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Eastern Coast of Taiwan on Scooter

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I did a little ride around Eastern TW in late 2008.

 

Nothing much to comment actually.

 

Rented a scooter in Hualien City, and rode around the sights of town and up into Taroko National Park.

 

Big thanks to YZFx who met me before he embarked on his "Cold Journey"... which is one of the most epic trips I've heard off (solo from Macau to Central Asia on a bike, then onwards to Europe on rail/plane/etc..). Thanks man, for your info on biking in TW, so I'm gonna pass it along as I told ya.

 

 

What you need to ride in TW:

1) A valid SG riding license

2) An International Driving Permit (Get this at AAS in River Valley Rd. Costs abt $22 annually)

 

3) Always remember that it's LHD there. You drive on the RIGHT side of the road.

 

 

Now, with all that boring crap aside, just some pics. I've got tons, but am not gonna post 'em all. :D

 

 

Edit: Oh yeah... not only Hualien and Taroko Nat Park. But went down to Taitung and ferried across to Lyudao Island too.

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Entrance to Taroko National Park

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More scenes on the way up.

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The whole area is basically mountain roads, tunnels, gorges, and stuff.

 

The scenery is many times better than what you'll get in Genting or Cameron highlands.

 

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Finally a bit of rest, and a shot of my "Little Lamb"

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On the road to "Green Water"

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Going up further, towards Sibao

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Later on we chanced upon a small town/rest point somewhere in the park.

A place called Tiansiang

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Lunch break here

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Landslide here. There was a typhoon a few days earlier. Caused those slides which collapsed part of a tunnel.

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Once we got past it, we're back to better sceneries

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As I said. I got tons of pics, 12GB worth to be exact.

But so far I've only posted a few that I actually bothered to upload to Photobucket.

 

 

I also went further South to Taitung where i took a ferry to Lyudao Island and also rented a scooter there.

 

There are some nice things to see in Lyudao, but the best thing was the SNORKELLING. Pity I didn't have an underwater enclosure for my cam. So make do with a few pics of the place.

 

Your Anus.... Really!

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And some pics of the blue blue Pacific coastal road of Lyudao....

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Beautiful Rides!! i second that after DuesExMachina gave me the low down on riding in Hualien!! Great lodging with Da Kwang in Hualien!!!

 

The only way to travel if you bike!!! Highly recommended!!

 

Bro...thinking of heading there soon... maybe this time.. Yang Ming Shan....ho ho ho...

"Deep within us all, lies a secret garden where we retreat to at the end of the day, to ease our wearied mind and bodies…â€

 

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excellent stuff!!!

 

this is my fave shot... :thumb:

Grounded... :/

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excellent stuff!!!

 

this is my fave shot... :thumb:

 

That is one of the tunnels in Taroko park. It's actually quite dim.

 

I asked my pillion to shoot in low ISO (i think that's what's it's called... I'm no expert) while I held the bike steady at very low speed.

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That is one of the tunnels in Taroko park. It's actually quite dim.

 

I asked my pillion to shoot in low ISO (i think that's what's it's called... I'm no expert) while I held the bike steady at very low speed.

 

amazing!

good photographer and steady biker! :thumb:

Grounded... :/

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Beautiful Rides!! i second that after DuesExMachina gave me the low down on riding in Hualien!! Great lodging with Da Kwang in Hualien!!!

 

The only way to travel if you bike!!! Highly recommended!!

 

Bro...thinking of heading there soon... maybe this time.. Yang Ming Shan....ho ho ho...

 

 

Heh. OK Do update, pal.

 

I was wondering about shipping my bike to TW and then riding it around! :angel:

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More photos to come in the near future. I only got some of them up on Photobucket and that's what you've seen above.

 

 

Anyone know a photohosting site where I can easily mass load photos up and fast?

 

Photobucket is kinda slow and bloody troublesome to load up.

 

And I got like 12GB in total... of course I have to filter them...

 

Long and complicated processes are anathema to me. Eeerrrk....

 

 

 

I still have more photos of Hualien City itself, as well as Lyudao Island and Taroko.

 

Also have photos of the other parts of my trip. Keelung, Taipei, Kaoshiung, Kenting.

 

I was also caught in that massive typhoon during the Sep 08. I have pics of massive waves from my hotel in Keelung, as well as trees blown slanted in Taichung. LOL. Funny sh1t.

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More photos to come in the near future. I only got some of them up on Photobucket and that's what you've seen above.

 

 

Anyone know a photohosting site where I can easily mass load photos up and fast?

 

Photobucket is kinda slow and bloody troublesome to load up.

 

And I got like 12GB in total... of course I have to filter them...

 

Long and complicated processes are anathema to me. Eeerrrk....

 

You may want to consider using Flickr? There is a 100 MB monthly photo upload limit for the free account though.

 

You can mass upload photos using the Flickr Uploadr from here

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Sunrise @ Sg Lembing

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Heh. OK Do update, pal.

 

I was wondering about shipping my bike to TW and then riding it around! :angel:

 

I would love to do that... wonder how much it will cost..... Should do a Taiwan tour... round the whole island.....

 

I miss the place now.... might head there second half of this year. Not sure about shipping the bike though.:dot:

"Deep within us all, lies a secret garden where we retreat to at the end of the day, to ease our wearied mind and bodies…â€

 

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Well, ok. So I finally got off my lazy ass & uploaded a bit of pics.

 

I'm gonna trickle in the photos day by day, so bear with me. Gonna probably show the pics over a period of a few weeks.

 

 

I'll start off with the trip prior to the scootering trip on the East Coast. Just a few snippets of my journey from Day 1 thru 15. Scootering only began on Day 8 or 9.

 

Landed in Taoyuan Int'l Airport. Took a train trip from outside the city into town. Good chance to try the HSR (High Speed Rail) Headed to Taipei first for some food, then Keelung for the night stay. The typhoon was then building up in the Pacific, not yet hitting the island, but soon.

 

 

Taking the HSR into town

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The view outside the window of the train. Things were moving quickly actually. Estimated that the train must've been running over 200kph

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Arriving in Taipei, it was just a touch and go affair of some snacks and lunch around the Ximenting area as we prepped to head out to Keelung by late afternoon.

 

The original plan was to go clockwise around Taiwan, starting with Keelung, then Hualien, Taitung, Kenting, Kaoshiung, then up thru Taichung and back to Taipei. But the typhoon that came a day later forced us to reverse the direction. :D Oh well...

 

*Some shots will be blurry as I had only a point and shoot cam, and was bumping my way thru the crowds, so.... :angel:

 

Some shots of Taipei Main Station,

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then Ximenting area in Taipei

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The famous Ah Zhong Mee Sua....

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