So as I mentioned last time, I spent Wednesday through Friday in Hualien [花蓮], an eastern Taiwanese city known for its beautiful beaches and mountains. It's also the most common gateway to Taroko Gorge, which is a deep gorge carved into the mountains by the Liwu [立霧] River. It is famous for its sheer sides and the abundant marble found in the gorge.
Hualien is fairly large area so it's difficult to get around without some form of transportation, be it taxi, bus, car, or moped. So the other two Americans and I decided to rent mopeds for Wednesday and Thursday, and we used those to drive around Hualien and Taroko Gorge. Dangerous? Perhaps. But it was a lot of fun and mopeds can get to places in the gorge that tour buses cannot reach. Definitely worth it!
Here are photos of Hualien itself, and I will post photos of Taroko Gorge in a separate entry.
The scooter I rented to ride around Hualien and Taroko Gorge
An ancestral hall in Hualien city. Looked impressive but there wasn't much inside
Mountains behind an airbase (hence the barbed wire fence in the foreground)
Pacific Ocean
No comments:
Post a Comment