For a tour around the island in Taiwan, generally viewing the beautiful scenery along the east and west coasts can be said to be the farthest and longest day of travel. And this is also one of the most memorable itineraries for Taiwan's round-the-island tour. At 6:30 in the morning on May 16, 2009, the reporter and the team left the Yellow Emperor Hotel in Kaohsiung where they were staying, drove east out of Kaohsiung City, turned into Highway 368 and headed south.
Not long after the tourist bus passed Fangliao, there was a sudden sound of praise from tourists in the bus. The original beautiful west coastline appeared in people's field of vision. From here, the tour bus begins its journey down the west coast. After more than two hours of travel, the tourists successfully arrived at the Eluanbi Scenic Area in Kenting Park, the southernmost tip of Taiwan Island.
Kenting Park, located at the southern tip of Taiwan, was established in September 1982. It faces the sea on three sides, the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Taiwan Strait on the west, and Bashi Channel on the south. , Yongqing, Manzhou, Jiupeng, and Nanwan to the east, with a total area of 32,631 hectares. It is the first national park in Taiwan, China; it has a variety of geographical landscapes and rich ecological resources. important area of study.
There are many main scenic spots in Kenting Park, the famous ones are Marine Biological Museum, Guanshan Sunset, Longluantan Nature Center, Houbihu Yacht Wharf, Nanwan, Baishawan, Kenting Forest Recreation Area, Sheding Natural Park. Kenting Youth Activity Center, Frog Rock, Chuanfan Rock, Sand Island Shell Exhibition Hall, Eluanbi Lighthouse, Fengchuisha, Longpan Park, Jiale Water, Gangzai Desert, Xuhai Prairie, Longkeng and South Renshan Ecological Reserve, etc., too numerous to mention.
Walking into the Eluanbi Scenic Area, what catches people's eyes is a large meadow with green grass like a golf course. Looking from a high place, the lush green vegetation is set against the endless blue sea as the background. On the meadow, there are some tall and straight betel nuts and coconut trees unique to Taiwan. The beautiful coastal scenery is like a magnificent picture scroll of nature, which is pleasing to the eye.
The lighthouse of Eluanbi is an important symbol of Eluanbi Park. The lighthouse is white and cylindrical. The only armed lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse is divided into five floors. The first floor stores kerosene, the second floor is equipped with green cannons, the third floor is a resting place for tourists, the fourth floor is equipped with banyan guns, and the fifth floor is where the light source is located.
The lighthouse management area is surrounded by a white wall, which was named one of the eight scenic spots in Taiwan in 1929; the tower was bombed at the end of the Second World War, and was later rebuilt and replaced with a new type of large four-sided rotating lens electric light. It is currently the lighthouse in Taiwan. The strongest lighthouse.
Going south from the lighthouse area through a forest, you will come to the shore of the sea. Walking on the wooden sightseeing plank road by the sea is a very pleasant enjoyment. The topography of Eluanbi seaside is particularly affected by sea erosion, salinization and weathering. It is dominated by uplifted coral reef coasts. There are sea-eroded ditches, sea-eroded pot holes, and sea-eroded reef pillars. Great place for rocks.
The rolling waves beat the reefs lined up on the shore, the white waves rolled, and the waves burst out. This place is also a very special place. It faces the sea on three sides, the Pacific Ocean on the left, the Bashi Channel in front, and the Taiwan Strait on the right. The unique tropical style and the beautiful scenery of the blue sea make people feel relaxed and happy; they do not want to leave for a long time.
Kenting's huge scenic area presents a rich and colorful tourism scene. People can choose places such as Nanwan and Xiaowan to experience water sports in summer. They can also go to Baishawan to pick up shells, of course, snorkeling and sea fishing. It is also a popular water project here.
After finishing the sightseeing of Eluanbi in Kenting Park, the tour bus returns to Fenggang along the original road along the west coast, and starts to enter the south-link highway eastward to cross the southern part of Taiwan Island. Outside the car window is the sea and sky, and the vast Pacific Ocean with rippling blue waves. Some passing ships occasionally seen constitute a small landscape above the ocean.
