Marshal Hualien
No.36 Kung Yuan Road, Hualien City Hualien, 970, Taiwan
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We were on the move again - the next destination was Hualien ( pronounced Walien). We were going to travel to the city to meet our tour which was going to take us to Taroko Gorge. The trip to Hualien was truly spectacular, I was told - I was asleep due to the fact that I was feeling really ill.
We meet our tour party at the station and …
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Taroko is Gorges!
... train station, that would drop us off at the Hualien train station, just a few blocks from our hostel. Had it not been for this man, we would have missed our train home and who knows what would have happened. After that stress, we spent the next 6 hours on the floor again and once we reached home, we were just happy to have survived the weekend. I was lucky enough to have great friends to enjoy the misfortunes with along the way.
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Becoming the kings of water fighting
... We washed up and changed clothes, then loaded back onto the bus. Another hour-plus drive and another nap for Jing (probably tired from the paddling). Our driver did take a different route this time and we drove along a winding road viewing the Pacific Ocean. The waves were massive since there is a typhoon off the coast getting ready to hit Taipei. There were no surfers to be found. The beaches were basically nonexistent and there were huge rocks in ...
Toroko Gorge
... near the coast. But we would not be deterred by that, the wind, or the men in orange jump suits telling us not to continue! We had our 7/11 rain jackets and they turned out to be life savers! We were totally dry in the downpour and every once in a while it would stop raining and the sun would shine. Overall, it was an amazing day despite the not so perfect weather. I highly recommend Toroko Gorge for anyone to see.....it was absolutely breath ...
Hopping Across the Island
... There was a hint of rain, so we found a nearby dumpling restaurant, which looked busy with small groups of locals, and had a good, inexpensive meal. After dinner, with the hint of rain gone, we did more wandering through town; the streets very happening, especially for a Thursday night. We found a Starbucks so felt like we had to get something (decaf). We wandered some more, then, when everything such down at 9pm, we returned to our hotel to sleep. We have an early morning ...



