???? TAITUNG TRIP -- DONGHE, with RIVER RAFT FUN (台東東河)
Third day of our trip to Taitung with stops at Jinzun Beach, Donghe Village, Marongarong Donghe Tribe House, Dengxian Bridge, and Chenggon.
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Donghe Buns (東河包子)
Add: No. 420, Neighborhood 15, South Donghe, Donghe Township, Taitung County (台東縣東河鄉南東河15鄰420號)
Tel: (089) 896-369
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Mitaimu Seafood (米苔目嫂海產)
Add: No. 85-12, Zhongshan E. Rd., Chenggong Township, Taitung County (台東縣成功鎮中山東路85-12號)
Tel: (089) 852-635
Rafting Info:
Marongarong Donghe Tribe House (瑪洛阿瀧東河部落屋)
Location: At 132km marker of Hwy 11 on river bank at red bridge
Tel: (089) 896-183
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Dengxian Bridge Recreation Area登仙橋遊憩區
Donghe 東河
Jinzun Recreation Area 金樽遊憩區
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About Donghe (Travel in Taiwan May/June, 2016)
This day we were up before the dawn to hit the Jinzun Recreation Area beach, just south of Donghe village, for a session of red-eyed sunrise enjoyment. Then after breakfast it was back again, to see what it all looked like with somewhat-less-bleary eyes and in full streaming sunlight. The lovely 2km-long bay, on Jinzun Fishing Harbor’s south side, is reached from the highway-side parking lot via a well-built 200m-long wood staircase that takes you through tree cover home to foraging macaques, exotic lizards, and other wild things. At its top is the breezy Jinzun Café, an excellent spot, we proved with lazy, short-of-sleep hazy pleasure, for clifftop ocean viewing from a roofed deck complemented with refreshing fresh-made local-fruit juices and Western-style baked goodies.
After this, an hour-long spell of river rafting. Highway 11 flies high over the Mawuku River atop a very camera-friendly bright-red bridge, off Donghe’s north end. Heading north, take the last side road (ocean side) before the bridge, which leads to a popular surfing location. Half-way along you’ll see the traditional-style thatch-hut buildings of the Amis-run Marongarong Donghe Tribe House (marogarog.tacocity.com.tw; Chinese). This center offers river-rafting outings (NT$250 per person; best book ahead), handicraft DIY, traditional-style feasts, song-and-dance and other performances, and guided deep-mountain 4WD excursions. The traditional-style bamboo rafts are in fact designed for the sea, which the Amis call their “refrigerator.” You sit on stools, but yesteryear fishermen sat on a wood box with a hole, into which catch was stuffed. “Marongarong” – name of this location’s Amis sub-group and their settlement – means “river rapidly flowing”; the massive jumble of river-boulder giants you’ll raft to will reveal why.
The boulders and deep cliff-sided defile they sit in mark the mouth of the meandering Taiyuan Valley. Head inland down County Highway 23, which starts just off the north end of the aforementioned red bridge. A few kilometers in, the road leaps diagonally and dramatically across a close-walled, rugged gorge. You’re in the Dengxian Bridge Recreation Area, a little bit of paradise for Formosan rock macaques. Comfortable with humans, they climb on parked cars, pull on pant legs, peer into bags, and mosey about, looking for handouts.
Bike around Taiwan - Provincial Highway 11 (Hualien-Taitung Coastal Highway)
Day-8: Chenggong, Taitung to Hualien 120.40Km
台11線 花東海岸公路 至花蓮大橋
(環島第八天: 成功 - 花蓮 120.40Km)
Bike around Taiwan - Provincial Highway 9 (South-Link Highway) -3. Taimali
Day-7 Dawu, Taitung - Chenggong, Taitung 109.67Km
台9線 南迴公路 太麻里 (環島第七天: 大武 - 成功 109.67Km)
{Trip} Taiwan Travel -- EAST COAST Trip/台灣東海岸之旅
This is a short video with images of our trip from Taitung to Hualien along Taiwan's East Coast.
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East Coast National Scenic Area
Hotai Car Rental
Fu Jhang Villa (福樟Villa)
Add: 27-5 Fengtian Rd., Xinyi Borough, Chenggong Township, Taitung County
(台東縣成功鎮信義里豐田路27-5號)
Tel: (089) 841-639
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Makaira Coffee (佳濱成功旗魚專賣店)
Add: 65-1 Datong Rd., Chenggong Township, Taitung County
(台東縣成功鎮大同路65-1號)
Tel: (089) 854-899 / 0932-396089
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Pakelang (陶甕百合春天)
Add: 15, Dafengfeng, Zhangyuan Village, Changbin Township, Taitung County
(台東縣長濱鄉樟原村大峰峰15號)
Tel: 0930-196505 / 0939-113053
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Good-Buy (好的擺)
Add: 61-1 Dulan Village, Donghe Township, Taitung County
(台東縣東河鄉都蘭村 61-1號)
Tel: (089) 531-702
Website: (Chinese)
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☂TAITUNG TRIP -- SANXIANTAI, with REALLY SHITTY WEATHER (台東三仙台)
Final day of our trip to Taitung. We spent some time at the Pisilian Community, which is close to Sanxiantai.
