想到生日禮物？蛋糕、派對、生日卡片,,,,,,這些都不是我的菜～一年前我來到了美麗的花蓮享受了最自傲的１８歲生日禮物。 Birthday Gift? Cake, Partying, Birthday Card....none of them suits mine. One year ago, I am proud to brag that I had the Best 18 Year Old Birthday Gift for myself. 在旅途上，沿路都是蜿蜒的山路。然而，翰品飯店的裝潢跟完善的服務讓我放鬆疲憊的身心。六月二十五號，我親愛的媽媽給我一個很棒的主意來度過自己的成年禮。媽媽是個大學老師也是個專業的羽毛球選手，剛好他在這幾天被受邀到東華大學去比賽，所以我藉著這個機會來到了花蓮小旅行。從台中出發，花了我六個小時的車程。 Getting there, I was giddy from the wriggled ghat. Yet, the perfect resort hotel they booked pleasantly a

Taroko George to Hualian as Taipei 101 to Taipei. I have highly repect to this most grand imposing national park in Taiwan. Hualian is where people would love to take a long break from the cities. From the beaches to the mountains, from cliffs to gorge. It has everything. Amoung all of these, Taroko Gorge has been my Top 1 recommandation to visit this beautiful city --- Hualian. It was during winter break, Alex, Laura and Jessie invited me to join their Hualian Trip. Huali

Before heading to Tainan, all I expected was just only good food and historical buildings. However, with the friendly humanities, some new friends I just made introduced me to visit Chiao Tou Beach, which has the best sunset ever. Chiao Tou Beach, with the combination of beach and the forest. White sand with mosses on, It was the closest beach to the city. It is on the coast side of Anping. I rented the electricity scooter and only spent around 5 mins from Anping to Chiao

Tainan --- known as the oldest city in Taiwan. With rich history, streets art and huminities. Studying Taiwan history since I was 7, at the age of 19, I could finally witness Tainan with these majestically impressive buildings of historic significance. Anping Fort During the 17th century , Taiwan became the essential role of trading between European countries. The Dutch got failed the trading with Ming China by using military force, they decided to move to Tainan as their tr

We didn't expect anything! Talking about the place where you could meander over in the afternoon, surrounded by art intergrated with historical buildings. You can never miss Tainan. Artistic cafe, decorated hostels are everywhere in this oldest town. Tainan, as the oldest city of the whole island. Tainan young people knew how to make it more interesting-visited. Local artists prefered this town rather than big city as Taipei. The During March, I came to this city its re

Unplanned as usual, packing all out luggage from the 5floorfun Backpacker Hostel in Chiayi City. They said the tayphoon would make this trip dissapointing. But the housekeeper still informed the transportation and the proper time to get there. A girl from Hong Kong was having Working Holiday in the hostel was planning to go with us, but she declined due to the fear of the typhoon. Picture taken by Camila Sáenz However, we still woke up in the morning and got our favorite Ta

My friends from Guatemala decided to travel the west coast of Taiwan. At the third night they were staying at my home in Taichung. The next day we woke up so early just to take the bus to train station. I remembered the last time I went to Lukang, was with my family. All I remembered was antique houses with red brinks, it showed the retrospective look of Taiwan. So I decided to go back to this town with the old-time delights of Taiwan. Lukang used to be an important trading p

Guangfu Village is located in Wufeng, Taichung. The history of this village dates back to 1950s, Taichung government decided to move the citizens to the central of Taichung during the war so that the war couldn't destroy the government agoncies. So now the village became empty. But still few people decided to live here. I went during the winter break, but it wasn't cold at all! The clearly sky with warm sun, I slowly started my exploration of this small town. Entralled by th