Summary We had a great two weeks road trip in Taiwan. For years we had always wanted to see Pingxi Sky Lantern and it finally became a reality in 2023. Rather than flying into Taipei just before the Sky Lantern…
Day 12, 13 & 14 Taipei & Around
Taichung to Taipei The last stage was Taipei which was near to our “flying out” airport, Taoyuan International Airport. We stay was a hotel in Taipei which was a convenient point for us to explore the northern part of Taiwan.…
Day 11: Taichung
CingJing to Taichung Our purpose of visiting Taichung was to explore Gaomei Wetlands. We had seen very lovely sunset at the wetland. The drive from CingJing to Gaomei Wetlands was about 2 hours less than two hours, so there was…
Day 9 & 10: QingJing
From Wuling to QingJing From Sqoyaw Village (Wuling) to Qingjing needed about 2 plus hours, along the way there were many observation decks and hiking spots. The weather was great and it was a very memorable trip with beautiful highland…
Day 7 & 8: Wuling
Taroko NATIONAL PARK to Wuling From Taroko National Park to Wuling Farm was about 110km probably about 4 hours driving and through several stretch of windy roads. There was a road blockage along Highway 8 at the 114km marking. That…
Day 6: Taroko Gorge
Hualien Town to Taroko Gorge From HualienTown to the start of Taroko National Park was about 20km. Taroko Gorge was one of the main attractions of the park and the gorge stretched about 19km. We planned to spend the night…
Day 5: Hua Lien
Yilan to Hualien Yilan to Hualien town was about 108 km and a slow drive took about 2 hours. We planned to stay one night in Hualien city, to enjoy the coastal view and eat some Hualien food. The drive…
Day 4: Yilan
Coastal drive to Yilan We drove south east to the east coast of the island to reach Yilan. We did some google searches to find some “must eat” food of Yilan. First was the “famous yam icecream of Yilan”. It…
Day 3: Shifen on 15th day of Chinese New Year
Sky Lantern in Shifen Today was the 15th day of the Lunar Chinese New Year and we planned to be in Shifen in the evening to see the annual Sky Lantern Event. Unfortunately. this morning we were told by Blue…
Day 2: JIUFEN
Route for the day After a lovely breakfast we checked out of Six Star Motel (Taoyuan) and drove north east ward to the coast. Our final destination for the day was a scenic quaint town Jiufen. Before Jiufen we intended…
Day 1: Getting to Taiwan
Scoot – Cheap flight to Taiwan It was a last minute plan to visit Taiwan! Scoot Airlines offer of $300 (SGD) return flight per person between Singapore and Taiwan with check-in 20kg bag was too good to ignore.We had done…