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Okay, hello everybody, welcome to Taiwan again!
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This time we are going on a trip to the East Coast
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A road trip, just two days
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We went first by train from Taipei
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along the East Coast to Yilan,
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Hualien, and then all the way down to
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Taitung. There you can see Taitung.
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At Taitung we rented a car
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and drove all the way
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along the coast up to Hualien and then we took a train back to Taipei.
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Here is the car, no, we did rent a car
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but not this one.
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We had a Toyota Camry.
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And then we hit the road, you see the road is almost always
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straight and very easy to follow. The first stop we made was at Fugang.
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Fugang Harbor Harbor is where you
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can take the ferry to Green Island and
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Orchid Island (Lanyu).
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We looked around, saw some boats
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and some ships.
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As you can see
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it was nice weather and we had summer clothes on.
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And then we made the next stop at Xiao Yeliu
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where you can see interesting rock formations.
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Like this one and
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we walked around
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and looked here and there.
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They also have some interesting
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tropical plants
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and crabs, little crabs, tiny crabs.
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Some flowers.
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Some more rocks.
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Interesting patterns
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on the rocks.
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Interesting colors.
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Then we went on further north to
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Dulan, there is an old sugar factory
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which has been transformed into a creative kind of place
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where people of the indigenous tribes
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are creative. There is a shop
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where you can buy indigenous products
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like woven bags and stuff like that.
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Then we went on. This is where we stayed for the night.
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It's called Fu Jhang Villa
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and it's made of wood entirely.
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And it's very clean and modern.
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It's very close
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to the ocean, you can see it from your room, the ocean.
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There are palm trees, giving
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the place a very
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southern Pacific feel.
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It's very relaxing there.
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There is also a swimming pool. You can't swim in the ocean,
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because there is no beach, but the
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villa has a nice swimming pool with
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seawater. There you can relax and take it easy.
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And look, the ocean's is right behind there.
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the oceans right behind there.
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Then, for dinner we went to Chenggong, this is a harbor village
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is a harbor village and there you have
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seafood restaurants. We had fresh sashimi and seafood hotpot.
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And this drink.
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I can't remember, some kind of jelly drink.
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The next morning we got up very early
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to get to see the sunrise at Sanxiantai.
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This is a nice place. You can see, there's
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an island connected by this bridge.
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There's a pebble beach, we had fun there.
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And when the sun finally came up we where very excited.
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It was cloudy, but we could
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see the sun's rays.
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Then we went back to the villa
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and took bicycles
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to go on a ride
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on the coastal road there.
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Nice place to go for a bicycle ride.
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There you can sit and have a
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picnic if you want.
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Then we continued our journey along the coast,
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made some stops at fishing harbors
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and interesting places.
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This is the Baxian Caves.
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There are a few caves, very tall and narrow.
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Some temples inside.
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Across from the caves
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is a very nice beach
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It's flat and you can
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enjoy running through the water
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Interesting how blue the ocean is
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especially at the horizon.
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Then we went on.
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We passed this marker of the Tropic of Cancer
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and saw some
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statues with crabs
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and flying fish on it.
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Then we came to this place
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It's a homestay in the shape of a ship
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Right beside
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this homestay is a restaurant
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where you can eat indigenous-style food
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Very nice
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and exquisite
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You can sit out there
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and eat crabs and snails
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and enjoy the view
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of the ocean. Very nice
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Then we crossed the bridge
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over the Xiuguluan River
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and came to this place. It's called Shitiping,
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not Shitty Ping...
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There are also some nice rock formations
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The water in the pools there create
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nice reflections
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And then the final stop we made on our tour
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was this one, Baqi Lookout.
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There you can look down the coast
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Then we went back to Hualien and from there back to Taipei.
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All in all it was a very short trip but interesting and very recommendable
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So if you want to go there, you can take a car or motorcycle
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Thank you very much for watching and see you again soon!