Hualien’s most famous night market – Dongdamen – was about a 6 minute drive from Chisingtan Scenic Area, and we got there pretty early at 4:45PM – just when the many stalls were setting up for the night’s business. This night market is quite different compared to Feng Chia: Dongdamen is in a rectangular sort of shape and whose interior is not opened to vehicular traffic (apart from the odd delivery vehicle). It also has wide walkways, public toilets, and common areas for sit-down dining. In short, I liked it a lot more than the Feng Chia Night Market we visited twice while in Taichung! Dongdamen was far less congested, cleaner, and we didn’t have to stand and eat. There’s also a pretty cool permanent military exhibit area near one of the entrances with a Northrop F-5E aircraft, several armoured vehicles, an artillery piece, and several other assorted hardware.
We’d had a pretty late lunch, and this was early dinner: but our food list @ Dongdamen still included grilled corn on a cob @ NTD96/SGD4.27 (should had been delicious but we ordered the wrong flavoring) + Assorted Grill @ NTD135/SGD6 + Fruit Smoothie and a Water Melon Juice @ NTD110/SGD4.89) + Beef Ribs @ NTD220/SGD9.80 + Coffin Toasts @ NTD100/SGD4.45).
And while writing out this post, we experienced our first earthquake! It was comparatively minor at 4.9 Richer Scale – but enough for a lot of rattling in the house, furniture to shake, and all our phone alarms sounding off the emergency alerts at the same time. Peter was unperturbed and still more interested in the TV, Hannah jumped off the bed, and Ling was just happy she’d just got out of the toilet haha.
Day 07 tomorrow is when we head for one of the highlights for this itinerary: Taroko Gorge!
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