Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Baiyang Trail

Here are some more pictures I took on the Baiyang Trail in the Taroko National Park in Taiwan.







Friday, May 26, 2006

More Taroko National Park pictures

Here are some more pictures I took in the Taroko National Park in Taiwan. All these pictures were taken at the start of the Baiyang Trail which is a walking trail that winds it way up a narrow gorge, through a few man made tunnels to a set of waterfalls high in the mountains. The trail starts by going through a mountain in a very long tunnel, which you can see the entrance of in the second picture. The last two pictures were taken just outside the other end of the first tunnel.







Thursday, May 18, 2006

Taroko National Park

These pictures were taken in the mountains of Taiwan at the Taroko National Park visitors centre, just north of the city of Hualien.

In the second and third pictures can be seen a pagoda and just below that a statue in the mountain monastery at Taroko.





Saturday, May 13, 2006

Hualien Pictures

These pictures were taken from our hotel room window in the city of Hualien on the east coast of Taiwan. The street in the first picture had a great little noodle house restaurant the first time we were in Taiwan. They served the best noodle meal in Taiwan. Unfortunately when we came back this time they were gone.



The second picture shows the mountains behind the old Hualien train station. The gorge that can be seen in the mountains is just one of many along the coast in this part of Taiwan. The Taroko Gorge just to the north of Hualien has what many people say is some of the most spectacular scenery in Taiwan.



The third picture shows another view of the mountains behind the old Hualien train station.



The last picture is a view of the park in front of the old Hualien train station.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Keelung Temple

I took this photo of a temple that is located in the middle of the night markets in the city of Keelung in the north of Taiwan. This place was very crowded and noisy, but very interesting to see as well.