Hyan Garden Resort Taitung

... You could go all the way around the island on a scooter in just over an hour. It was so pretty! After scooting around for a while we got some lunch! This is probably the thing I was most excited about all weekend. Well it was opening deer hunting season back home and I was sad to be missing it. But I was able to have little tastes of hunting opener on the island. This lunch was the first thing. The island is famous for having deer, since it is a volcanic island it is strange how ...

Dream Community in Shijr, a foundation by Gordon Tsai located in Taipei County, organizes cultural and artistic exchanges with artists from different countries. The target groups to benefit from the creative spirit are not limited to the Taipei area, but also cover the indigenous communities throughout Taiwan. Here are some photos from a trip with a Brasilian ...

... Becken, dessen Wasser zwar eher kuehl war, aber wenn man ein bisschen mit dem Fuss wuehlte, stiess man gleich auf ziemlich heisse Steine! Und bei Mondschein in 40 Grad heissem Wasser zu plaetschern oder sich von einem Wasserstrahl massieren zu lassen ist auch einfach sehr taiwanesisch und fuer jung und alt ein sehr angenehmes Erlebnis. Sonntagmorgen ging es dann also gleich voller Energie los und "ab ins Wasse". Schnorcheln in dem ziemlich ...

... a group of beginners getting their diving lesson in an unused harbor basin with crystal clear water. The evening I spend in the room as a thunderstorm with heavy rain pours down. Green island - a nice place to have fun, for me not a ' must '. My proposal for the island development - get rid of the scooters for rent ( phase them out ) and rent bicycles and electric bikes and/or golf carts. Make Green Island really " green "!

... is also used for cooking - but only boiled, as i will learn months later from indiginous peoples; some people will get drowsy if eaten raw ) - The small Amei village we had stopped for lunch ( sorry, I do not remember the name, but quite in the middle of the stretch ) has the most water buffalows in Taiwan. One or two shops sell the meat - he says very good as the cows only eat grass. Back at Ruei Shuei railway station Tsai Chin takes the 5:00pm ...

... or three times per day ). An old factory building is so nicely painted with flowers that I am interested to see what it is. It turns out to be a kind of hotel run by the local community with restaurant and shop to sell local aboriginal products. I have a good lunch for 200 NTD here. The further way to Jinluen is beautiful ( close to the sea in thick forest ) and tough as it goes up and down for several kilometers. It's again a very empty road. A young couple ...

... of the city. I get a room with bath for 400,-. We cancel the planned trip to Jeiben hot springs. I just lie on the bed and Neal has even drifted into nirvana before I follow the same path. In the evening we go to Kasa , meet the very friendly owner, a foreigner, in his " I love ( the love as a big heart ) Kasa " T-shirt. It is great to eat western food and the bagel dishes are really great - we order two of then , each. The place has a nice atmosphere, is ...

... electronics. He is Jewish and as this is somehow related to Mormons in the States, Neal and Dan have some in depth discussion about the two religions. He recommends two places in Taitung, the 'Gringo' for cheap sleeping and the 'Kasa' Bagel restaurant, coffee shop and bar to eat, drink and hang out. He thinks they have the best Bagels in Taiwan, and he being Jewish should be the best to judge this, as Jews have invented bagels. He wears a Kasa T ...

Weter - WIND!/Veter! Projekt: prevozit 120 km vzhodne obale in jest limone z medom, ker nocemo zbolet po vcerajsnjem hladilniku - vse skupi se zdi itak kokr ene cist hude sanje ;). No, sam rdec skuter caka pred hotelom tko da HOP in gremo! ;) Res ni prometa in uzameva si ga na easy, se ustavljava ob 'atrakcijah' in po ene 40 km zacne FUL PIHAT - a la burja tko da napredujeva zelo pocasi zarad vetra ;) poleg tega, da mors bit itak ...

... for only NT800. Oh no, more stairs! My first stop was the Jhihben National Forest. It cost NT80 to get in and well worth the money. If nothing else, it will help you burn off some of those unwanted calories. The park has many paths to choose from. One could take the easy route exploring the beautiful forest at the bottom of the hill or one could brave the stairs all the way to the top of the hill. I choose the stairs and by the time I reached the top, my ...