Photos of Trip to Taiwan (January 2011) =D

Capturing the CNY mood before take-off to Taipei...


Landed - at Taipei Train Station for the very first train journey to Hualien =)

First meal - a Taiwanese Bian Dang (modelled after the Bento) - made popular especially in the 1960s...


Some pictures of scenery of northern Taiwan as the train continues to run along - it will take 3 hours before we got there...

Finally! - At Hualien Train Station (In Chinese)

Hualien as a town itself is peaceful and quiet - especially so in the mornings - and we then move along for our tour or Taroko Gorge ( or Tai Lu Ge in Chinese)...


A look at the mountains around Hualien - a preview of what's to come at Taroko...



A first peek at Taroko as we reach after a 30min drive...

Stopped for a change of helmets - a dead must because of the real threat of rockslides - the guide mentioned that the most recent rockslide happened just 9 months ago - killing 12 tourists alive...

A view of the mountains upwards...

And a view of the river that runs below...

At Kaohsiung - at the hotel I was going to stay for the 2 nights...

Taking the Metro to Lui He Night Market - very similar to our own MRT....

The sign to Liu He...

And finally - yay! Personally for me this marks my return to here after 7 years - the last time I was here was during NS.... haha =)

And a picture of us both - haha I won't show the food eaten here - but do try the delicacies (chicken chop, stinky tofu, dumplings etc =) )

At entrance of Cheng Qing Hu...