Thursday, February 10, 2011

Huatung Valley, Taiwan 花東縱谷

Huatung Valley or Hualien-Taitung Valley (花東縱谷), also known as East Rift Valley or the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located at the between Chungyang Range and Haian Range.

=花東縱谷 Huatung Valley=

My first day of this journey is to visit Huatung Valley. I started from Taipei at Taipei city hall bus station, a coconstructed station with Taipei city hall MRT station, taking Capital Bus to Luodong train station in I-Lan county. Since Hsuehshan Tunnel opened, it is faster from Taipei to I-Lan by Bus rather than by train.

=羅東夜市 Luodong Night Market=

I preserved about one hour for visiting Luodong Night Market which is a famous night market in I-Lan and is around 15 minutes walking distance from Luodong train station. Taking the Chu-Kuan Express train (莒光號) to Taitung was saving the money and time for this trip.

=羅東到台東莒光號車票 Train ticket=

=晨間台東車站門口 Front of Taitung Train Station at morning=


When arriving Taitung I bought the local train(普快車) ticket to Jhiben. And hire a scooter in front of Jhiben station .

=普快車 Local Train=

Today, riding the scooter along Provincial Highway No. 9 (台9線) is an easier method for traveling Huatung Valley. Alougth you can take local train and get off at every station, it is time-consuming and is not convenience.

My first stop wa Chu Lu Ranch (初鹿牧場). Their milk food products are so yummy.

=初鹿牧場 Chu Lu Ranch=

=初鹿牧場 Chu Lu Ranch=

Then, I visited Hongye elementary school(紅葉國小) which is the cradle of Taiwan baseball team.
=台東紅葉國小 Hongye elementary school=

=台東紅葉國小 Hongye elementary school=

=關山花田=

=關山便當=

=關山便當=

=池上便當=

=池上便當=

=池上鄉=

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Taitung, Taiwan 台東之旅


Taitung, a province area located at southeast side of Taiwan island, presents various natural views so that the travellers can choose the favor way to set out on the journey.

I kindly provide my travel transportation plan here, and I will update the detail travel note continuously.



Travel Plan:
2011.01.30 Taipei city hall bus station → Loudong train station (Capital Bus) 23:00-23:50
* 15 minutes walk to Loudong Night Market for night dessert

2011.01.31 Loudong train station → Taitung train station (Taiwan Railway) 01:08-05:57
2011.01.31 Taitung train station → Jhiben train station (Taiwan Railway) 06:25-06:40
* Hire a scooter in front of station for day tour(mountain line), $300/day (Ms.崔 +886926559186)
* Stay at Yawan Hotel in Jhiben hot spring zone

2011.02.01 Jhiben train station → Taitung train station (Taiwan Railway) 08:24-08:40
* Hire a scooter in front of station for day tour(ocean line), $250/8hrs (捷陞 +88689230311)
* Stay at boarding house in Taitung city

2011.02.02 Taitung train station → Fangliau train station (Taiwan Railway) 06:25-08:17
2011.02.02 Fangliau train station Kaohsiung train station (Taiwan Railway) 09:38-10:55


首都之星 Capital Bus Link
臺灣鐵路管理局 Taiwan Railway Link
亞灣溫泉飯店 Yawan Hotel Link
臺東朝日民宿 Link
臺東縣政府旅遊網 Taitung Government Link

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy 100th R.O.C. Year !!!

Happy Year 2011 !

It is the 100th year of Republic of China (Taiwan) !!