12 Days in Taiwan – Day 07 – Kids at Play and Qingshui Cliffs

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Continued from the last post. The kids enjoyed Taroko Gorge… sort of and in their own way, whether it was playing catching, building rock towers, playing rock-scissor-paper games, or doing Christmas jingles!

Building our own rock towers at Shakadang Trail.
A little competition to see who could throw the furthest pebble. Not a fair contest!
Playing catching at Taroko Gorge.
And Rock Scissors Paper.
Pebble collection time at the car park leading up to the Eternal Spring Shrine.
Christmas jingles!
The first and last three pictures in this series here were taken using the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 + MC-11.

Taroko Gorge and National Forest done, we headed next to Qingshui Cliffs, and as we had a bit more time before we were due back at Hualien Station, also drove down to the beach for a look too. The Qingshui Cliffs were formed 6 million years ago and by collision between the Philippines and Eurasian tectonic plates. There are 2-3 viewing spots of the cliffs after walking about 6-7 minutes from the car park. Most visitors will visit the little park that offers vantage views of the cliffs, but few will head down to the beach. There were some fishermen working in the area and using traditional fishing methods – a dying specialization according to our driver Tony. Traditional methods or not, there was one fellow flying a drone to drop bait off to lure fishes into the net!

The cliffs are pretty scenic, but I reckon it can be safely skipped unless you have another hour to spare while in the general area.

Qingshui Cliffs. We’ve been in Taiwan 7 days now, and the only day where we had sunny blue skies was Day 5 afternoon at Qingjing Farm.
Looking down from the cliffs. Don’t think this area is naturally accessible to visitors.
Another tall hill overlooking the park.
The two railroads where the daily trains run.
The beach with Qingshui Cliffs in the backdrop.

Next post in this series will cover our Day 08 activities around Taipei!