九份 (jiu-fen)

There used to be only 9 families living in this little town. Whenever someone goes into the city to buy groceries or stuffs, they will buy 9 portions back for everyone. Soon after, they were known as 九份 (which means 9 portions in Chinese).

Later, they found Gold in this little town, and soon, everyone flock here to mine Gold. It became a prosperous place over night. Gradually, all the Gold were dug, and soon, everyone left, and it became a quiet little town again.

In the 80s, after the show "City of Sadness" 《悲情城市》 was shot in 九份, it became a tourist attraction. The little town found it's prosperity again.




Old school looking little town










Yummy Sausages. If you love sausages like me, you can eat your fill in Taiwan. It's everywhere!

野柳 - Food

The market at Yeliu, targeting mainly at tourists though.


Yummy Taiwan Sausage! Really nice and juicy!






Fried mushrooms. Yummy!











One of the many many tunnels we see and pass through everyday.

野柳 - Yeliu Geopark

Next up, 野柳. It's one of those must-visit places of interest in Taiwan. A place of beautiful scenery, rocks and water. A nice place to slow down, and enjoy life.

The parking area


Look at all the tourist coaches!



We're here!



From now on, it's lots and lots of pictures of beautiful rocks, sea, and the scenery!















What did you see?


The legendary "fairy's shoe"


Another Fairy Shoe. The story behind these shoes is, long ago, the fairies decided to come down to earth to play. They were discovered, and in their rush to return, 2 fairies dropped their shoes...:)




The famous Queen's head 女皇头. Due to harsh weather, the queen's head is in pretty bad shape now. They were saying in a few years time, probably the head will break and drop...