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Short visit to the Cihu in Taoyuan. The area is actually great for hiking, but we did just visit the Baiji Tunnel, the Baiji Trail, and Back Cihu.

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Short visit to the Shimen Reservoir in Taoyuan. Been there several times, never made a video before. Didn't that there is a cafe with dam view.

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Went for a bike ride at the end of June from Yingge in New Taipei City to Daxi in Taoyuan City. The route is along Dahan River and takes you past a few sites of interest. Took me a bit more than half a day and I enjoyed it. 🙂

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Third and last day of our trip to Penghu back in April. We visited a few nice places on the islands of Xiyu and Baisha. Hope traveling in Taiwan will soon get back to normal. Stay healthy!

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Leisure Time Café
(半日閑下午茶)
Tel: (06) 993-1366
Add: No. 71, Zhenhai Village, Baisha Township, Penghu County
(澎湖縣白沙鄉鎮海村71號)
https://www.facebook.com/leisure.time.cafe.penghu

Lao-Pai Café
(老派咖啡)
Tel: 0988-235-278
Add: No. 20, Erkan Village, Xiyu Township, Penghu County
(澎湖縣西嶼鄉二崁村20號)
https://www.facebook.com/laopaicoffee

Second day of our Penghu trip back in April. We joined a tour to the southern part of Penghu, where we had fun doing coral reef snorkeling and playing on in and on the water. The tour is highly recommended. 🙂

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

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My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Here's the website of the tour organizer:
https://www.excitingpenghu.com.tw/en/

Third video from our Penghu trip. First we visited another interesting homestay. Then we had ice cream and cake in Magong, went to the Old Street, the Duxingshi Village Cultural Park, and the Xihong Rainbow Bridge.

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Murraya Paniculata Villa
(月橘獨棟Villa)
Tel: (06) 995-1926
Add: No. 185, Wude Borough, Magong City, Penghu County
(澎湖縣馬公市五德里185號)

Probably not the best time to post travel videos... But anyway, I find time to edit the videos, so here it is, the second of our Penghu trip. This is a cool place to stay, very unusual.

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Enishi Resort Villa
(緣民宿)
Tel: (06) 926-0302
Add: No. 45-3, Aimen Village, Huxi Township, Penghu County
(澎湖縣湖西鄉隘門村45之3號)
https://en.enishiresortvillatw.com/

First video of our last trip to Penghu. I'll start with this nice cafe at Lintou Beach on the main island of Penghu.

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Gilly primavera
(及林春)
Tel: (06) 992-3639
Add: No. 1-3, Lintou, Huxi Township, Penghu County
(澎湖縣湖西鄉林投村1-3號)
https://gillyprimavera.cafe/ (Chinese)

A day spent cycling along the Tanyashen Green Bikeway in Taichung's Daya District. This is an easy-to-follow bikeway, great for a relaxed ride along some pretty (and some not so pretty) scenery.

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Norway Forest Travel Hotel 1
(挪威森林台中行旅1號館)
Tel: (04) 2229-3388
Add: No. 184, Jianguo Rd., Central District, Taichung City
(台中市中區建國路184號)
Website: http://taichungtravelhotel1.villa-group.com.tw

Songmeng Bike Rental Store – Daya Branch
(松錳租車連鎖店-大雅店)
Tel: (04) 2565-3842
Add: No. 16, Ln. 328, Yuexiang Rd., Daya District, Taichung City
(台中市大雅區月祥路328巷16號)
Website: http://www.suong-meeng.com.tw (Chinese)

Paper Museum – Paper Space
(紙博館 – 紙的空間)
Tel: (04) 2563-1213
Add: No. 11, Shenlin Rd., Shengang District, Taichung City
(台中市神岡區神林路11號)
Website: http://www.paper-museum.com.tw (Chinese)

English and Chinese
Chariot Park 戰車公園
Daya 大雅
floss flower 熊耳草
golden trumpet tree 黃花風鈴木
Shengang 神岡
Taiwanese rain tree 台灣欒樹
Tanyashen Green Bikeway 潭雅神綠園道
Tanzi Station 潭子車站
Zunqian Ren’ai Park 圳前仁愛公園

