Hoyo Hot Spring Resort Spa Taitung

... was getting sick. You could look in every direction and people were getting sea sick. I had to put my ear plugs in, put my hood up and think happy thoughts to block out the fact that everyone around we was throwing up. If I would have had to stay on the boat for another 20 mins I would have been sick. I was so excited when we docked and I could get off the ferry!

From the ferry we went to our hotel to get rid of our things and then we set out on our scooters to explore the ...

... was in English or pinyin (phonographic form of Chinese) so I just took what looked tasty (which wasn't much). I opted for the beef dish that had carrots and a dark sauce and the steamed spinach and cabbage. I also grabbed something else that was decent; but I can't quite recall what it tasted like or even what it looked like. After dinner...I fell asleep within twenty minutes of sitting on my bed. The hot springs really soothed my soul. ☺

... also check out the back alleys, from harbor to beyond the tourist center. Other more quiet opportunities are in Jhongliao, Chaikou, Gongguan and Wuncyuan. A beautiful camping place is located in Zinping near the hot spring in a beautiful forest, although no seaview ( please check in at the tourist center ). I go out for dinner in the evening and meet a newly wed American couple sitting in front of a small restaurant with also a young ...

... continue via road 23 passing an old bridge, the former coastal road bridge - on this section the mountains are closer again offering much needed shadow. I try the tunnel ( c o o l ) first and then walk the final kilometers on road 23. At the bridge is a toilet with water fountain - it's so great to splash the water in my face and on my head. At 12:30 pm I arrive on No.11 and find a bus stop. I buy a cold drink and sit on the floor by the ...

... final destination, the rafting center at the mouth of the river before it releases its floods into the Pacific Ocean. We change clothes, have a coffee and wave good-bye to our co-skippers. We drive back by a VW transporter with a driver and 7 students ( degree in Information Management ). The driver has a lot to tell: - Ruei Shuei coffee should be better than the more famous Guken coffee - This area celebrates the Arrow Bamboo Festival ( this ...

... house, which belongs to a retired teacher who now exercises his artistic hobbies. He says he has been in Germany ( Frankfurt ) with a class. His wife comes and says I should stay for lunch, but I say I have to continue. Twice more I am offered something to eat. The young postman on his motor bike is happy to practice his English. I then walk back to road No. 9. Again half way ( this time the other half ) I take a public bus to the crossing ( comes only ...

... we continue the walk jointly. At 3:00pm we walk across a very long straight bridge, but I know that the end of the bridge is the beginning of Taitung city. I begin to feel uncomfortable and dizzy. I think all comes together - to have skipped the lunch was a B I G mistake and this combined with the week-long lack of good sleep and the heat exhausts me. I really pull all my remaining energy, which is not much, together to reach the Gringo hostel quite in the ...

... the road. He saw us and come over on his bike. He is from America, works and lives in Taitung and has rented a small hut in a small fishing village at a harbor for the weekends. He now says that he is married since one year with an accountant turned dolphin trainer in the Hualien Ocean Park. What an extrordinary job and career change. He was also the one who mentioned the evening concert. After years working as English teacher he now works in ...

... the hardship of the small villages for better chances in the bigger cities and many of the fields are no longer cultivated. He himself had worked as an excavator operator in Taipei for 10 years before returning here starting his moving car business. It has been very interesting talking with him. He then leaves. At 12:45pm, later than I had hopedfor, Neal arrives after calling me. I stand as described - alone - beside the road. Please see his report now.

... en casa ahora que mi padre biologico, que me dio por adopcion porque no tenia plata y queria un hijo varon, tuvo una amante (con 60 y pico anos) y ahora tiene so hijo. Lo trajo a casa para que mi mama lo cuide. Es un escandalo. Y Ba (padre) quiere que el y yo seamos grandes amigos. Es muy raro... Pero da para mi libro por lo menos,no? jajaja Besotes a todos y perdon mi castellano. Es un disastre ahora que estoy tratando de hablar chino...