TAIWAN
led!!!
The skies clearing did have it’s advantages though, we woke up to a glorious sunny and cloudless morning, and sat with our coffee in warm sunshine, which was a welcome relief!! Then before we knew it we were heading back down the gorge to Hualien. For the first time since we’d got there we could see the tops of the mountains which surrounded the gorge. They really were quite impressively high - around the 10000ft mark, comparable with some of the Alps!!! The glorious sunshine seemed to be here to stay, and when we arrive in Hualien it really was quite warm!! Hurray!!!
The hostel had advertised that they would pick you up for free at the station, and I had phoned from Tienhsiang to try to arrange this, but there was a definite language problem and I wasn’t quite sure if the message had got through. No-one waiting for us at the
The skies clearing did have it’s advantages though, we woke up to a glorious sunny and cloudless morning, and sat with our coffee in warm sunshine, which was a welcome relief!! Then before we knew it we were heading back down the gorge to Hualien. For the first time since we’d got there we could see the tops of the mountains which surrounded the gorge. They really were quite impressively high - around the 10000ft mark, comparable with some of the Alps!!! The glorious sunshine seemed to be here to stay, and when we arrive in Hualien it really was quite warm!! Hurray!!!
The hostel had advertised that they would pick you up for free at the station, and I had phoned from Tienhsiang to try to arrange this, but there was a definite language problem and I wasn’t quite sure if the message had got through. No-one waiting for us at the
station confirmed my fears, so I phoned again, and luckily this time an American sounding voice assured me that the owner would come and get us within 5 minutes. Sure enough, as promised a little old Taiwanese lady showed up and whisked us off to the hostel with lots of smiles but not many words which we could understand!!
Straight away the hostel was a Huge improvement!! It was warm and bright, and the dorm we’d paid for had comfy beds, and as it was quiet we had it to ourselves. The American sounding voice turned out to belong to a Canadian lady who was really friendly and helpful, and spoke some Chinese. She insisted it was only a little, but it sounded pretty good to me!! She helped explain the hostel’s facilities to us, they had hot showers, free tea and coffee, and a fully equipped kitchen! Things were definitely looking up! And they looked even better when the Canadian lady came to the
Straight away the hostel was a Huge improvement!! It was warm and bright, and the dorm we’d paid for had comfy beds, and as it was quiet we had it to ourselves. The American sounding voice turned out to belong to a Canadian lady who was really friendly and helpful, and spoke some Chinese. She insisted it was only a little, but it sounded pretty good to me!! She helped explain the hostel’s facilities to us, they had hot showers, free tea and coffee, and a fully equipped kitchen! Things were definitely looking up! And they looked even better when the Canadian lady came to the