SEEDIQ VILLAGE Alang Tongan

We spent a day in the indigenous village Alang Tongan in Nantou County's Ren'ai Township to learn about the Seediq tribe's culture, including their traditional houses, weaving, and hunting. This was a nice experience! 🙂

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

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Travel in Taiwan (2021-05/06)
Arriving around noon, we were greeted by Iyung Sapu, who chatted amiably as we waited for other members of the tribe who would also be taking part in introducing us to the village. Expressing regret that we wouldn’t be staying to enjoy his cooking (indigenous fare is usually part and parcel of the Alang Tongan experience), he told us that although he’d previously left the village to study in the city, he felt compelled to return and contribute to community life.

Soon, a mother and daughter duo, Ape Neyung and Labe Sapu, arrived to instruct us in the art of weaving. Governed by strict taboos, weaving used to consume much of a tribeswoman’s time. Now the skill is the preserve of a few elders and their students. We watched as Labe Sapu demonstrated weaving on a floor loom – sitting on the floor, her back straight, fingers moving with practiced ease. How long could she work like that? “All day,” she replied breezily, “as long as I stop for lunch in the middle!”

When it was my turn to give the weaving a try, I felt like a clumsy child, entirely unable to mimic the fluid movements I’d just watched. Ape kept watch from the sidelines, occasionally pointing out dropped threads, which Labe kindly told me not to worry about. I had flashbacks of my grandmother valiantly trying to teach me how to knit.

After the weaving session, Sapu Nyung, the father of Iyung Sapu, handed us traditional woven shawls to wear and conducted a ceremony to inform the ancestors they had visitors. Evidently the ceremony should have taken place when we had first arrived, but the spirits seemed good-natured enough, accustomed to the intrusion of city folk like us. He then detailed the features of Seediq architecture by showing us a traditional house and a hut used for storing grain and other foodstuffs. Nyung – an expert in this field – has been involved in building projects nationwide.

Impressively, these traditional structures where built entirely without nails or cement, and yet they’re sturdy enough to withstand the multiple earthquakes and typhoons that rattle Taiwan every year. These techniques take a lifetime to hone and now – as with traditional weaving – there are few people who retain the knowledge.

Our final guides on this short indigenous-village experience tour were Iyung Pawan and his son Pawan Neyung, who was one of the many Seediq actors in the aforementioned movie. Fresh back from an archery competition, they demonstrated how bows and arrows are used to hunt in Nantou’s mountain forests. My companions had a go, but after so ineptly operating the loom, I demurred. It seemed safer to leave arrow firing to the professionals.

Dream Valley Waterfall
A brief drive further up the valley from Alang Tongan is the pretty Menggu Waterfall. In English “Menggu” can be translated as “Dream Valley” – an apt moniker given the spot’s picturesque nature. Visit during the May~August butterfly season to see some of the 120 species of butterfly which set the air aflutter.

How to Get There
By car: Follow National Highway 6 inland from central Taichung City until it ends at Provincial Highway 14. After another 10~15 minutes of driving eastwards, at the 71.5km marker turn left onto Songyuan Lane – the village is a short distance up the road.
By bus: From Puli’s bus station, take bus 6658, 6659, or 6664 and get off at Nanshanxi (南山溪) bus stop.

Visitors wishing to participate in the cultural experiences are asked to make advance reservations.

Alang Tongan Industry Promotion and Development Association Corp.
(社團法人南投縣仁愛鄉東岸部落產業促進發展協會)
Tel: (04) 2235-0323
Add: No. 80, Songyuan Lane, Nanfeng Village, Ren’ai Township, Nantou County
(南投縣仁愛鄉南豐村松原巷80號)

Second and third day of our second trip of 2021 at the end of February, including: Sun Moon Lake morning walk, Sun Moon Lake Ropeway ride to the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, lot of cherry blossoms, indigenous restaurants in Puli and Taichung City, as well as a colorful maze, a Mickey Mouse tree, and some golden-brown wheat fields.

