regarded as one of the top 12 prodigies in Taiwan and the top 8 scenes in Lanyang. When ...

... breakfast first in times before and goes aboard again to set out after taking a rest half an hour to an hour! Appreciate a whale departure time:06:00AM 09:00AM 12:30PM 15:00PM Recommend a route of travel2:Taipingshan trip day1: *Nao-ao Atayal Aboriginal Cultural Hall Head building"the big same village Tai graceful life building" of the mother tongue topic of aborigine, build by big same village the cultural object building of aborigine ...

Here we are on layover in Taipei, Taiwan, enroute back to Alaska. We passed our three-hour layover with card games, journal updates, snacks, and visits with each other. We are amazed that our time in Thailand has gone by so quickly. It seems ...

... Jsou tu pavouci jak moje dlan a taky brouci mnohokrat vetsi nez u nas. Hada jsme jeste nepotkali, ale pred vstupem do pralesa jsou cedule pozor na hady a vcely (ty tu taky trochu prerostly). Vychodni pobrezi je hrozne strmy a skalnaty. Ze zhora jsou videt obrovsky ryby. Na obed jsme se stavili na vyhlasenem miste na morske potvory. Byla to dobrota, ale Irenku trochu presla chut na koupani, kdyz videla, co vsechno v oceanu plave.

... trochu jsem vyhladovela. Uz jsem si yjistila internetovou adresu taiwanskeho uradu, ktery se zabiva podnebim a pocasim. Jsou tam ruzne mapky a predpovedi, tak to budu sledovat. Marne hledam v okoli skoly nejakou vegetarianskou vyvarovnu. Vsude rikaji: su shi mei you, nebo-li vegetarianske nevedou. Bud se tedy preorientuji na maso, coz nehodlam nebo budu svatecne cas od casu jezdit k 'Buddhovi'... V nedeli vecer se do mne dala zimnice. Navlekla jsem na sebe, co se dalo ...

This morning we take a minibus to the top of the mountains of Alishan. Alishan (Ali Mountain) is the most famous scenic spot which is formed by Dawu Mountain range, Jian Mountain, Zhu Mountain and Ta Mountain. 18 large mountains, stretching from Nantou to Jiayi in two counties. It takes 4 hours by mountaineering train from Jiayi County to reach Alishan scenic spot. There are connected mountain peaks low and high ...