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Bill you really touched a sensitive subject.
I wonder if anybody else will react to the subject “lying”.
However, please send this video to President J.W. Bush and also to the new presidential hopefuls, so they will make this new years resolution!
LOL!!!
Hi Bill,
I like the Taroko, too. Here is the place I suggest you on Friday night: (Information source:
http://www.taroko.gov.tw/TarokoPortalEng/4_1_0/13.aspx)
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The Baiyang waterfall Trail is characterized by the number of tunnels. Beginning from the entrance tunnel of 380 meters (by the roadside of the Central Cross-Island Highway 600 meters further west of Tiansiang) to the last tunnel before Water Curtain, there are seven tunnels that one will go through along the 2 kilometers trail (4 km round trip will take about one hour and a half).
Some of the tunnels are as straight as a pencil and you can see the light at the end. Others however are curved such that you will be enveloped in pitch-black darkness for a short time unless you take alone a flashlight, which is advisable.
The trail was originally built by Taiwan Power Company in 1984 during the early stages of their plans (approved for construction in 1979) to develop hydroelectric power in the area, plans that included damming many parts of the gorge in ways that would have destroyed within years. The hydroelectric project for this area at least was shelved. So Taroko survived and we got a road that makes it easier for us to get into this once remote area with our various trapping of civilization.
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Although you need to walk for a while, the scenery is very good. You will enjoy it. Remember to bring the a flashlight and a rain coat with you.
Happy
Cynthia
Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for the helpful information on Taroko Gorge. I had read about the tunnels before, but never hiked in them. That would be really interesing to do--next time I go there I will check it out. The road is fantastic--it's hard to believe that they were able to construct it. It was a costly project, as many lives were lost. So we need to remember the fine men and women who died while building this wonderful treasure that we enjoy today. Take care, Cynthia!
Bill
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