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Hualien and Taroko National Park: The Big Adventure
Taiwan has a myriad of renowned natural landscapes. While Sun Moon Lake is seen as one of the most striking and Alishan one of the more majestic, nothing compares to the awe-inspiring natural beauty of Taroko National Park. The jaw-dropping scenery of this natural wonder is by far Taiwan’s biggest attraction and was the last big site I had to tick off my Taiwanese list. So after 2 long years of living in Taiwan, it was finally time to head to Hualien and experience the best the country had to offer! A New Flavour This trip had a different edge to it as it would be the first time Jess…
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Hualien: A Day on the Farm
You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy. Since I was 18 I’ve been living in big cities, from Cardiff and Beijing to Taipei and Kyoto. To be honest, cities have always freaked me out. You can walk across my hometown in 10 minutes, yet here in Taipei, it takes me just as long to walk to the subway every morning, madness! I’ll always be a country boy, and this upcoming holiday, I was looking forward to getting back to my bumpkin ways. So for our first trip of 2021, Jess and I would be spending the weekend on…