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Sun Moon Lake Ropeway
(日月潭纜車)
Tel: (049) 285-0666
Add: No. 102, Zhongzheng Rd., Riyue Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County
(南投縣魚池鄉日月村中正路102號)
https://www.ropeway.com.tw/

Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village
(九族文化村)
Tel: (049) 289-5361
Add: No. 45, Jintian Lane, Yuchi Township, Nantou County
(南投縣魚池鄉金天巷45號)
https://www.nine.com.tw/

Futian No. 6 Cultural and Creative Park
(甫田六號文創園區)
Tel: 0931-060-224
Add: No. 389, Nanhuan Rd., Xinan Borough, Puli Township, Nantou County
(南投縣埔里鎮溪南里南環路389號)
https://futain.okgo.tw/ (Chinese)

Gulu Gulu
(咕嚕咕嚕音樂餐廳)
Tel: (04) 2378-3128
Add: No. 2, Lane 13, Wuquan 4th St., West District, Taichung City
(台中市西區五權西四街13巷2號)
https://www.facebook.com/gulugulu23783128

Remember to go home
(記得回家燒烤吧)
Tel: (04) 2235-2267
Add: No. 124, Xingjin Rd., North District, Taichung City
(台中市北區興進路124號)
https://www.facebook.com/comebackhome.124

Urban Aboriginal Tribe Restaurant
(城市部落)
Tel: (04) 2451-5858
Add: No. 568, Sec. 2, Qinghai Rd., Xitun District, Taichung City
(台中市西屯區青海路二段568號)
http://cityblog.verytop.tw/bin/home.php (Chinese)

Our second trip of 2021 at the end of February was to Central Taiwan. We visited Puli and Sun Moon Lake on the first day, enjoying indigenous cuisine and stand-up paddleboarding on the lake.

#日月潭 #SunMoonLake #SUP

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

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My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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From Travel in Taiwan (2021-05/06)
On this trip Travel in Taiwan used the services of Happy Bike, which also offers bike and car rentals. It’s located in Shuishe right beside the village’s super-sized parking lot. There is a small side bay here, and the shop is right beside the scenic lakeside boardwalk trail, used by both bikers and walkers, that runs from the village to the Xiangshan Visitor Center and well beyond. All required equipment (board, paddle, lifejacket) is provided by the shop. Your main instructor takes you to your entry point on the side bay, provides initial coaching, then you head out onto the shallow bay for practice getting yourself on, standing up on, and moving on your board – and on getting back on should you plop into the drink. Then you head out further onto the big lake for the big fun. At all times there are two instructors present, the main instructor, on his/her own paddleboard, and a second instructor in a small powered boat.
At the halfway point of your outing everyone gathers around the main instructor for a sit-down “snack picnic.” And what about my comment earlier about “getting ‘in’ the water”? If keen on spending a few snatches of time swimming about, or at least treading, in the cool waters, allow yourself to “fall” off your board a few times, as I may have done, enjoying welcome time-outs from the warm sun.
Happy Bike
(快樂鐵馬)
Tel: (049) 285-5021
Add: No. 31, Lane 12, Zhongxing Rd., Shuishe Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County
(南投縣魚池鄉水社村中興路12巷31號)
Website: happybike.okgo.tw (Chinese)

Yun Shan (“Clouds and Mountains”) is a small, young narrow-front eatery/café located on Puli town’s east side, looking up at a plateau from which splashes of bright pastel colors regularly come drifting down – paragliders. It’s run by a youthful Atayal brother-sister team who grew up in a hill village not far distant. The fellow’s wife is Rukai, meaning Rukai delicacies join Atayal on the creative-cuisine menu.
The main native items on the mixed indigenous/Chinese/Western menu are two set meals, the “Rukai chief set meal” and “Atayal warrior set meal.” The two stars for the former are roast boar and jinafu (see “Remember to go home” entry below), for the latter roast turtle dove and bamboo-tube rice. Your dessert for each is one of the delicately sweet-and-savory house cookies, made with either magao, red quinoa, or cicong (Alianthus prickly ash, with a pepper and lemon taste). The cookies and scrumptious red quinoa and cheese scones can also be bought separately, as I did for takeaway, diet be damned.
Yun Shan
(雲山)
Tel: (049) 242-2363
Add: No. 317, Heping E. Rd., Puli Township, Nantou County
(南投縣埔里鎮和平東路317號)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/yunshanbaker

