Day 3 – Alishan (Cherry blossom festival):
Next day, at 3 a.m, three of us started to Alishan scenic area and fortunately, the weather was clear. After getting entry tickets (Adult: 300 ntd, Student: 150 ntd, Car park: 100 ntd), we parked our car and proceeded to alishan train station to board the mountain rail to Zhushan station. I was surprised to see a long queue on a cold morning at 4 a.m. Roughly, around 200 people were in the queue before us. We waited for about 40 min until we got seats in the third train. The gallery in front of the Zhushan train station is the place to watch sunrise. If you arrive early, then you can walk upto the sunrise observation tower about 500m from train station , which would be less crowded. There are also some breakfast shops in the train station; we grabbed something quick to satisfy our hunger. Sunrise time was at 6.08 a.m and we waited for about 20 min in the gallery. The view was not very clear because of cloudy weather but still we managed to witness an average sunrise view. Then we started to walk downhill to alishan station enjoying the mesmerizing beauty of alishan mountains. Our walking route was zhushan-zhaoping-sister pond-tall tree trail-temple-cherryblossomtrail-alishan station. I highly recommend this itinerary for travellers who have difficulty in climbing uphill. Get the train to zhushan and start walking down to alishan through different trails. End of March – beginning to April is the best cherry blossom viewing time of Alishan. We were lucky to travel at the end of March. Alishan, unlike other mountains of Taiwan, is characterized by excessive dampness which makes it to look lush green and imparts untouched serenity to the place, which never fails to refresh the visitors. My most favourite part of Taiwan till data is Alishan. Cherry blossoms, sakura, magnolia, Caya lily etc., added beauty to its serenity making Alishan very colourful.
If you really need a break to get refreshed, Alishan should be your destination. It took us 4 hours to walk down to alishan station as we stopped at many places. Finally, we reached our hotel in Fanlu at 1 p.m and started our journey to Kenting, the southern-most part of Taiwan, the coastal beauty. After exiting the freeway in Pingtung, the 70 km drive in the county road reminded me of coastal towns of India, with a lot of coconut trees, mango trees, cabbage, onion plantations lining both sides of the roads. We were enjoying the country side scenery of Kenting for the first 40 km of the drive after which the real beauty of kenting, the beaches came in to view. The vibrant blue colored, never-ending sea was on our right side whereas the left was the farms with diferent crops. It was such a beautiful sight to behold.
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| sunset at Kenting |
Finally, we reached our hotel (Summer Aura B&B, Hengchun) at Hengchun township. Our room was sea-facing with a beautiful balcony. This is one of the cheap & best hotels I have ever stayed (1000 NTD/night). This is highly recommended for travelers. It is situated in Chuanfanshi (sail rock beach), which is a tourist attraction of Kenting. Since Kenting is claimed to be one of the most beautiful places of Taiwan, we booked this hotel for 2 days and we spent the next 2 days roaming around exotic beaches and 2 nights in this beautiful room.
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Taipei 101 first flowers
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Taipei Flower Test Center
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Broadwood Park
Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura
Wuling Farm (武陵農場)
SYS kawazu sakura
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
CKS Memorial Hall
Shibafen Yoshino Sakura
Hope River
Dongfang Temple
Tianyuan Palace
Neicou Stream Trail
Orange Garden Cafe
Yangming Park Visitor Information Center
Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop
Huashan Road
Qianshan Park
Zhongshan Hall Entrance
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura
Neihu Creek Trail
Shulin Land Office
Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest
Lung Yen Sakura Forest
Yangming Park cherry stream
Yangming Park fountain
CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura
Wugu District Tianyi Road
CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura
Loving Farm
Yong Long Farm
Zhongbaling Sakura Road
Sun Link Sea
Tai'an Police Station
Cherry Hill Slope
Hsinchu Park
Taipei 101
Kāng Gào Kēng Creek
New Garden City
Broadwood Park
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Alishan Ranger Station
Alishan House
Alishan Police Station
Alishan Forest Railway
Alishan Station
Alishan Entrance
Alishan Gou Hotel
Alishan Magnolia Garden
Wulai tour
Wun Chang Elementary School
Bishanyan
Sanzhi Sansei Trail
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Nei Cuo Stream
Orange Garden Cafe
Sansei Trail
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Yangming Park Cherry Stream
Yangming Park Fountain
Flower Test Center
Broadwood Park
New Garden City
Yinghua Park
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Yangmingshan Visitor Center
Taipei 101
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Sakura Series - Japan
Kamonyama Park
Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park
Shinko Park
Minato-mirai 21 area
Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus
Onda River
Tenryuji
Byodoin
Kiyomizudera
Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple
Hōryū-ji Temple
Nara Park attractions
Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus
Sumida River
Tsuruma Park
Gion
Maple Series
Taipei Aowanda
Shimen Dam
Alishan
Aowanda
Shanlinxi
Taoyuan Valley Garden
Fushoushan Farm
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Valentine's Day
Tulips Festival
2018 Taipei Lantern Festival
City of Azaleas
Linji Huguo Temple
Nanjichang Night Market
Gudetama Chef restaurant
Dalongdong Bao'an Temple
Shilin hollyhocks
Ningxia Night Market
Ximending graffiti
Discovery Center of Taipei
Chunghwa Postal Museum
Double-Decker Bus
Shilin Cold Balls
Jingimoo
GomanMango
mud volcanic ice
Fire and Ice Dumpling
Opium Fen-Yuan
Ichiran Ramen
Liu Shandong Beef Noodles
hydrangea flowers
National Palace Museum
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Japanese buildings
Dāoxiāomiàn beef noodles
Presidential Office Building
Yongkang St. and Elephant Mountain
CKS and SYS Hall
City tour
Beitou ramen
MRT Monopoly Game
Winter city tour
Zhicheng Park
Shilin Plum Blossom
Art museums
Shopping in Taipei
Summer desserts
Qingtiangang
Qixingshan hiking
2015 Calla lily
2016 Calla lily
Beitou tour
Beitou-Zhuzihu tour
NTU
Confucius Temple
2015 Dadaocheng Festival
Puppet Museum
Fantasy Ice World
2016 Bread Show
Strawberry picking
2015 Rose Garden
Modern Toilet
Shilin Night Market
NASA Exhibit
Raohe Night Market
Longshan Temple
2013 Taipei Zoo
Maokong Gondola
Lupin flowers
Taipei 101 day visit
Taipei 101 night visit
Tiger Mountain
Din Tai Fung
Taipei Story House
2014 Flower Show
Chrysanthemum Show
Miramar Ferris wheel
Miniatures Museum
Archery
1600 Pandas
Wulaoguo hot pot
Upside Down House
2016 101 Fireworks
New Taipei
Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel
Shifen Waterfall
2017 Sand Sculpture
Dragon Caves
New Taipei tour
2016 Kite Festival
Pingxi Crags
Bitou Cape
2016 Sand Sculpture
2015 Christmasland
Juming - Jinshan
Houtong - Pingxi
Sandiaoling Waterfall
Jiufen foodtrip
Guanyinshan hike
Yehliu Ocean World
2014 Kite Festival
Pingxi Rail tour
Jinguashi tour
Vigor Kobo Pineapple
British Consulate
Yehliu Geopark
2014 Sand Sculpture
Paragliding
2014 Christmasland
2014 Pingxi Lantern
firefly watching
Yingge Ceramics Street
Jiufen tour
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