The tour bus passes through Dawu Village, Dawu Township, Taitung County for a rest. Tourists flocked to take pictures at the seaside viewing platform here, and laughter filled the head of Dawu Village, Taitung, on the east coast.
Starting from Taitung and continuing along the east coast, the coastline along the east side of the coastal mountains has the most beautiful scenery, which is called Huadong Coast. Huadong Coast starts from Hualien Creek in the north and ends at Beinan Creek in Taitung in the south, with a total length of about 180 kilometers. It is backed by mountains and faces the sea. Travel landscape.
There are more than 20 large and small recreational areas or scenic spots along the Huadong Coast, such as Shitiping, Xiuguluan River, Baxian Cave, Sanxiantai, Shanyuan, Shuixiangshangliu, Xiaoyeliu, etc. are all popular scenic spots for tourists. The reporter's trip to the east coast traveled from south to north, so the first thing he arrived at was Xiaoyeliu Scenic Area.
Xiaoyeliu is located in the sea area north of Fugang Wharf. There are various kinds of rocks on the seashore. It is famous for its strange-shaped rocks, which are like the Yehliu in northern Taiwan, so it is called Xiaoyeliu. Entering the Xiaoyeliu Scenic Area, you will see coral reefs all over the place. The coral reefs here are originally high and arranged in a ladder shape. Due to long-term weathering and sea erosion, they present various peculiar rock landscapes.
On the seashore, you can first see the reefs extending into the sea gently. Between the outer sea and the inner sea, there are protruding coral reefs and small potholes with round holes eroded on the surface, attracting curious eyes of tourists everywhere.
Continuing to go south along the coast, you will find the magnificent Turtle Rock. Looking at the seaside, it is like a group of turtles playing on the coast. Looking far away from here, the blue sky, white clouds and the vast blue sea form a line of water and sky. Listening to the waves, camping, playing in the water and catching fish are all ideal places here.
Tourists arrived at the spectacle of "Water Flowing Upward" shortly after leaving Xiaoyeliu. The spectacle of "Water Flowing Upward" is located on the old road of Huadong Coastal Highway, near the fishing bridge in Dulan Village, 1.8 kilometers south of Dulan, and can be seen on the right side of the road. The phenomenon of "water flowing up" occurs in the farmland irrigation ditches beside the road, and the gurgling water flows along the ditches to the high places, which is amazing.
The tour bus continued northward along the east coast, and the tourists visited Sanxiantai and the Tropic of Cancer successively. It is also the most famous scenic spot on the east coast. The island covers an area of about 22 hectares, and the highest point is about 77 meters above sea level. According to legend, Tieguai Li, Lu Dongbin, and He Xiangu once rested on the island in ancient times, hence the name Sanxiantai.
There is a beautiful cross-sea pedestrian bridge with a length of 320 meters on the island. The eight-arch sea-crossing bridge in Sanxiantai is presented in a wave shape and is magnificent; the topography and ecological resources on the island are extremely unique and rare, and there are sea-eroded landscapes such as sea-eroded ditches, caves, sea-eroded pillars, and sea-eroded concave walls. The most popular scenic spots.
The last sightseeing stop on the east coast is the Tropic of Cancer Memorial Tower. It is located 3.3 kilometers southwest of Chiayi City, covering an area of just 3.1 hectares. It is sandwiched between the Longitudinal Railway and the Taiwan Provincial Highway Line. It is just on the provincial highway and leading to Chiayi. At the T-junction of the Rongdian Road intersection at the airport, it is the place where the earliest landmark was built in the world, and it is also one of the famous sightseeing spots on the east coast.
The Tropic of Cancer is a circle of equal latitude drawn in the southern and northern hemispheres of the earth according to the equivalent value of the intersection angle between the ecliptic plane and the equatorial plane in astronomy, and is the dividing line between the subtropical zone and the tropical zone. The Tropic of Cancer is the northernmost limit that the sun can reach directly on the earth's surface on the summer solstice every year, passing through Chiayi and Hualien in Taiwan. (Photo: Feng Ganyong)
