Monday, December 16, 2013

Taiwan Vacation - Taroko National Park 太鲁阁 (Day 2)

Date:  Dec 8, 2013

After a heavy lunch, let’s do some walking and hiking.

First trail we going to walk is this Shakadang Trail.

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In Taiwan, you can take any rock from the point of interest, is illegal.  Of course, you cannot leave anything behind too.

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This is the trail we are going to walk.  So, let’s walk about 1 hour like that.

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Some history facts about Shakadang River Valley.

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My two happy kids.  Always keep smiling.

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The whole journey is about 1.5 hour.

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It is actually quite a boring walk.  This trail is designed for adult.  Not for kids.  Wahahahaha

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Of course, we cannot design a tour that is purely kids activities, right?  So, must have adults activities.

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This is as far as we can go before the rain drops.

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We actually walked 1KM in 30 minutes.  Not too bad la.

Then, the rain drops.  So, we end up soaking wet when we go back to the van.

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Then, suddenly the sun comes out again.

So, we reached another trail.  燕子口.

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Every one have to wear safety helmet this time.

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So, this is probably the first time the kids have to wear this.  So, they knock each other helmets.

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It looks like every one has their helmet on, so, let’s move!

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Let’s walk the 燕子口 trail.  Along the way, you will see a lot of rocks.  All kinds of rocks.  Under the surface of the rock, you may find jade, ruby or some nice jewels.

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We have to be careful as the bus also uses the same trail to get to the other side.  So, we have to walk within the red line.

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We have walk into the cave.

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And the scenery is just breathe taking.

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All those rocks may be precious rocks.

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Jay & Isabelle.

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That is why there are law governed that nobody should remove any rock from these places.

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There is a lot of tunnel walk ways.

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Look scary.  But it is actually safe.

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So, all 6 of our vans drive slowly to the front and wait for us to come onboard.

We then, move on to our next destination.

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