about 2.5 hours per way from taipei to hualien if u take the fastest train (Tze chiang express). So 5 hours on travelling on day trip only. + time transfer from train station to your destination

how about taufan? i have a friend said that during sept-oct is taufan season not advisable to go hualien...but some website say it's good to go

i think by oct should be ok already. autumn season is quite nice in taiwan...

yup, he do..he even travel whole taiwan trip...

and for those who wanna go to taroko by train, better book the ticket online early, no harm to book early especially for express train...
i experience the it before,when i wanna take train from other place to hualien (not taipei), book early you no need to worry, can book 7am train,den you may arrive there around 9 or 10am.Then start the journey!

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Added on May 13, 2011, 9:19 pmone person=1250, whole car for 4 person=5000
better get other tour that cost 3000/per car, also 8 hour tour, you can discuss with the driver where you wanna go..
overnite at hualien also not bad,not that rush,den back to taipei next morning at 9am,arrive tapei around 12pm or 1pm(that was my schedule last time) you may ask the driver bring you guys to some pasar malam at there, some hostel that very nice actually, 1 bed=1nite=around 500-600, very clean and nice environment(10-15min walk from hualien train station).

This post has been edited by smalling: May 13 2011, 09:19 PM

What u mean by "can book 7am train,den you may arrive there around 9 or 10am"? izzit meaning i can book anytime of the train n depart with anytime of train?

oh yah i forgot to send u my taiwan travel iternary....here it is...


Day 1: Reached ximending at nite so just walked to Longshan nite market which is just around our hotel

Day 2: Morning woke up at 8 am took bus to leofoo village themepark. Journey took 2 hrs to go there. Admission fee: NT 590 (after discounted from coupon, ori price NT 890). Then around 3 pm back to taipei and visit taipei 101 adm fee: NT 400. At nite visit wu fen pu at Houshanpi MRT station then balik tidur.

Day 3: Took train to Keelung station and there took bus to jiufen. From jiufen went jinguashi and to yehliu. Recommended go yehliu first at morning (cos open till 6.30 pm) then only Jiufen (cos bought a lot of stuff). Then at nite go Miakou nite market after that balik tidur.

Day 4: Went around taipei. Went to Chiang kai shek memorial hall -> national palace musuem (half price if got student card!) -> Yang Min Shan -> Beitou (din go cos closed) -> Danshui night market -> Shilin NM ->balik tidur.

Day 5: Early want to catch flight at 9am so din go anywhere. Fly to Msia.

yes..go yehliu first... most shops in Jiufen opens after 2pm..

really tat all shop in jiufen opened after 2pm b'cos tat time i went there supposed is reach around 12pm but due to the lateness of wake then reach jiufen around 2something..... luckily i wake late tat time.....

erm...i think so..
every train that you take, they have their own train no. , if you want take from taipei to hualien,i will suggest you to take early morning train, which is express(you may check at the website), if you miss out the express train,u travel time will more than 3-4 hours reach hualien..
you can choose from their website, and pay online the ticket by visa, after you arrive taipei, go and collect that ticket first or you reach 30min early to take you ticket..
and *if you plan to take their bullet train, you may book early(10-15days of your travel date and get 30% discount i think so)

Last, of cuz, u need to plan ur iternary betul betul confirm first..

hope you understand what i write...

1250 is including accommodation in hualien. because there are only 2 of us, if take 3000/car each person will be 1500 dy.

i'm quite concern with the weather actually. if i pre-book my trip to hualien, what if typhoon hit?

alright, thanks.. bullet train only going to Kaohsiung rite?

Me too, bcoz going to hualien need to prebook the ticket earlier.. so "touch wood" the weather not allowed then how? got refund

some more got 1 more day free, dunno go where ady

BTW, the express train to hualien - Taroko Express, I din book but lucky managed to get the last few tickets for following Morning phewww...But too bad, on coming bck no seats, so hv to use the conventional slower train & without seat - sometime hv to give seat for those wth seat number. & hv to stand throughtout the journey!! This is what they mean by "Stand By" ticket..haha

Hi does anyone know if there are any flower farm around taipei or taipei county ?
Want to see flowers like lavendar and such.

WIll be travelling from 20-26 may.

now its raining season in Taipei city ~just back from taiwan yesterday ~

Hi all,

I'm planning to go to Taiwan in Oct this year.

However, not sure whether I should sign up for round island tour with travel agency or free-and-easy.

I'm that afraid round island tour will be tiring as we have to rush to visit numerous places as per the itenery. Besides, the fee charged for round island tour also quite expensive.

Anyone can share thier experience?

There are lotsa experiences and even blog link on pg1 Most of forumers here actually on DIY haha

Hi.

Anybody been to Xinshe township which is 40 minutes away from Taichung city.Now me trying to arrange from Cinjing going to there 1st or Taichung City to Xinshe.

Xinshe township - article.
http://www.taiwanfun.com/central/taichung/.../0407Xinshe.htm

Xinshe heard there are these two interesting places:-

1.Tea time go for Princess Annie Garden
http://annie.mmmtravel.com.tw/?ptype=info

2.Dinner at Master of Mushroom
http://0425822585.emmm.tw/?ptype=food#1

We went to Xinshe before (in March 2011) to visit the Lavender Cottage and Castle. I tell u it's very far far but is worthy to go if you have sufficient time. The mushroom there is the best in Taiwan Island.

Cing Jing and Xin She are in different route. I would suggest u go to XinShe first then go to Cing Jing. (if you have 3D/2N) else you may need to drop either one of them. It's mountain route after the Highway. (macam going to Cameron Highland)

This post has been edited by transit: May 17 2011, 10:13 PM

Thanks for the info..At least I can plan accordingly...

U r welcome! Wanna you to save your transportation cost/time. We plan wrongly in our previous trip which from CingJing then to Xinshe. Therefore we don't wants you to plan wrongly. The right plan would be Taizhong --> Xinshe --> CingJing. Both Xinshe and Cing Jing, I also like it.