Category: Taiwan

Formosa with excellent scenery

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Red fortress in Tainan

Anping Old Fort (Chinese: 安平古堡), also named Fort Zeelandia (熱蘭遮城), Orange City (奧倫治城), Anping City (安平城), and Taiwan City (臺灣城), is located in Tainan (臺南) City of Taiwan. was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch.

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Ghost fire in Kenting

Chuhuo (Chinese: 出火) is one of the popular scenic spots of Kenting National Park (墾丁國家公園), which is located at Hengchun Township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The fire emitted from the ground is caused by the leakage of the natural gas.

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Salty snow of Longkeng

Longkeng Ecological Protection Area (Chinese: 龍坑生態保護區) is located at the southwest cape of Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島), Taiwan. Longkeng is part of Kenting National Park (墾丁國家公園), it limits the numbers of tourists to 200 per day, every tourist needs to register before going in.

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Diamond hill in Tainan

Cigu Salt Pan (Chinese: 七股鹽場) is located in Tainan (台南) Taiwan, it is the last and biggest salt pan in Taiwan, the last time it operated was May of 2002, now it has turned to a popular tourist attraction.

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Secret spot of North Coast: Nanya Rocks

Nanya Rocks (Chinese: 南雅奇岩) is located in Ruifang District (瑞芳區), New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan. Weathered by the northeastern monsoon and gigantic sea waves over the years, the rock formations in Nanya Rocks are strange and beautiful, and look like natural sculptures in an outdoor museum.

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Flying clouds of Caoling

The Old Caoling Tunnel (Chinese: 舊草嶺隧道) is a cycleway in New Taipei (新北), Taiwan.The tunnel stretches for a length around 2,000 meters. The tunnel was converted into a cycleway when the new railway tunnel was constructed in 2007.

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Nostalgic railway lunchbox

Taiwan had been colonized by Japan, so the railway lunchbox (Chinese: 鐵路便當) in Taiwan is the same interesting as in Japan. Choumeizai had tried a railway lunchbox in Fulong station when he visited Fulong (福隆).

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Time-honored brand of Taipei

Dihua Street (Chinese: 迪化街) is a street located in Taipei (台北), Taiwan.Since then and throughout the rest of the 19th century, Dihua Street has been an important centre for commerce in medicinal herbs, fabrics, and Taiwanese tea, it is also the oldest street in Taipei.

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Lai Lai: Devil’s washboard

Lai Lai (Chinese: 萊萊) is located in Gongliao (Chinese: 貢寮) District of New Taipei, Taiwan. it is famous for the abrasion terraces along the coast, since there are not so many visitors, Taiwanese call it ‘secret place’.

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Taiwan Santiago

Cape Santiago (Chinese: 三貂角) is located in Gongliao (Chinese: 貢寮) District of New Taipei, Taiwan, which is the easternmost cape in Taiwan, the scenery is beautiful but not so many tourists. Cape Santiago is one of the stops of Old Caoling Bikeway Loop (Chinese: 舊草嶺環狀線自行車道), the best way to visit Cape Santiago is riding bicycle.

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Hermit in the green mountain

Ba-yien Village (Chinese: 八煙聚落) is located at Yangmingshan National Park (Chinese: 陽明山國家公園) of New Taipei City, Taiwan, it is 300 meters above sea level. Choumeizai accidentally found this place during morning exercise, and enjoyed a green morning with serenity.

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Art street in Taipei

Section 1 of Xiulang Road(Chinese: 秀朗路一段)is located in Yonghe District(Chinese: 永和區) of New Taipei City, it has many art supplies shop along the street, everytime Choumeizai comes to Taiwan, this art street is a must visit place for shopping.

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Fresh fish in Donggang

Donggang Hua Qiao Market(東港華僑市場) is located in Pingtung County of Taiwan, there are a lot of Sashimi(刺身) restaurant in the market, all look the same so it is difficult to choose, Choumeizai eats at this restaurant for only one reason: the beautiful smile of the waitress.

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