Friday, August 11, 2017

Taipei to Taiping Mountain









With summer temperatures in the high 30’s (95oF), we took an August trip to Taiping Mountain in Yilan County, Taiwan. We needed a cool mountain getaway so we headed back down Taiwan’s northeast coast to Yilan County, then southwest on Route 7 along the Lanyang River, crossing over the Jiayuan Bridge.
We had to meet the van driver-guide at Yilan station early Sunday, too early for a HSR connection from Taichung, so we took the opportunity to spend a day and night in Taipei before catching the Taiwan Rail to the east coast. To the Taipingshan Villa we went for two days and a night, hiking on three mountain trails and catching the Perseid Meteor Shower on a cool clear night.
Unlike the Cilan Divine Tree Forest tour in July, on the north bank of the Lanyang River, outsourced, the Forestry Bureau does the Taipingshan forest and villa itself. EZTravel.com has tours for the former while ezfly.com is one agency that does the latter. (6100NT)


 So, how much money do you think our three day-two night mid-week trip cost? Remember, it included a HSR from Taichung to Taipei, Taiwan Rail non-stop to Hualien, mini-shuttle bus tour from the station to the beach, lunch, Taroko Gorge, and one night in the Parkview Hotel including buffet dinner and breakfast, shuttle back to the train station for a non-stop to Yilan for a private van to Cilan Resort for a night including three meals, entry to Divine Forest, and mini-bus to Taipei's HSR back to Taichung. Would you believe 10,000 NT - $322 per person. 





















「perseid meteor shower 2017」的圖片搜尋結果
Courtesy: The Odyssey Online