Fortuna Hotel Hualien

... station is 5.3KM, Now we are arrived in Sincheng bay, along the beach, toward north to Sincheng railway station, find a aborigine people brave warrior with dog statue, find a aborigine woman statue,

... You also get to experience a natural phonomenon known as ascending air current. I guess its something that is appreciated in the flesh. We were both starting to fade as we had walked nearly 18km. Collectively we decided to make our way back to Bulouwan and catch the last bus back to Hualien. All that stood in our way was the swallow grotto, which nearly wiped us out the first time. Our motivation came from the promise of ice cream ...

... and some milk. I went back to Mickey D's and ate with the girls there. I ordered an "ice latte", hoping that it would match it's American equivalent in taste and overall quality, but it did not rate. Again, I was EXHAUSTED! We all were. So I went back to the hotel and took a shower and talked to my parents on skype. It felt glorious, and I fell asleep to the cracking of fireworks. 新年快乐！ ;Happy Chinese New Year!

... have liked some melted butter for the shrimp. After diner we set out to walk around in the tourist gift shops. There were lots of things to look at and purchase, but nothing spectacular that I couldn't live without. SunMoon lake is the honeymoon capital of Taiwan, and there were lots of couples walking about. This was our first chance on our trip to walk around, mostly unescorted, and get to mingle with the Taiwanese people. I really enjoyed it a lot. Ted took ...

... meine super-nette Hostfamily ihnen das Gaestezimemmer angeboten hat. Anfangs sind wir einfach mit dem Fahrrad durch die Stadt gegurkt und ich habe ihnen vorgestellt, was auf dem Weg lag, von den hiesigen Laeden und Shops ueber Sehenswuerdigkeiten und Tempel, wir sind auf einen Markt gegangen, etc. und wie auch ich anfangs fanden sie, dass es hier sehr bunt und trubelig ist, die Leute aber sehr herzlich und entspannt sind. Die naechsten Tage waren wir zweimal ...

... to be trouble! He said it was okay...because if he didn't take us...we would still be walking tomorrow. LOL! He seemed like a very nice man. He told us his Chinese name...but I'll be damned if I can remember it. He said that the leaves were no longer red at this time of the year, but that the park was still nice. Man, the park website sure had a lot of discrepancies in their information! Nothing they had posted there was correct! We had a nice chat all the way to the park (which ...

... with my scooter: lot of turns and carves. As I left quite late from Hualien, I had to come back by night and of course as I was alone with my scooter: I've lost myself in the streets of Hualien to find back my hostel... After asking to 10 to 15 people and turning I found finally my hostel: Time for a good diner, half a duck with vegetables for 160 Taiwanese Dollard (3 Eur)

... establishment is a hotel, but it's not enough to allow me to ask someone where the hotel is if I get lost and am looking for it - nor is it enough to allow me to read the sign on the hotel when I get there. Perhaps these hotels are not catering to long-nosed foreign devils like myself, but the simple act of making a name and a sign in English could dramatically increase a hotel's pool of potential guests. As it is, a hotel without an English name cannot be listed in a travel guide ...

... see photos ). I buy one whole fish, cut on one side in two halfs for 50 NTD - very tasty, but too many bones for a Westerner. I just get to the main road again when a bus goes direction Yiwan. I spend the afternoon in the church garden under an old big tree, overlooking the ocean in front of me and the mountains behind me and on the far right at the end of the 10 km beach - a so wonderful and relaxing place - how a day can change ...

... has a week off to visit his home. He speaks some English and is very interested in what I am doing. He says he only wears ear rings in his freetime, but has to take them off when in military service, which he very much regrets. The way is at first very beautiful along the coast, passing a homestay and restaurant made totally out of wood and raising sheeps, but then gets very messy and zig-zacking so that we lose direction. We walk by a garbage dump, an industrial area ...