This time we are going on a trip to the East Coast

A road trip, just two days

We went first by train from Taipei

along the East Coast to Yilan,

Hualien, and then all the way down to

Taitung. There you can see Taitung.

At Taitung we rented a car

and drove all the way

along the coast up to Hualien and then we took a train back to Taipei.

Here is the car, no, we did rent a car

but not this one.

We had a Toyota Camry.

And then we hit the road, you see the road is almost always

straight and very easy to follow. The first stop we made was at Fugang.

Fugang Harbor Harbor is where you

can take the ferry to Green Island and

Orchid Island (Lanyu).

We looked around, saw some boats

and some ships.

As you can see

it was nice weather and we had summer clothes on.

And then we made the next stop at Xiao Yeliu

where you can see interesting rock formations.

Like this one and

we walked around

and looked here and there.

They also have some interesting

tropical plants

and crabs, little crabs, tiny crabs.

Some flowers.

Some more rocks.

Interesting patterns

on the rocks.

Interesting colors.

Then we went on further north to

Dulan, there is an old sugar factory

which has been transformed into a creative kind of place

where people of the indigenous tribes

are creative. There is a shop

where you can buy indigenous products

like woven bags and stuff like that.

Then we went on. This is where we stayed for the night.

It's called Fu Jhang Villa

and it's made of wood entirely.

And it's very clean and modern.

It's very close

to the ocean, you can see it from your room, the ocean.

There are palm trees, giving

the place a very

southern Pacific feel.

It's very relaxing there.

There is also a swimming pool. You can't swim in the ocean,

because there is no beach, but the

villa has a nice swimming pool with

seawater. There you can relax and take it easy.

And look, the ocean's is right behind there.

the oceans right behind there.

Then, for dinner we went to Chenggong, this is a harbor village

is a harbor village and there you have

seafood restaurants. We had fresh sashimi and seafood hotpot.

And this drink.

I can't remember, some kind of jelly drink.

The next morning we got up very early

to get to see the sunrise at Sanxiantai.

This is a nice place. You can see, there's

an island connected by this bridge.

There's a pebble beach, we had fun there.

And when the sun finally came up we where very excited.

It was cloudy, but we could

see the sun's rays.

Then we went back to the villa

and took bicycles

to go on a ride

on the coastal road there.

Nice place to go for a bicycle ride.

There you can sit and have a

picnic if you want.

Then we continued our journey along the coast,

made some stops at fishing harbors

and interesting places.

This is the Baxian Caves.

There are a few caves, very tall and narrow.

Some temples inside.

Across from the caves

is a very nice beach

It's flat and you can

enjoy running through the water

Interesting how blue the ocean is

especially at the horizon.

Then we went on.

We passed this marker of the Tropic of Cancer

and saw some

statues with crabs

and flying fish on it.

Then we came to this place

It's a homestay in the shape of a ship

Right beside

this homestay is a restaurant

where you can eat indigenous-style food

Very nice

and exquisite

You can sit out there

and eat crabs and snails

and enjoy the view

of the ocean. Very nice

Then we crossed the bridge

over the Xiuguluan River

and came to this place. It's called Shitiping,

not Shitty Ping...

There are also some nice rock formations

The water in the pools there create

nice reflections

And then the final stop we made on our tour

was this one, Baqi Lookout.

There you can look down the coast

Then we went back to Hualien and from there back to Taipei.

All in all it was a very short trip but interesting and very recommendable

So if you want to go there, you can take a car or motorcycle

Thank you very much for watching and see you again soon!