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<\/a><\/a>Our short stop done, we drove for another 5 minutes down to the Gaomei Wetlands boardwalk itself. The wetlands itself is another one of the most popular spots for visitors to Taichung, and it showed: there were several hundred visitors on the boardwalk leading out into the sea, and more exploring the general vicinity and stretch of eateries that faces the boardwalk. Kong mused that the area can get so congested that the road leading into the wetlands becomes completely jammed when there is no more parking available anywhere. So the local authorities once barred all vehicular traffic from entering, necessitating all vehicles to stop a further distance away and walk the kilometer or two in, or board a shuttle bus to travel the distance. That didn’t go very well with visitors, so that order was eventually rescinded.<\/p>\n
He also warned us to make sure that the kids stayed as far as possible in the middle when we were on the boardwalk. And that was very good advice: the billowing north\u2013south winds were strong enough that it actually required effort not to get blown off the boardwalk! No, the wind isn’t strong enough to blow an adult off the boardwalk, but the force is enough for someone to lose balance if they aren’t careful.<\/p>\n That’s a wrap for Day 02 sightseeing. It took us about 40 minutes to get back to Taichung City where we explored Feng Chia Night Market again<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We stayed at Zhongshe Tourism Flower Market until about a quarter to three. Back in Singapore, the mid-day sun would be at its zenith and warmest at this time. But in Taichung, the sun was already starting to duck behind<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>