Taipei, Taiwan

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=

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

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

Happy Year 2011 !

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

宜蘭 Yilan, Taiwan

蘭陽博物館 Lanyang Museum

礁溪湯圍溝溫泉公園 Jiaoxi hotspring park

礁溪湯圍溝溫泉公園 Jiaoxi hotspring park

頭城老街

金車城堡咖啡館 Kingcar castle coffee shop

金車城堡咖啡館 Kingcar castle coffee shop

金車城堡咖啡館 Kingcar castle coffee shop

自然風會館

Traveling in Yilan, my suggestion is that have a hostel in Jiaoxi (礁溪), and hire the car or scooter to Toucheng (頭城)、Waiao(外澳) for Lanyang Museum, Kingcar castle coffee shop...etc

Taipei to Yilan or Jiaoxi
Taiwan Railway
Capital Bus
Kamalan Bus


Taxi:
Toucheng <->Kingcar castle coffee shop - $200 one way by meter

Ching-Tsao Lake ,Taiwan 新竹青草湖

the transportation and relative information about Ching-Tsao Lake can be achieved from Lakeshore Hotel website
關於青草湖的相關訊息與交通方式可以直接參考煙波大飯店網站

Houlong, Taiwan

新東大橋, Miaoli

迪化街、大稻埕碼頭

趁著這幾天難得台北天氣好，出門去拍照！這次的點也是眾多台灣偶像劇會來取景的「大稻埕碼頭」。大稻埕碼頭位於台北市大同區，淡水河岸旁邊就碼頭，現在碼頭和河岸已經被開發成為休閒腳踏車道。

首先，搭乘台北捷運來到雙連站之後，2號出口出來後左手邊有「馬偕醫院站」公車站牌，建議可以搭乘紅33或518號公車。

下車之後，會先經過著名的迪化年貨街，老舊的商店街和各式傳統食材都可以在這邊找到。

很多不知為何的乾貨

我還發現有間店門口擺放各式乾燥菇類，有韓國進口、中國進口、越南進口和台灣本土種

過了迪化年貨大街之後，就會走到漂亮的大稻埕碼頭

整條淡水河岸都是腳踏車道

大稻埕碼頭似乎是個單車族的休憩站，旁邊有賣熱狗、咖啡、飲料

交通方式：台北捷運雙連站2號出口->紅33或518號公車->大稻埕碼頭

象山 Xiang Shan Hiking Trail, Taipei

One day hiking tour in Xinyi District, Taipei

Taipei Main Station-> Songshan Railway Station->Wufenpu->No. 299 City Bus->Taipei Municipal Yongchun Senior High School->Xiang Shan Hiking Trail->N.Y. Bagles Cafe->Taipei Main Station

Songshan Railway Station

Songshan Railway Station

Wufenpu - the largest clothing market in Taipei

Wufenpu - the largest clothing market in Taipei

Old style ice cream cone vendor in Wufenpu

Scenery from Xiang Shan Mt.

Scenery from Xiang Shan Mt.

N.Y. Bagels Cafe in Xinyi District
N.Y. Bagels Cafe in Xinyi District

象山步道交通：
1. 搭乘捷運到永春站後轉乘299號公車到永春高中站，依循「親山步道」的指示牌行走
2. 搭乘火車到松山站後轉乘299號公車到永春高中站，依循「親山步道」的指示牌行走
3. 搭乘公車到吳興國小站後問路人就可以到象山登山口