Day 7 @ Hualien, Taiwan

Day 7 (Fri) Hualien

I took a bus tour around Hualien, booked online thru Merry Travel Service (Hualien)

Places covered : 

Cing Shuei Cliff 清水断崖 is outside Taroko Gorge, along Suao-Hualien coastal highway

Buluowan

Chang Chun Bridge

Eternal Spring Shrine 長春祠

Tienhsiang 天祥

Ci Sing Tan

Places not covered/ not allowed :

Swallow’s Grottos 燕子口

Tunnel of Nine Turns 九曲洞

Baiyang Trail (require some 2 hrs to do this trail)

Cingshuei Cliff 清水断崖 is outside Taroko Gorge, along Suao-Hualien coastal highway. Between Heren and Chongde is the most spectacular. Heren is about 16 km from Taroko. It’s about 25 mins drive from Taroko to Heren.

Besides Taroko Gorge / Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園), other attractions in Hualien City / County include:

Nan Bin Night Market (南濱夜市);

Hualien Farglory Ocean Park (海洋世界);

Shin Kong Zhao Feng Farm (新光兆豐農場);

Rueisuei (瑞穗) Hot Spring;

East Rift Valley National Scenic Area (花東縱谷) – Rape flowers (Dec to Jan);

Shihtiping Recreation Area (石梯坪) – Unique landforms along coastal beach;

Cing Shuei Cliff 清水断崖

 Buluowan

 Chang Chun Bridge

Eternal Spring Shrine 長春祠

Ci Sing Tan

 Tienhsiang 天祥

Normally this is the place for tourist to take a break

I mean toilet and lunch break

So they drop us off at Hualien Train Station at bout 5pm
I was with my companion, Joline who is from Mel, Aust.
We met the first time before we took the train from Taipei
And we met again on the same tour same day
So it was fated to be friends
And we cheerfully headed down town
Walk all the way to Zi Chiang Night Market for bout half an hour

The Coffin Bread raved all over Hualien seemed normal to me

Nothing fantastic though the menu was so damn long

The plus point is that they do provide free tea (:

The goose meat from a shop nearby
We didn't order any rice at all
Keeping our tummy empty for bigger wave (:

This stall often populated by the locals and they offered a huge range of variety
And only guarded by 1 lady so the queue was really long

Fried potatoes looked cute but once they are cold they ain't yummy anymore

 Their sushi were dirt cheap there but I was almost full so we ordered only few pieces

This corn shop was over-crowded

It tooked them 1.5 hours to grill/ bbq my corn OMG!

For me, it is not worth the wait and I am not a fan of soft-corn

Here's the map for the Golden Triangle at Hualien

Golden Triangle from my ming su

Photo courtesy of other blogger.