Knew i had a biiiig day ahead of me so hit the road at 730am. Drove to the southern point of taiwan and finally crossed over to the western side. Its funny how the west side actually has freeways!! That said, still took me 3.5 hours to reach the city of Taitan. Culrure hub of the country.
Was soooooo hard to navigate my way in and find parking on the street but managed to do it and wander around to find a bunch of famous temples. They were nice but gotta say, not the wow factor i anticipated
I then marked a waterfall in my gps in the mountains nearby and headed there. Insane drive up and down huge mountains and came across a massive suspension bridge that i of course had to traverse :)
Couldnt find the waterfall but with the help of some locals on my very wrong locations at their house driveways, finally got guided where i needed to be
One of my favourite hikes ever!! Through thick jungle, high above the raging river below, the path was bolted into the side of mountains and i was also able to walk behind one of the waterfalls too!
Finished that hike at 5pm. Fully aware that i am literally on top of a mountain and sun going down soon, and no hotel yet booked, i raced down the other side in 90 minutes to Douliou, almost hitting a bunch of monkeys having supper on the road.
Completly exhausted on arrival, just wanted food, any food, and a cold beer and bed. But things arent always so simple. I couldnt find an open restaurant at 8pm so i broke a rule of mine and ate at mcdonalds! Found a really nics pub that shockingly had guinness after that and caught up on some trip planning as the only person in the bar. Very quiet town in the middle of nowhere
I wss about to leave at 1030 and go to bed, when this guy from new jersey walks in and sits next to me. We bonded immediately. Cool guy. Long story short, got back to my hotel at 530am after a lot of billiards and some food vendors he introduced me too. "Ace" says he might come meet me in malaysia. Either way, that was quite the day. 😴Read more
August 3 in Taiwan ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C