Vacation Travel In YiLan (宜蘭市) Part 2
February 8, 2009 Posted by Chris
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The time for vacation came quickly and the first stop for my vacation in taiwan (during Chinese New Year) was YiLan (Chinese: 宜蘭市).YiLan is a small city in the northeast of Taiwan. It is not too far from Taipei but has very little public transportation. Most people live in the outskirts of the city and have a car or motorcycle to get around. We left from Taichung (Chinese: 台中) and took the train all the way up north and a little east to arrive in YiLan. We met our friend Kerry there who was going to show us around.
On the second day we got a quick breakfast at one of the local breakfast-sandwich places. I got a Taiwanese rendition of a breakfast 'burger' and some dumplings. I really like how somehow dumplings are a breakfast food in Taiwan. After breakfast we started driving to TaiPing Shan (太平山). We stopped off at another famous restaurant and got some takeout food for lunch. The place had a cool yellow box for its famous food. We also picked up some random vendor food around the restaurant and then continue to TaiPing Shan (太平山).
We arrived at TaiPing Mountain (太平山) station at around 11am and wondered around for a while. They had a small museum about the area and explaining why the recreational preserve was necessary. There was also a small train that takes you around the mountain and to some other trails you can walk around. It was very pretty despite the amount of fog surrounding us. We saw a lot of nature and traditional Taiwan.
After roaming around TaiPing Shan (太平山) we went to Luodong (羅東) to hang out for the night. Downtown Luodong (羅東) is an hour or so drive away from YiLan (宜蘭) and has quite a lively nightlife. We went to one of the more famous "Shabu Shabu" (涮涮鍋) restaurants in the area. Shabu Shabu (涮涮鍋) is a Japanese variation of the Hot Pot style of restaurant. Basically you pick out the food you want with what spices and then cook it in boiling flavored soup. The last few photos are of the place where we spent the two nights sleeping. Our friend Kerry's relatives had an empty house that they let us sleep in. That was rather nice of him and his family I thought!
Posted: February 8, 2009 under Personal
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