野柳傳統漁港|Yehliu Traditional Fishing Port --幾秒臺灣
Yehliu is located up North of Taiwan in New Taipei City and well known for its geopark. But the township is also very interesting for its traditional fishing port, where you can still find old wooden fishing boats putting out to sea on a daily basis. Ships are being repaired there as right at site, and the incoming the seafood is stored finds its way straight into the refrigerating storage houses just meters from the piers.
And right next to it is a diverse traditional market as well, where you can buy the freshest fish as it comes off the boats.
As you can stroll around freely all throughout the port area you can also catch a glimpse of the fishermen's daily lives and pick into the berth ...
????????KENTING Trip West Coast BAISHA BEACH IS GREAT (墾丁/恆春半島西海岸)
Third and last video of our recent Kending (Kenting) We visited Maobitou, Baisha Bay, Wanlitong and Hengchung Town. I really liked Baisha Bay. Not many people there on a weekday in April. Probably packed in the summer months.
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Baisha Bay 白沙灣
Chenghuang (City God) Temple 城隍廟
Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島
Kenting/Kending 墾丁
Kenting National Park 墾丁國家公園
Maobitou 貓鼻頭
Mt. Gui (Trail) 龜山
Wanlitong 萬里桐
West Coast and Maobitou Peninsula
On the coast in the park’s northwest corner, along County Highway 153 not far off Highway 26, is the renowned National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (nmmba.gov.tw). Directly to its north, lookouts cap a large hill that strikingly soars up amidst flatlands all around. This is gentle-slope Mt. Gui (“Turtle Mountain”), shaped like a giant turtle shell. The Mt. Gui Trail snakes up to the 72m-high crest, from which grand inland panoramas of farmland, towns, and backdrop mountains fill the eye. The hill’s upper reaches are dotted with military ruins; the Japanese landed a punitive expedition on local shores in 1874, after area natives massacred shipwrecked Japanese sailors, and fortified the mountain after taking over Taiwan in 1895.
Further south along the national park’s west-coast side is Wanlitong and, near its southernmost tip, Baisha Bay. Compact Wanlitong village, markedly quieter than most other local tourist hotspots on the Hengchun Peninsula, is perched up above the raised-coral coastline. The tiny, shallow bay here is a first-rate snorkeling spot and there is just one on-site snorkeling outfit, resulting in a notably relaxed feel to the fun akin to a party atmosphere, with waves of groups wading out into the waters behind instructors.
Baisha (“White Sand”) Bay has a long white-sand beach with a cluster of beach bars and simple eateries at its northern end, and water-fun rental facilities at different points. There is paid parking at the northern end, and free parking about halfway down its length, the latter leading to a stretch somewhat quieter on busy weekends/holidays.
Baisha Bay is on the Maobitou peninsula, which projects south into the sea from Hengchun Peninsula’s southwest corner. Maobitou offers superb scenery at its southern tip, giant boulders strewn at the foot of its cliffs, viewed from a breezy plateau-top park which has food and drink facilities. High up its eastern side is Houbihu Fishing Harbor, from which many area diving/snorkeling enterprises launch boat expeditions.
The key attractions in Hengchun Town are the remnants of the brick-façade city wall built by China’s Qing Dynasty government in the late 19th century, for protection against anticipated attacks by the world’s colonial powers and to intimidate the region’s rebellious indigenous population.
A total of 2.7km of the wall and gates has been preserved. The best-known site is Nanmen (South Gate). Close by is Hengchun’s bright, floral-color City God Temple, first built in 1892, razed by the Japanese, and rebuilt in 2014 to house the City God icon, which was hidden away from the Japanese.
Café 1918 (恆春信用組合)
Café 1918 is close by Hengchun’s South Gate, in a heritage building originally built in 1918 to house a credit union and last housing a farmers’ cooperative. One of the original safes is now part of the décor. Café by day and bar by night, the quest here is to be a welcoming LOHAS space, sharing space with artists and craftspeople – currently, metalwork-jewelry classes are held on weekends, and local crafts and specialty-food products are displayed for sale. The highlight menu offering is a distinctive chicken curry made with dark chocolate.
Add: No. 155, Wenhua Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County
(屏東縣恆春鎮文化路155號)
Tel: 0930-808-389
Website: zh-tw.facebook.com/Cafe1918/
Taiwan’s only beer museum, off Highway 26 on Hengchun’s west side, is also home to a craft-beer brewery. At Hengchun 3000 Brewseum visitors are met with one soaring wall lined with 3,000 beer mugs/steins sourced from around the globe, and another with a giant Mona Lisa made of beer-bottle labels. Sit down to try the brewery’s numerous creations on tap, all named after Hengchun-area places, or buy them in cans to take home.
Add: No. 29-1, Caopu Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County
(屏東縣恆春鎮草埔路29-1號)
Tel: 0905-786-383
Website: zh-tw.facebook.com/3000Brewseum/