Ita Thao Cultural Museum
Visitors searching for even deeper understanding of Thao culture should also visit the Ita Thao Cultural Museum. This facility, like the enterprise introduced above, is part of the tribe’s ongoing efforts to restore its cultural pride – by celebrating its uniqueness to the outside world and, even more importantly, deepening self-respect and tribal love amongst younger Thao, which as with tribal peoples elsewhere are relentlessly drawn away from home areas. It is located on the grounds of the village’s elementary school. A replica traditional village watchtower stands outside the museum, and inside is a rich cache of traditional attire, hunting/fishing/farming utensils, and musical instruments, plus mini-mock-ups of traditional dwellings, fishing rafts, etc. The museum is open weekends/holidays; check with the village’s visitor center (next section) about reservations.

Second part of our first trip in 2021. The first part was about Taroko Gorge, this one is about other places to stay in Hualien. Hope you can find some ideas for your next trip to this lovely part of Taiwan.

#花蓮 #Hualien #民宿

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Echo Villa (迴音谷)
Tel: 0965-501-333 / 0953-332-292
Add: No. 21, Aly 168, Ln. 289, Guofu St., Hualien City
(花蓮市國福街289巷168弄21號)
Website: echovilla.com (Chinese)

Afternoon Resort (依山午)
Tel: 0975-737-169
Add: No. 17, Ln. 101, Zhongshan Rd., Shoufeng Township, Hualien County
(花蓮縣壽豐鄉中山路101巷17號)
Website: www.afternoonresort.com.tw (Chinese)

REVIKA (鈴の宇民宿)
Tel: 0937-738-452
Add: No. 18, Sec. 6, Yuemei, Yuemei Village, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County
(花蓮縣壽豐鄉月眉村月眉六段18號)
Website: revika.com.tw (Chinese)

Rose Garden (花田小路)
Tel: 0911-669-745
Add: No. 128, Dongfu St., Shoufeng Township, Hualien County
(花蓮縣壽豐鄉豐坪村東富街128號)
Website: www.facebook.com/RoseGardenRoad

Promisedland Resort (花蓮理想大地渡假飯店)
Tel: (03) 865-6789
Add: No. 1, Lixiang Rd., Gonghe Village, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County
(花蓮縣壽豐鄉共和村理想路1號)
Website: www.plcresort.com.tw

Our first trip in 2021 was to Taroko Gorge and other places in Hualien. On this trip we visited places to stay to report about them in our magazine. In this video we are in Taroko Gorge.

#太魯閣 #花蓮 #Hualien

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We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Forth and last day of our 4-day trip organized by the Forest Bureau back in October. We started the day on a beautiful sand beach in Kending, then visited the forest where we did tree climbing and visited a cool cave.

#墾丁森林遊樂區 #屏東 #Kenting

Read an article about the trip here: https://taiwaneverything.cc/2020/11/10/alishan-kenting/

Here are some of the people who did the trip with us:

The DoDo Men
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedodomen/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDoDoMen/

Francesca 張思佳
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx4wUICIFGy-u0c7_iHowiw

Raudlah 安多哈
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTPMSbNoc_tv9SHhQ-0Olw?view_as=subscriber

Ami
台灣大自然的Blog：https://taiwantrailsandtales.wordpress.com/

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

Website: http://taiwaneverything.cc
Travel in Taiwan: https://issuu.com/travelintaiwan
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Third day of our 4-day trip organized by the Forest Bureau back in October. We spend a beautiful day Houwan, a small seaside village, part of the Kenting National Park, and learned how to make tofu the traditional way and how to do kayaking in choppy waters. We had quite a bit of fun!

