CC Travel Blog

Mar, 2008

Hot spring water has lots of benefits. I remembered when I was a teenager and travelled to Hainan Island in mainland China during a hot summer. My skin was oily and stuffy under hot and humid weather and pimples were popping here and there. One day we reached a town where the entire town’s water supply was hot spring mineral water. I bathed in those water during the night and the next few days my skin was smooth and oil-free that I hardly needed to press those oil absorbant paper onto my face. From then on, I felt in love with hot spring water.

Tansui is located at the suburb of Taipei, accessible via metro subway. It was a nice place to be for a change, something green something red, something delicious and something romantic.

Mar, 2008

Although lately lots of tour guide books start to introduce this train station, I found it small and straight forward. Instead of calling it special, I believed that people had no other choices along the Alishan rail road. Indeed, the rest of the stations either had no establishments or little shops nearby, hence making this one famous and special.

Mar, 2008
You’ll hear this more than once when you get to Alishan: Alishan has lots of natural resources, particularly woods. This is true.

Mar, 2008

There are 2 things to see in Alishan during spring,

Mar, 2008
Sun rise viewing is a must-do in Alishan, however, it is not guaranteed. I’ve heard that some visitors have come more than 10 times and still missed the opportunity.

Mar, 2008
It took us a day to go to Alishan (阿里山) from Taipei.

Mar, 2008
I made a mistake in my Eastern Taiwan planning so I had to spend 2 days there and not even did all the things I wanted to do. If planned properly, for one day, you can enjoy the sceneries of mountains and the pacific coast of Eastern Taiwan as well as enjoy hot spring and still have time to make it back to Taipei by night train.