From Hong Kong we went on to Taiwan, a place highly recommended by our Singapore colleagues for excellent food, welcoming people and stunning landscapes. They promised a lot… and Taiwan delivered!

We visited historic-rich Taipei (and nearby Tamsui), roamed the streets and monuments and filled our stomach with delicious snacks from the night markets. On the search of nature and landscapes, we then took the train to Hualien and continued by rental car heading south along the East Rift Valley and back up north along the Coastal highway.

Our days were filled with such wonderful holiday activities as
– visiting an abandoned sugar factory and buying ice cream from the souvenir shop,
– hiking the Walami trail (which includes the crossing of two impressive suspension bridges) and practising our Chinese with a Taiwanese family we met a the picnic pit,
– getting cold while being outdoor most of the day and then soaking our bodies in a natural hot spring to warm up
– driving the winding roads in the Taroko Gorge and up on Sixty Stone Mountain (liushidanshan), marvelling at these nature’s wonders and playing catch with the sunrays

At the end of our week in Taiwan, there was still so much unseen and undone… we are left with no choice but to come back!

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