This week is our expected annual summer
vacation. Thank to the slowed down of epidemic, we can restart to play the
outdoor activities smoothly. In fact, we had already stayed home without any
interesting activities for at least five months. Just like last several years,
in the summer vacation, we had get used to travel on eastern of Taiwan,
regardless of bike riding, water activities or mountain climbing. What is different
this year was that we had visited Hualien first by the just finished Suhua
highway. It provides the efficient and safety way to arrive for Hualien, but
the dense tunnel also restrict the scenic view in the entire path. Without the
trial breakthrough, this trip we had focused on the Zhongbu Cross-island
highway, ranging from Hualien to Puli, which is the substitution way after the
interruption of the original way to Guguan which was cross middle of Taiwan. In
the pasted several years, I had visited the Taroko, Lishan, and Qingjing, but I
had never crossed the entire Zhongbu Cross-island highway.
We had set out from Hualien, in fact, after
the Tianxiang the last scenic spot in Taroko, there is nothing special except
for the gas station and rest area. The Dayuling is the intersection of Zhongbu
Cross-island highway and another feeder road. However, the status of this
section is not ideal and enjoyable. Then, after briefly stayed at the Lishan at
night, we would go back to Dayuling and arrive for Puli continuous. The key
point of this section is the Wuling and Hehuanshan. I had visited here in the
childhood, but I don’t have any memory currently. This is also the highest
point in Taiwanese pathway system which reached higher than altitude 3000m. The
scenic views on the way are definitely different from the low altitude. We had
stayed in several spots and enjoyed the mountains. Then, keeping go forward to
the Qingjing and Puli where we had been familiar with. In general, in the total
process, the driver span is much longer than staying at any spot. However, the experience
cross the unpopular is also indispensable which also provide us the clear
thought where we could visit next time. Wuling and Hehuanshan might be the
great example for worthy visit, but next time we would set out from Puli and
focus on the mountain climbing.
