Taroko National Park, Taiwan. 太魯閣國家公園

Taroko National Park named after the Taroko Gorge which is famous for its marble gorge is located in the eastern part of Hualien District, Taiwan, R.O.C and covered an area of 92,000 hectares (approximately. 227,336 acres). What are interesting about this park are it provides the park's most famous scenic attractions with sights of majestic mountain streams, the Eternal Spring Shrine, Swallows' Grottoes (caves), Tunnel of Nine Turns, and other scenes of outstanding beauty.

Fo Guang Shan, 佛光山 Taiwan

Fo Guang Shan; literally Buddha's Light Mountain, located in Kaohsiung is the largest Buddhist Monastery in Taiwan, where hundred of gilded Buddha images stand in line.

Martyr's Shrine 忠烈祠, Taipei

A landscaped garden with graceful pavilions and placid ponds where tourists can witness the elaborate and graceful changing of guards' ceremony.

Republic of China Navy honor guard at the Martyr's Shrine

One of the many Chinese pavilions at the Martyr's Shrine

The Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (龍虎塔) Taiwan

The Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (龍虎塔) are pagodas located on Lotus Lake in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The dragon's throat is the entrance and the lion's mouth is the exit. According to the local tour guide, Entering a dragon's throat and coming out a lion's mouth symboilizes turning bad luck to good fortune.

YehLiu (野柳) Taiwan

Located on the North coast of Taiwan. This place is famous for its unique rock formation that has been sculpted by the wind and surf.

The rock formations are interesting and beautiful especially the ‘Queen’s head’. According to the local tour guide as the wind is eroding her neck, and the local experts expect her freaking head to fall off any day now...
This place has been described by tourists as “a giant petrified mushroom forest”.