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A sunny day, decided to go to Taiwan's most beautiful Taroko National Park. I drove my Tribute along the east coastline to Taroko valley.

This is my route planning :
Home ->Chihsingtan Beach ->Taroko Gorge National Park
-> Baiyang Trail -> Water Curtain Cave -> Pulowan

Chihsingtan Beach



Taroko Gorge National Park





Baiyang Trail




Water Curtain Cave




Pulowan




Where's Taroko Gorge National Park? Let Google Earth show you, if you would visit there some day.

Original Map

2009.01.26 Today is Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year).
Do you know why I use this word??
is Ox. It pronounces "niu" in Chinese, close to "new". And Chinese has a unique way of representing the lunar new year through animals, the different ones to represent each year of a 12-year cycle. 2009 turns year of the Ox!!
How to say Happy New Year in Chinese ? It's "Xin Nian Kuai Le".
How to write ? It's the following 4 words :

We usually celebrate by setting off firecrackers and place some Spring Festival couplets like below...

More interestings...

The following delicious food were made by rare stone.
So each one costs very expensive. Not only money, but also time!!

Roasted lamb 烤全羊


Fried peanuts 油炸花生米


Flagon and horn Cup 酒壺和犀角杯


Coconut ball 椰蓉丸子


Sausage 香腸


Little Chili 小尖椒


Curd 魯豆干


Sashimi (Raw fish) 沙西米 (生魚片)


Yam 山藥


Whorl 田螺


Dongpo Meat 東坡肉


Earthenware cooking pot 沙鍋


Mango fruit 芒果


中國內蒙古自治區阿拉善盟左旗銀根蘇木的牧民納森巴亞爾，展示了他多年創意收集而成的一桌“奇石豪宴”，標價100萬元。
內蒙古自治區阿拉善盟是世界聞名的奇石產地，牧民納森巴亞爾根據自己的多年的石頭積累，突發靈感多方收藏組合成一桌48道菜的“蒙漢全席”，每一道菜純屬自然天成的奇石，無一人工打磨。
記者仔細觀賞，未發現一絲破綻，歎為觀止。
烤全羊、香腸、花生米、水果、湯圓……一塊塊奇石巧奪天工，惟妙惟肖。
據奇石收藏業界愛好者說，這百萬石宴，因為價值高昂，一般的奇石收藏者根本無法擺出。
“烹製”這桌宴席，納森說自己花了5年時間。
他還將繼續努力，將48道增加至108道。

[Medicine] A glass vessel from which the air has been exhausted by heat or suction, applied to the skin to draw blood to the surface for therapeutic purposes. Also called cup.


Usually cupping use glass, but any type of container be used in China!!







Only one word I want to say ~ Terrible!!