Nestled between Pingtung County (屏東縣) in southern Taiwan and Taitung County (台東縣) in the east, the Alangyi Ancient Trail (阿塱壹古道) used to be an important route for aboriginal tribes for hunting, migrating, and trading goods between the eastern part and the southwestern plains of Taiwan in ancient times. Alangyi is derived from Aljungic, the name ...
There are two major longitudinal (north to south) national freeways in Taiwan — National Freeway No. 1, also known as the Sun Yat-sen Freeway (中山高速公路), and National Freeway No. 3, also called the Formosa Freeway (福爾摩沙高速公路). Both have freeway service areas about every 50 kilometers. There are a total of 13 service areas along the ...
Guanyin (觀音) is a typical agricultural district in northern Taiwan’s Taoyuan City, where farmers have transformed their paddy fields into lotus leisure farms to add value to their agricultural operations. The Taoyuan City government has actively supported these lotus leisure farms to promote sustainable agricultural development. By combining tourism and agriculture, the city government’s Department ...
Doreen Hegemann is a Germany-based business coach and strategy consultant, and is also an honorary member of the board of the European Women’s Management Development Network (EWMD). She paid her first visit to Taiwan in 2000 after she came across a Taiwanese studying the English language in Scotland in 1995 and was interested in the ...
It is known to many that Taiwan is the second-most densely populated country in the world, second only to Bangladesh. But most people may not know that Taiwan’s guesthouse (民宿) density ranks first in the world. Please watch the following video about the Happy Guesthouse. According to Taiwan regulations, guesthouses are hotel-like lodgings that have ...
Situated in the Dongshan River drainage area in northern Taiwan’s Yilan County, Yilan 52-jia Wetland (宜蘭五十二甲溼地) is one of the 41 National Class Wetlands designated by the Taiwanese government in 2015. A “jia” is a unit of land area (甲) commonly used by Taiwanese people, and one jia is equivalent to 0.9699 hectares (2.396 acres). ...
With bikeways cited by several media outlets as one of the world’s most beautiful cycling trails, Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) is one of the Eight Wonders of Taiwan. Covering an area of 5.4 square kilometers (3.3 square miles) at an elevation of 748 meters (2,454 feet) above sea level, Sun Moon Lake is located in ...
There are 23 recognized species of macaques under the genus Macaca, 22 of which live in Asia, including Taiwan. Macaca cyclopsis, also known as the Formosan rock macaque (台灣獼猴), is native to Taiwan. It is the only primate species in Taiwan aside from humans. These monkeys love to eat bamboo shoots. It is believed that Taiwan’s Formosan rock ...
Liuqiu, also called Xiao Liuqiu or Little Liuqiu (小琉球), is a beautiful island with abundant coral reefs that abounds with natural beauty. It is approximately 15 kilometers off the west coast of Southern Taiwan’s Pingtung County (屏東縣) and is easily accessible by ferry boat from Tongkang (東港). Please watch the following video about Liuqiu island. ...
Offering delectable organic gourmet dishes made with fresh ingredients in a casual setting, Fangyu Farm (芳裕農場) is a famous restaurant situated in a small picturesque valley in Keelung City’s Maling Keng (瑪陵坑) in northern Taiwan. Please watch the following video of the picturesque organic farm in Taiwan: Built on a small hill opposite a creek, this unique ...
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