#墾丁國家公園 #屏東 #後灣

Read an article about the trip here: https://taiwaneverything.cc/2020/11/10/alishan-kenting/

Here are some of the people who did the trip with us:

The DoDo Men
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedodomen/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDoDoMen/

Francesca 張思佳
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx4wUICIFGy-u0c7_iHowiw

Raudlah 安多哈
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTPMSbNoc_tv9SHhQ-0Olw?view_as=subscriber

Ami
台灣大自然的Blog：https://taiwantrailsandtales.wordpress.com/

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
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Second day of our 4-day trip organized by the Forest Bureau. We took the pre-dawn train to catch a stunning Alishan sunrise. Later in the day we visited some cool places down in Chiayi City

#Alishan #阿里山 #阿里山日出

Read an article about the trip here: https://taiwaneverything.cc/2020/11/10/alishan-kenting/

Here are some of the people who did the trip with us:

The DoDo Men
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Francesca 張思佳
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx4wUICIFGy-u0c7_iHowiw

Raudlah 安多哈
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTPMSbNoc_tv9SHhQ-0Olw?view_as=subscriber

Ami
台灣大自然的Blog：https://taiwantrailsandtales.wordpress.com/

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

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Travel in Taiwan: https://issuu.com/travelintaiwan
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Alishan Sunrise
The next day we did what most tourists who stay overnight inside the forest recreation area will do: taking the pre-dawn train to Zhushan Station, then walking to the Mt. Ogasawara lookout platform and watch the sunrise over Mt. Jade (Yushan), Taiwan’s highest mountain. The 5 o’clock train, departing from Alishan Station, was packed, everyone in great spirits and full of expectation.

Zhushan Station, the line’s terminal station, currently being remodeled, everyone had to get off the train at the penultimate stop, Duigaoyue, and walk from there for about 40 minutes to the sunrise view location. A sizable crowd had already gathered when we arrived and everyone was marveling at the “sea of clouds” that had formed in a deep valley seen below from the observation platform. The sunrise did not disappoint either, pictures were taken, everyone was excited.

While I had seen the sunrise before, I was not aware that there is another attraction close by. Our passionate and caring tour guide for the whole trip, Moon Liu, took us a bit further south from the sunrise view platform. “Let’s see the mikado pheasant!” This type of bird being notoriously elusive, I was doubtful of the chance to see one, especially considering the many tourists gathering here at this time of the day. But no, there it was, feeding peacefully, not far from the boardwalk, oblivious of the people snapping pictures. I waited my turn. Actually I waited until everyone had left. The bird started to come closer and I was able to take pictures of it walking past me just two meters or so away.

Before reaching the sunrise viewing platform on your way from the railway station you will pass a wooden building on the right-hand side. This is the Mountain Ali Tea No. 35 teahouse, a great place to have a simple breakfast, which includes excellent high-mountain tea (Oolung and black tea) produced in the Alishan region. Adjacent to the teahouse is a high-mountain botanical garden perfect for a relaxed early morning stroll. There, I spotted quite a few interestingly looking birds frolicking in the trees. Btw. if you have breakfast on the terrace of the teahouse, be aware of the white-whiskered laughingthrushes trying to get close to your table. I left my seat for just a few seconds and one of them had already stolen a raisin from my plate…

Alishan Sunrise Train Info
Since the time of the sunrise varies according to the time of year (7am in early January, 5:20am in June), the schedule for trains departing Alishan Station for Zhushan Station changes from day to day. The times are announced the day prior at around 4:30pm on the official website, at Alishan Station, the recreation area’s entrance, and the visitor center. The number of passengers each morning is limited to 700 (weekdays) and 1,000 (holidays and weekends). Tickets (NT$120) need to be bought in advance online or at one of the main stations of the Alishan Forest Railway.

Chiayi City Railway Park
After returning to Chiayi City we visited the area around Beimen Station, the second stop on the Alishan Forest Railway Line. If you are interested in history and railways, this is the perfect playground for you. A local guide, Mr. He Sheng-jie, showed us around the Chiayi Lumber Factory and the Alishan Forest Railway Garage Park, where you can learn about the history of logging in southern Taiwan and have a close look at a number of decommissioned locomotives and train cars on display.

