Taroko National Park, Taiwan

The Taroko Marble Canyon is recognized as a world class natural spectacle. The eastern section is the Central Cross island highway stretching along Liwu River Valley is the main travel route through this area. Gorgeous mountains and gorges carved directly out of steep rock walls and unbelievably Beautiful coastline .. In Hualien County. Came highly recommended by friends This is second part of the 5 day tour of Taiwan. For the full itenary please visit http://www.worldisround.com/articles/141736/index.html Photos by Jon J Tan & ... (more)

The Famed Chingshui Cliff
We intentionally stopped at the HePing train station for the taxi...

ChingShui Cliff
Even with the hazy overcast the sea was still clear blue.. aptly named...

ChingShui Shore

Taroko SignBoard
Ok ok.. just to prove we were there..;-)

Arch Entrance
Ok the entrance proper..After the Arch, we were officially in the National...

Lunch- Basic Taiwan fare
Just in case you are worried we have scrimp in a national park for...

Taiwan Beef Noodles
My sis was telling me you have not truly tasted Taiwan food if you...

Pretty Butterfly
This little thing was teasing me all day.. come take a pic of me.....

Marble Cliffs
That's the Liwu river below. Due to the melting snows up in the...

Marble Gorge
One of the easiest trail to enjoy Mother nature's work

Swallow Mouth trail
Yentzukou (literally Swallow Mouth) offers fantastic views of the...

Nine turn Trail
Tunnel of Nine Turns is located about 14km from east entrance of Park, and it...

View from Nineturns trail
I didn't bother to count but this is one of the nine turns....

Wallwriting
Another milestone.. we were here..

Bird Blossom
I can now see how Chinese painters get their inspiration from.. this...

Birds on Blossom
Pair of love birds.. another picture perfect setting ..

Bamboo
Crouching Tiger hidden dragon anyone? there is something about Bamboos...

Cherry Blossom Closeup
Delicately beautiful.. national flower.. deservedly..

Blossom Mist
Watercolor painting..

ShenMuk
Near the town of Pilu.. the holy wood.. we were running short of...

Birdies
the best my camera can do.. I need zoom power!!

Taiwan blue magpie
This two love birds are considered the early birds.. so they get the worm...

Brown Fungus
Frilly Brown Fungus

Fungus

HeHuan Mountain
one of the few places to get snow in Taiwan.. and we saw it... yea!!!

Cold..
the heavy garb tells how cold it is.. it was easily 5 degrees...

Misty Mountain
we woke 5 am to catch this.. the fog was too heavy to take any decent pictures..

Misty
If the mist would just clear this would have been an unbelievably jaw...

Creeks

Baiyang Fall
It;s a relatively long hike but at the end you will be rewarded with this...

Baiyang waterfall
Me on a suspension bridge..

Floating Clouds

Eternal Spring Shrine

Heavens
KuanYuan.. We actually paid extra to the Taxi driver to catch this out...

Gushing Water

Profuse Blossom

WildCherryBlossoms

Sea Of Cloud KuanYuan
the Morning Rays keep peeping through the ever shifting clouds.....

Spray of Flower
This is so Chinese new year.. the only time I come into contact with Cherry...

Spring Bird

Ray of light ala Sea of Cloud
Hey we paid an extra 1000 taiwan dollars.. u dun think we'd be happy wiht...

The View

Tunnel
this is where the torchlight will come in handy.. for the baiyang trail.....

Entrance to Lotus Cave
The Lotus Cave .. the official residence of hte MOnkey King God.. We were not...

Lotus Cave
Water seeps through the cracks of the cave making this cave just as...

Wasps

Wenshan Hotsrping
Quite a couple of brave souls soaked a tad too long.. looking like a red...

Taxi
This is Mr Huang's taxi.. ferrying us around for the entire two days..

Wild Flowers of Taroko
The whole highway was full of them..

Wild yellow flower

Wonderful Views

article published 03/07/2005

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thanks ellie..
I work in Penang.. from Ipoh... occasional traveller to Chandler Arizona..
— Jon J. Tan, October 21, 2005

Thanks soo much for all your marvelous photos, I just LOVE that place! Hope it's never spoiled or "ruined"!! Also, thanks for offering to show me around Penang! (is that where you live?)
— Eleanor Robb, October 20, 2005

very eyes pleasing viewing your album. thanks.
— Gwen, May 13, 2005

Love the Cherry Blossom close up.....good job.
— Fui Meng, March 21, 2005

Wow Jon..... another great journal.... As always, your flower & tree blossoms shots are awesome.... I also loved the mist & cloud shots. very effective.... I can almost smell the air from here ;o) You look ready for Canada in winter in that shot of you with your warm parka ;o) Thanks for showing us Taiwan at its' best ;o)
— Lorraine Brecht, March 13, 2005

Very nice !
Hope to visit there soon !
— MSKY, March 10, 2005

Love your cherry blossom pic and sea of clouds. I regreted for not taking time to visit there when I was there.. but just went for shopping ;-)
— Sumi, March 9, 2005

Good photos
Made me think of my young time in Taiwan
— tanfar, March 7, 2005

Excellent shot.. it really attract me to visit Taiwan. I am impressed with the bufferfly and the cloud photos,it is incredible.
— Jin2, March 7, 2005

Wow!
More tremendous photos. Thank you!!!
— Sharon McAllister, March 7, 2005

how does the beef noodles taste like? nice? u really wake up at 5 to catch tt moment under tt kind of weather? salute u!!!!
— leng lui, March 7, 2005

Best of Taiwan
Well Jon, I would say that you have brought the best out of Taiwan! Thanks for sharing. Chris
— Christopher Choong, March 7, 2005

Yeah, indeed this is one of the best season to go for Taroko. The bush is not that green and there is no blossoming flower when I was there. The ray of light is beautiful and cherry blossom looks like painting.
— Ooi Ping Chuin, March 7, 2005

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