Destination: Taiwan
Duration: 13 Days 13 Nights (Nov 18~Dec
01, 2015)
Day 7: Kenting
We were joining some kind of car pool
program for a day tour in Kenting today for TWD800 per pax. There were only 2 of us with another
couple since it was not peak season so timing was quite flexible. Our 1st
stop of the day was ChuanFanShi (船帆石). It was
basically a landmark in Kenting composed of coral reefs. We made a brief stop
there to take some pictures before continued on to our next destination – ShaDao
(砂島).
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| Our 1st Destination!!! |
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| Which is basically a ROCK!!! LOL!!!! |
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| A Resort at the right with the Cerulean Pacific Ocean |
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| The Pacific Ocean from Taiwan side! |
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| Nice view ya? |
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| Panda Scooter!!! |
ShaDao is a beach area whereby the sand
is formed by coral reefs and shells. There was also a shell museum of sorts
there. Majority of the beach was closed to public though so we just took some
pictures and left.
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| The Coral Reef & Shell Museum |
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| Sands formed by coral reefs & shells |
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| Closed! Not for Public Trespassing!!! |
We made a longer stop at ELuanBi Park (鵝鑾鼻公園) as it was a bigger sites of the day. We were given a map and the 1st
stop was the lighthouse. There were quite a lot of tourists and even couples
doing pre-wedding photography! Anyway, we were following the map but the
signboards onsite were quite confusing or even missing sometimes. We were kind
of lost at some point but thankfully make it out alright! =P
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| Here we are at the Park! |
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| It's a HOT HOT day! |
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| The Typical China Tourist thing to do - take a pic with the sign!!! |
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| Sky, Ocean & Green! |
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| The Lighthouse! |
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| Pretty girls doing Wedding Photography! |
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| OMG! I think Sammy is hungry! |
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| Definitely very hungry! |
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| It's a long way down! |
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| Hmm.. where were we? |
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| Not sure whether we were on the right way! |
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| Stairs again? |
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| I think this is one of the landmarks in the park... |
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| Narrow Crossing! |
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| There was no one else on this route but us!!! |
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| We need a SIGN!!! |
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| My "Come Hit me with a Truck" pose! |
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| Some stalls at the Exit |
We then proceeded to Taiwan Most
Southern point (最南點) – you will need to walk around
10mins to reach the site, take picture and then walk another 10mins to
the main meeting point. Oh My Gosh! Too
much walking today! *sweat*
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| The Southern Point! 500m!!! |
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| Hello Birdie! |
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| Are we there yet? |
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| Finally! |
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| Ladies & Gentlemen! The Most Southern Point of Taiwan! |
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| The Landmark! |
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| Sammy was there! |
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| Long walk back |
The next stop was LongPan Park (龍磐公園) – basically it was just a grassland that faced
the Pacific Ocean with strong wind blowing. Our driver – a very friendly middle
age lady told us this was also a site used for a famous movie in Taiwan and
it was also a great spot for sunrise.
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| Another Park? Seriously? |
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| Gosh i can't even open my eyes due to the strong wind! |
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| This was where the movie was shot |
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| There were hardly any cars there |
Basically we were just following the shoreline and our next stop was
FengChuiSha (風吹沙). The reason it was named this way was
because during some season the wind would be so strong until the sand was
blowing up to the shore and buried the road!
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| Let's take a Picture in the middle of the road! I should've done my "Hit me with a Truck" pose |
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| What else? Sand, Ocean & Cloudy Blue Sky! |
Our last stop before late
lunch was GangKou Suspension Bridge (港口吊橋). We simply walked back
and forth to take some pictures before leaving for a late lunch in HengChun (恆春).
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| But 1st, you need a ticket! |
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| Don't jump on a Suspension Bridge!!! |
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| Oh dear.. is it swinging? *Think of Hollywood Disaster Movie* |
The timing we reached
HengChun was around 2pm++ whereby most food stalls or restaurants were closed. We
did managed to buy the famous papaya milk in HengChun which tasted okay for us
before leaving to a random restaurant that our driver recommended.
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| One of the famous shop in HengChun |
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| The Menu |
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| Papaya Milk |
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| Our Late Lunch Destination |
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| Sammy on BB Chair! |
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| Sauces on Table |
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| Beef Noodle! |
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| Ru Rou Fan with our sneak-in Hot Spring Egg.. Yummy! |
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| Some Drinks from 7-11 |
After the driver came to
pick us up, she mentioned there was a famous dessert in HengChun and took us to
buy it. It was basically some kind of Mung Bean with
shaved ice (緑豆蒜). She then proceeded to
drive us to a site near to a nuclear plant which offered view to MouBiTou (貓鼻頭). We continued to MouBiTou Park which was
swarmed by tourists. What a circus here!
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| The Famous Dessert in HengChun |
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| The Famous MaoTouShi from afar! Can you see the cat |
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| Alert! Nuclear Plant at the left! |
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| A Zoom in to the rock! |
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| At MaoTouShi Park - see the crowd? |
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| The Kitty Cat from the Top |
We made another stop at Baisha
Bay (白砂灣) to eat our melted mung bean
dessert. The beach was just a very common site such as the one in Penang
though.
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| At Baisha Bay |
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| Our Dessert! |
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| The Beach |
Our last stop of the day
was to Mt Guan for sunset (關山日落). Unfortunately it was
quite a cloudy day but the sight was still quite serene though. =)
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| It's Sunset! |
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| 天狗食日？ LOL!!! |
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| The Sun is setting! |
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| Hiding behind the Cloud |
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| Getting Darker |
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| No more Sun! |
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| Nice Color though! |
We were dropped off right
in front of Pizza Swell (波波窯烤ＰＩＺＺＡ) at Kenting (墾丁大街) since we mentioned to our
driver we’d loved to try the pizza. We were quite tired after a full-day tour
thus we bought whatever food we wanted and headed directly back to our Minsu to
eat in our room. Our friendly Minsu Receptionist was SHOCKED at the amount of foods
we bought and told us that was A LOT!!! LOL!!!
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| Let's have some PIZZA! |
I think the reason the
pizza stood out among others was the thinness of the crust. We also bought the
Crispy Soup
dumpling (脆皮汤包) again since we loved it so much! There were
also this deep fried giant squid which tasted delicious! Not to forget the milk
with tapioca ball (青蛙下蛋), tea infused with alcohol (干邑紅茶) and the famous grilled deep fried chicken with plum powder (梅粉)!
Today we bought Grilled Boar Meat and Sausage (原住民石板烤肉) – a stall different from last night. I
must say the stall last night was WAY BETTER! We finally called it a night
after stuffed ourselves silly with all the foods!!! What a weight gaining trip!
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| Sammy at the Alcoholic Tea Shop! |
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| Our Spiked Tea! |
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| I LOVE this!!! |
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| Crispy Soup Dumplinig - Original & Spicy! |
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| The Grilled Pork & Sausage - not so nice though! |
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| This Stall from last night was MUCH BETTER! |
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| The Grilled Deep Fried Chicken & Sausage with hole! |
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| Deep Fried Squid! Or was it Octopus? LOL!!! |
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| Our DINNER!!! No Wonder the Receptionish was facepalming! |
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