At the end of October we did a 4-day trip organized by the Forest Bureau. We visited the Alishan and Kenting national forest recreation areas and had a lot of fun. This is the video of the first day. We took the Alishan Forest Railway. Cool experience!

#Alishan #阿里山 #阿里山鐵路

Read an article about the trip here: https://taiwaneverything.cc/2020/11/10/alishan-kenting/

Here are some of the people who did the trip with us:

The DoDo Men
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedodomen/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDoDoMen/

Francesca 張思佳
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx4wUICIFGy-u0c7_iHowiw

Raudlah 安多哈
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTPMSbNoc_tv9SHhQ-0Olw?view_as=subscriber

Ami
台灣大自然的Blog：https://taiwantrailsandtales.wordpress.com/

Who we are
We are a small publishing company (Vision) based in Taipei. We produce an English magazine (Travel in Taiwan) introducing readers to Taiwan as a travel destination.

Who I am
My name is Johannes (友漢), "Twelli". I love creating videos about places in Taiwan and I try to post a few videos every week (well, more like twice a month). Please let me know what you think about this channel and feel free to ask me any question. Thanks for your support!

Website: http://taiwaneverything.cc
Travel in Taiwan: https://issuu.com/travelintaiwan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/taiwantravelmag
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taiwaneverything.cc

Alishan Forest Railway
Based in Taipei City in the north of Taiwan, the first part of my and some of my fellow travelers’ journey was getting down to Chiayi City in the south to catch the 9 o’clock train bound for Alishan. Luckily, the Taiwan High Speed Rail bullet trains take you down to south Taiwan in no time (I took the 6:30am train and arrived at 7:40). After meeting up with the other tour participants and the tour leaders we took the bus to Chiayi Railway Station. Currently, the forest railway operates between this station and the tiny station of Shizilu in the Alishan area. From there, you have to take a bus further uphill to reach the national forest recreation area. After the line was severely damaged during typhoon Morakot in 2009 it was temporarily shut down, save for the trains running inside the forest recreation area. The project of restoring the railway in its entirety has been a difficult one, but step by step, the line has been revived. At the end of 2012, trains started to roll again between Chiayi and Zhuqi; in early 2014, the stretch from Zhuqi all the way up to Fenqihu was reopened; and in July of 2017 two more stations were put back into business, the last being Shizilu. Plans are to have the complete line restored by 2022.

Some facts and useful info about the Alishan Forest Railway – The railway line project was started in 1906 during the Japanese colonial era; the first section between Chiayi and Zhuqi was completed in 1908; in 1912 the line was extended to Erwanping, and in 1914 it reached Zhaoping. Many decades later the railway became a tourist attraction. In 1983 the 9.2km Minyue branch line to Shihou Station and in 1986 the 6.25km line to Zhushan Station (close to the sunrise viewing platform) were established. – Today, there are 20 stations in total: Chiayi (30m) – Beimen (31m) – Lumachan (82m) – Zhuqi (127m) – Mujiliao (324m) – Zhangnaoliao (543m) – Dulishan (743m) – Liyuanliao (904m) – Jiaoliping (997m) – Shuisheliao (1,186m) – Fenqihu (1,403m) – Duolin (1,516m) – Shizilu (1,534m) – Pingzhena (1,711m) – Erwanping (2,000m) – Shenmu (2,138m) – Alishan (2,216m) – Zhaoping (2,274m) – Duigaoyue (2,405m) – Zhushan (2,451m) – The total length of the line is 71.4km and it has 47 tunnels and 72 bridges. – On weekdays the train departs from Chiayi at 9am (on weekends and holidays at 8:30am [to Fenqihu] and 9:30am [to Shizilu]); from Shizilu the train departs for the trip back to Chiayi City at 1:50pm (on weekends and holidays at 1pm). – The train ride from Chiayi to Shizilu takes about 3 hours. – Tickets are priced NT$459 one way.