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Date Posted: 21:44:23 03/20/05 Sun
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Taipei Zoo (Taipei City)
This zoo is located in the Wen-shan District in Taipei, and
also the southern terminus of the Brown line (Mu-cha) Metroline
System. It covers 182 acres and is considered one of the major
zoos in Eastern Asia.
228 Peace Park(Taipei City)
This park, previously known as "New Park" which is close to the
Presidential Building, can be regarded as a good place to take
refuge from the downtown chaos. Taiwan Provincial Museum
This park becomes a totally different place in the evening as
transvestites and gays took it over.
Hua-shi Street (Taipei City)
Hua-shi Street, also known as the Snake Alley, reminds people of the snake soup and snake bile, though currently some wildlife protection laws in Taiwan have effectively removed this business here. Nevertheless, it is a decent night market and worth your visit if you enjoy crowds. It is usually active from around 19:00 to midnight.
Traditional Chinese herbalists consider the snake meat as an aphrodisiac, and therefore some brothels exist in adjacent alleys. Recently the thug-like pimps might become more aggressive for business. Try to have a buddy with you if you are a male.
National Palace Museum (Taipei City)
This museum, located in Waishuanghsi, Shihlin, is considered one of the four best museums in the world, in line with Louvre, British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art. It also holdsthe greatest collection of Chinese antiques in the world, around 700,000 items. Among the collections, the "Jade Cabbage" might be the most famous one which was carved on a piece of partially-green jade. Free English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and
Chinese tours are available.
Tanshui Hung-mao Cheng (Taipei County) This fort, previously named Fort Santo Domingo, was built by the Spanish and later held by the Dutch. At that time local people called the Dutch "the red-haired people", and this name is used until present times. There are four antique cannons in front of the fort which were built during the early nineteenth century.
Yehliu (Wild Willow) (Taipei County)
Yehliu is noted for its fantastic rock formations due to constant erosions by the waves.
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village(Nantou County)
This Village is a 62-acre outdoor museum with exhibitions on the culture and art for the nine surviving aborigine tribes, namely Ami, Atayal, Bunun, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiat, Tsou, and Yami. Tribal dance performances are available.
East-west Cross-island Highway (Hualien, Taichung Counties)
This highway, officially Provincial Route 8, is rated as one of Asia's most beautiful mountain road, especially the section from the eastern entrance at Taroko to Tienhsiang, which is around 10 miles (16 km) long. Swallow's Grotto, Tunnel of Nine Turns and Tienhsiang are some of the most scenary points along the road. They are also the points of interests of Taroko National Park.
A branch of this highway connects Tayuling and Wu-she, climbs up more than 10000 feet high and passes a grassland formed by arrow bamboos. Hohuanshan, Taiwan's only skitraining center, is accessable from this branch.
Yushan National Park
This is the national park with the largest hinterland in Taiwan. Yushan, with a height of 3950 m, is the highest peak in eastern Asia. A pedestrian trail, Patungkuan Ancient Trail, connects Shuili, Nantou and Yuli, Hualien. It was built up in the Ching Dynasty.
Chaotien Temple (Yunlin County)
Peikang Chaotien Temple might be the Matsu Temple in Taiwan with the most believers. It shows the typical temple architecture style in Taiwan. (A recent fire might have closed this temple temporarily for visitors)
Lanyu (Orchid Island) (Taitung County)
Located in the southeast of Taiwan, Lanyu is still inhabited by around 2000 oborigines, who still preserve their traditional lives, like wearing loincloths and rowing canoe-like small boats decorated by mysterical marks.
(Note: In some areas in Taiwan, especially for the wilderness area
and/or some villages inhabitated by the aborigines in the mountainous region, a Class A/B Mountain Permit might be required for people other than the local residents. Class B permits are easily obtained with a nominal fee and they are usually issued at the checkpoint with a valid ID in minutes. Class A permits must be applied in advance and they are quite difficult to obtain. Contact
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