Toyo Hotel Hualien

No.50 San-Min Street Hualien, Taiwan

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A Turkey-less adventure

A travel blog entry by taimanda

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... Sea sickness did not even cross my mind as I have never experienced it and did not think that I was prone to motion sickness of any kind, but my experience this weekend suggests otherwise. After being in the middle of the ocean for about 10 minutes I began to feel unbearably nauseous and had to lie down on the floor of the boat with my eyes closed (yes.. so far in the trip I've spent a lot of time on the floor). I was able to sit up for about 10 ...

Chilling in Chilin

A travel blog entry by jessnjing2011

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... of food at a hot pot joint, but we couldn't seem to find any of the dozen restaurants we found just the day before. The one hot pot place that we did find was an unlimited supply of food, but they basically chose all the ingredients for us. That's pretty lame and it was the first time we have been to a place like that. We noticed the food already were sitting by the bowls, ready to cook. Before even sitting down, ...

Marvelous, gorgeous Marble Gorge

A travel blog entry by ahartry

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... to borrow hard hats at the entrance, saw a monkey in the trees, then we walked alongside the road through a very narrow part of the canyon, with sheer cliffs on both sides. Water seemed to flow through the very rocks – at one point, it actually squirted out horizontally, as if under extreme pressure. At the end, we paused for snacks at a small park established in memory of the chief engineer, who was killed by a landslide when checking the road following an earthquake in ...

Our last Taiwan Adventure...

A travel blog entry by jayandbri

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... 11:45pm...yes, at night...and we try to check in...this is what I heard: "Mam, can I please see your return ticket out of the Philippines?"...umm....return ticket?? Is this a joke?...the website said Canadians can enter for 21 days...nothing about a return ticket!! So here we are, 11:45pm, we have one hour before the check in counter closes and we need to find a ticket out of the Philippines before they will let us enter!! We weren't the only ones who ...

Wuling to Taruko Gorge

A travel blog entry by andrewy

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... the canyon. The Taruko gorge is so crowded with tourists and their buses that it is a traffic nightmare. When I was walking along the gorge, I saw a bunch of tourists smoking and then throwing the cigarette butts into the gorge, my goodness, what shame. There is even a tourist spitting into the gorge. Jason was quite mad at these inconsiderate tourists that he is planning on writing ...