I was trying to shake the knowledge that september has already arrived, so the idea was to take a weekend trip to Taroko. It lies only 15 minutes from Hualien, making it a ful of tpurists from mainly asian countries all year long. It is said that in the season, 20.000 people come to Hualien daily and then go to Taroko.
As the school year started last week, it was not so crowded.
Our first stop was the gate of Taroko, marking also the beggining of the trans-mountain road Hualien - Taichung. Many people died building it, and it is still only safe for smaller vehicles. Buses have to go to Taipei first (north) and then south again on the other side of the island instead.
the lion on my left is the protector of the road.
Taroko has many hiking trails, but some of them were now closed due to the typhoon last week.
The weather was not perfect, so the photos are not so good...
The eternal spring and the shrine next to it is dedicated to the 226 people that died building the road mentioned earlier. There is one smaler shrine in the cave on the way to the Eternal spring.
Because of the rain, my camera died...
We went to see the Swallow grotto trail next. The water eroded the marble walls to make a special geological phenomena... In these walls, there are now holes in which swallows nest.
And since I didn't know what a swallow is... just in case you don't either :) - here she is :)
We drove through the whole park on scooter and after lunch descided to have a hike.
We chose the Baiyang trail. It's about 2,5 km and begins with a 380 m long, dark (no electricity anywhere in the park) and scary tunnel. Bring a flashlight folks :)
The trail goes next to the river and is pretty save, except for the snakes and bugs.
There are 5 more tunnels waiting along the way, and they finally lead you to another suspension bridge.
The view is amazing, there are 3 watterfals and a beautiful splash where the waterfall joines the river.
We spoted a rainbow :)
light at the end of the tunnel and Sophie :)
watterfalls and me
The very end of this trail is the watter curtain. Bring a dispensable raincoat. If not, people will leave you theirs, don't worry. Be sure to pass it on to the next visitor, you are in Taiwan :)
Driving back, we gave the beautiful valey one more glance and thought - I shall return :)
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