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Taiwan Eats: Where to eat at Taroko National Park?

After the 3/4 hours drive from the previous post, our driver suggested to bring us to the first of the only two restaurants/ resting stop along Taroko trail (according to the driver). It's only 11AM but we agreed with him because he managed to convince us that the second restaurant is usually very packed by the time we reach the place.

I guess it's time to fill in our tummy again. The restaurant is full with photos of beautiful sceneries in Taroko National Park.

The restaurant is not big but it's quite cozy. We were officially the first customers on that day.

You can buy snacks and tidbits like dried fruits, dried mushroom, koala biscuits and mountain tea leaves from the restaurant. The mushrooms are quite tasty but their expiration date do not last long.

A cup of hot black tea is always welcomed in chilly weather.

As we had a hefty breakfast at Misty Villa, we were not hungry yet when we reached the restaurant. So we shared the food amongst four of us. The below dish is black pepper beef while the top one is chicken and veggie. I prefer the beef.

The restaurant has some kind of a landmark, an old tree. I suppose we should name it the restaurant-with-a-very-old-tree-in-its-backyard?

Even the dogs in Taroko show some style in chilly weather. They have their own jackets!!!! Wow!!

With full tummy, our journey continues. I bet we will end up sleeping inside the cab within few minutes. Zzzz.

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Taiwan travel series: How to go to Taroko?

Hi guys, to make it easier for you to read on my trip to Taroko (and to answer your traveling questions too, if there's any), I have summarised my posts for the Taroko trip! Yeay? Nay?

Alternatively, you can just type "Taroko" in the search box. But if you still feel like reading the summary...please continue reading. Hehehe.

1. How to go to Taroko from Cingjing Farm? See this.

2. What to eat around Taroko? See this.

3. What to see in Taroko?

(a) Yue Fei Pavilion, see this

(b) Taroko Gorge, see this

4. How to book a cab driver to drive you along Taroko trail?

I asked for help from the accommodation provider at Cingjing Farm, Misty Villa (see post) to arrange for the transport. If you are staying at the same accommodation, you may want to do the same because it's way easier to ask them to help arrange for you. Especially, if you speak little or no Mandarin at all.

Hope the above summary helps! Happy travel! ^^

Taiwan Travel: Yue Fei Pavilion, Taroko National Park

I had to admire the taxi driver for not falling asleep together with us. Hahaha. He woke us up when we reached one of the touristy spots in Taroko National Park, Yue Fei Pavilion. Just a bit of background, Yue Fei is a great general and national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty. His famous quote is "If officials do not like money and generals do not fear death, the world will be in peace." I kinda agree with the first part but the second part, does that mean more war???

Yue Fei Pavilion Information Notes Taiwan

The whole great story of Yue Fei happened in China. The pavilion is simply named after him, and hence it's called Yue Fei Pavilion.

Yue Fei Pavilion Taroko National Park Taiwan

There is a suspension bridge near the pavilion. It looks quite scary.

Yue Fei Pavilion Suspension Bridge Taroko Taiwan

Make sure you follow the warning, okay! =P

This is the view from the bridge. I did not cross over because it was pretty scary.

Our cab driver is waiting for us near the main road. If you happen to be here, go take a look at the view at the other side of the bridge.

It is pretty awesome, right? =)

There are more beautiful scenery to see in Taroko National Park. So, we hopped back into our cab and continue our journey. Exciting! ^^

Long and winding road at Taroko National Park

Did you still remember about the trip to Cingjing Farm? If you don't, you can see it here, here and here . Actually the trip is not ended there but yeah, I got distracted along the way with my blog posts. =P

If you plan to go to Cingjing Farm, you can continue your trip to one of the most awesome tourist place in Taiwan, Taroko Gorge. Although the route there is farther from Cingjing Farm as compared from Hualien. We spent around 8 hours by car from Cingjing Farm to reach Hualien but we choose the route via Taroko Gorge. You'll see a lot of awesome sceneries in between this route.

Because of this long hours drive, we departed around 8AM from Misty Villa (see my review on Misty Villa here ). Our taxi driver picked us from the accommodation directly and we are ready to visit Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園/ Tài lǔ gé guójiā gōngyuán). You will reach the mountain peak within 2 hours drive from Cingjing Farm (if I'm not wrong).

The first point in Taroko National Park (from Cingjing Farm direction) is Hehuanshan National Forest Recreation Area. This is kinda like the top of mountain and the weather here is freezing cold. Brrrr~~~

Despite the freezing temperature, the mountain scenery that morning was so beautiful. ^^

If you need a toilet break, this is your chance! Because the next stop will take another 1 - 2 hours by car. O_o!

And the cab driver drove in a foggy condition. This will make the drive kinda...thrilling (or scary??) I suppose.

The cab driver is quite nice to stop along the way whenever there is pretty scenery. He wanted to show us the view of clouds descending upon the mountains and hence, he stopped here and helped us take picture. =)

Another shot along the way when the clouds have cleared up. I love seeing greeneries. It has..calming effect somehow. ^^

If you are those people who easily get hungry, not to worry! I'll show you in my next post where to eat along the Taroko route. There are only two restaurants to pick from though. Hehe.