We took the train from Taipei to Hualien, which was a 3.5 hour trip. When we came out of the train station, we had a taxi driver on our heels in no time flat. After some negotiations, we agreed to a price for a drive through the Taroko Gorge and off we went. Our first stop was a restaurant where we could get vegetarian food. Our driver took us to a buffet, which was perfect. We're still not sure exactly what we ate, but we had enough to fill us up and provided an endless source of entertainment for the locals. Then off we went to the gorge.
Our first stop was the entrance to the Taroko Gorge, which is a National Park.
There were some really interesting walkways through the marble hills.
And there were spectacular waterfalls. We couldn't take photos of all of them as there were just too many. You may be able to tell that the water is a very dark and muddy colour. Apparently it is usually quite blue, but there was a recent typhoon that has made the water the muddy colour it is. We're certainly not disappointed we missed the typhoon. It seems there is another one brewing, but I don't know if it will hit Thailand or not. We'll just have to wait and see.
In this photo you can see where the road is cut from the side of the hill.
Campbell and Kelly had no problem venturing out on this suspension bridge. We weren't about to get a photo of Dean out there.
Kelly posing in one of the pagodas along the way.
Campbell and Kelly paying their respects (sort of) inside a shrine in the gorge.
