Vacation Travel In HuaLien (花蓮市) Part 3
May 15, 2009 Posted by Chris
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On our last day in HuaLien we took our scooters for a very long ride. Out away from HuaLien and down the coast towards TaiDong. It was an amazing ride but the weather slowly turned sour. It went from pristine and beautiful to rainy and windy, not fun weather to drive a scooter in. Since I'd never really driven a scooter very much before, it was actually a lot of fun, except for the freezing cold! The trip took all day long and into the night even when leaving at 8am in the morning. You drive in one big circle, down the coast and back up the freeway towards HuaLien.
Right immediately outside of HuaLien we saw some really cool sights: Big Taiwanese Amusement Park, Rocky Beaches & a huge, huge temple with a gigantic Buddha on the top. The temple was surrounded with small cartoon looking characters that were from the 12 chinese animal signs.
The sights continued to be great, but the weather did slowly worsen. When the rain and cold really started to hit, we had to stop at 7/11 and get ponchos and some gloves. My scooter slipped once while we were driving and my blue poncho turned brown from muddy water, hah! I'm not even sure how it happened, I was driving straight, hit a puddle and the scooter started slidding off-balance. It happened so slowly I had time to react and I was fine.
We continued on and got some more cool views of the coast and saw some expensive high-class hotels along the way. One of the girls with us got hit by a large crashing wave and fell back onto the rocks. Got a little hurt but she was fine. The weather was really turning sour. It got really dark, really quick and I didn't particularly like driving a scooter in the dark but had to finish it off.
We were tired and starving so we went to the same famous beef noodle place. It was good once again and definitely worth the long drive and long wait. Afterward we dropped off our scooters and retired to sleep for the night.
Posted: May 15, 2009 under Personal
wow i’d love to get there!
I have to agree I’d love to visit here as well. The temple is beautiful.
One of these days I hope that I will make it to Taiwan and experience some of those beautiful places for myself.
Amazing sights there. I wish I could go one day.
Interesting images you have shared over there. The noodle place and its products are really appetizing!
thax for sharing this experience ……….. nice to hear …………..