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Bread & Chocolate Warehouse (麵包與巧克力倉庫)
Add: No. 236, Longchang Village, Donghe Township, Taitung County/at 137.8 kilometer marker of Highway 11 (台東縣東河鄉隆昌村236號/海線11號公路137.8K )
Tel: 0909-301-199
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Pisilian Community (比西里岸)
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About Pisirian
It is unknown when the Pisirian came to Pisirian. ne thing, however, is known – there were goats aplenty on the spot to greet them. Pisirian sits against the northeast tip of a Coastal Mountain Range spur that juts out into the sea, forming a small peninsula. Wild goats would long come out of the hills to munch on the peninsula-edge grasslands. Just off the headland’s middle is Sanxiantai (“Platform of the Three Immortals”), a major tourist attraction, which once was part of the headland.
The village has been made a place of public art. You’ll come across wood versions of goats everywhere, most moderate in size, a few very large. You’ll also see cute painted-cartoon figures on walls in 11 locations. These are based on the award-winning picture books of the much-loved Taiwan illustrator Jimmy (Jimmy Liao), who wanted to help the community’s tourism-promotion efforts. The direction these characters face shows you where to go on self-guided tours. Among the other sites visited are an open-air workshop, the village-run homestay, and a small stand of areca palms.
The workshop is where “Amis mochi” (made with millet, rice, and sweet potato), traditional-style wedding feasts, etc., have long been prepared. The homestay, beside the cultural center, was long the home of an important fisherman and village leader; before it are low-walled cement tanks the village’s best catch and fry would be showcased in for out-of-town buyers.
Sanxiantai is a small volcanic-rock island of massive black-tinged bluffs said to resemble three Daoist deities, in petrified form, who visited here on an immortal cross-ocean flying journey long ago. You reach it on foot via a long dragon-back-shaped arch bridge. We spent a happy 90 minutes traipsing along the bridge and the island’s easy loop trail. Note that a pleasant bike path to nearby Jihui Fishing Harbor starts at the Sanxiantai parking lot, with rentals available.
Getting There
On Provincial Highway 11, turn toward the coast just north of Chenggong town at the direction sign to Sanxiantai. Along the way is a split (three large shoulder-to-shoulder boulders in the grassy area between), with a sign, again with English, indicating Sanxiantai to the right and Shiyusan to the left. Bear left; Pisirian will appear almost immediately.
Bike ride through Donggang, Taiwan
{Trip} Taiwan Travel -- Trip to the EAST RIFT VALLEY/花東縱谷三日之旅
This is video of our trip from to Taiwan's East Rift Valley between Hualien and Taitung with footage, images, and maps.
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Bao Fung Car Rental in Hualien (寶豐租車)
Add: 121, Guolian 1st Rd., Hualien City (花蓮市國聯一路121號)
Tel: (03) 834-5923
Siang-Ye Knife Shop (鄉野鐵店)
Add: 9, Neighborhood 7, Tongmen Village, Xiulin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣秀林鄉銅門村七鄰九號)
Tel: 0933-484-244
Lin Tian Shan (林田山餐廳)
Add: 80, Changqiao Rd., Changqiao Borough, Fenglin Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣鳳林鎮長橋里長橋路80號)
Tel: (03) 875-1999
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Sunshine Hot Spring B&B (山下的厝)
Add: 137, Sec. 3, Wenquan Rd., Ruisui Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣瑞穗鄉溫泉路三段137號)
Tel: (03) 887-0203, 0937-468-021
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Bamboo Village Japanese Cuisine (竹村日式料理)
Add: 15, Sec. 1, Zhongshan Rd., Ruisui Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣瑞穗鄉中山路一段15號)
Tel: (03) 887-6083
Green Genie (綠晶靈鮮奶鍋)
Add: 52, Chenggong N. Rd., Ruisui Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣瑞穗鄉成功北路52號)
Tel: (03) 887-6306
Wisdom Garden (智嵐雅居民宿)
Add: 98-1, Suangan, Neighborhood 5, Dayu Borough, Yuli Township, Hualien County (花蓮縣玉里鎮大禹里5鄰酸甘98-1號)
Tel: (03) 888-2488, 0921-986-461
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Ta Ti Hotel (大地飯店)
Add: 210, Zhongxiao Rd., Chishang Township, Taitung County (台東縣池上鄉忠孝路210號)
Tel: (089) 864-330
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Monkey bridge, Donghe, Taitung, Taiwan
We shared banana with monkeys
12天自行車環島紀錄片
這次了旅程的前半段全都遇到了梅雨，所以只能用照片呈現到了台東花蓮後才擺脫整天下雨，並錄下了全程最漂亮也最難騎的蘇花公路。而車頭燈也因連日大雨導致電池漏液，騎到蘇澳時就壽終正寢了。從新北一路到台中全程都是大逆風，速度提不上來，甚至還得夜騎。一路騎下來，除了屁股痛外肩膀在騎完後還連續痛了好多天。
不過這的卻是一趟難得的體驗，大家不妨用自己的雙腳認識自己居住的土地。
影片中部分片段有模糊或無法對焦請見諒。
Riding in Taiwan
Riding through the mountains and small villages between fuli and yuli in hualien county on the east side of taiwan. Beautiful
Stranger Fred has been traveling the world over 10 years!
Met stranger Fred who has been traveling the world for over 10 years while visiting Taitung , Taiwan. He is also a free hugger and had some VERY intense stories leaving me with goosebumps. Comment any questions you may have.