At the end of the day, I felt the trip was worth every penny I paid at the gate even though there were some miscalculations on my part.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/12
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Trying to catch a glimpse of the canopy of yellow leaves formed
At the end of the day, I felt the trip was worth every penny I paid at the gate even though there were some miscalculations on my part.
by the Taiwan Beech forest, I drove for three hours from Taipei to Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area (太平山國家森林遊樂區) on Friday (Nov. 10), and at the end of the day, I felt the trip was worth every penny I paid at the gate even though there were some miscalculations on my part.
Friday was a beautiful day weather-wise and I was happy in the morning when the pictures of a sea of yellow leaves on tall Taiwan Beech trees against blue skies came into my mind. I left Taipei around 8:30 a.m., which turned out to be a bit too late for taking such a long trip. The traffic on National Highway No. 5 was light. I exited the freeway from the Yilan ramp to connect to Provincial Highway No. 7 via Yilan City. As the highway led me out of the city and into the countryside, the views along the country road were scenic.
I stopped over at Yingshih Village to check on Fan Fan Wild Hotspring (梵梵野溪溫泉) and found it was overflowed by the river after torrential rains slightly changed the course of the river. It took me about one hour to do the exploration. [FULL STORY]