Xie xie ...

Tuesday - Taipei.  We have thoroughly enjoyed Taipei and yet really only just scratched the surface.  So it's a bit weird to leaving so soon. Our morning starts with the Hotel checkout and last wander down to central station to book our train tickets. Train departs like clockwork at 1pm and we Head down to Hualien for four days, explore the east coast and one day up in Taroko Gorge.

We are staying just out of town in Shoufen in a small B&B right on the coast.  Excellent so far and the owners dropped back into city for dinner at a local Taiwanese diner and tea house. We wandered around town for an hour afterwards - we couldn't figure out why the heart of town was missing. It was odd .....  Then we found the small triangle of mid town and all the shops and market.  Still, it does seem to be missing a lively restaurant scene .... So perhaps we haven't got it sorted out yet.

Wednesday plan. Car hire with Moose driving and down into the East Rift

Taipei Central station