Taiwan Curious Fact : There's a lot, and I mean A LOT of 7-11 outlets in Taiwan. You'll see one at the start of a block and another at the end. Just like Hong Kong has its Watson's stores, Taiwanese have their 7-11's!
Once we leave Jiu-Fen, our next stop is the Yehliu Geopark in the Wanli district. This geopark is located on a beach filled not with sand but with peculiar shaped rocks. Known as hoodoo rocks, their odd shape is the result of erosion from the wind and sea.
The pictures below will show you some of the scenes in Yehliu but before we visit the park, we stopped for lunch. During our walk to the restaurant, I took this shot of the harbour where the fishermen dock their ships.
This is the entrance to the Yehliu Geopark.
After a little stroll through the nicely landscaped garden, you will be met with the sight of the 'Mushroom Rocks'. As per their namesake, the rocks do look like mushrooms with a somewhat rounded top. Mind you these rocks are big - taller than an average human for the most part.
Below is a shot with some people standing beside some of these mushroom rocks to give you some comparison scale. The top of the rocks that are darker colored are dotted with honeycomb shaped holes.
The light yellow colored ground is not sand. It is also of a hard rock like substance and you can see shapes like the one in the pic below scattered across the area. The place is like a big canvas where Mother Nature lays out her artwork.
Another interesting sight are the Candle Rocks pictured below. The waves has shaped these rocks to resemble small candles with a round rock jutting out on top as the wick.
Another shot showing how the waves relentlessly throw themselves against the rocks.
A wide shot to show how how big the place is. Of course this is just one small portion of the whole park.
Another major attraction of the Yehliu Geopark - the Queen's head rock. Her majesty is a no doubt a royalty in the place because the people that you see in the pic are lining up for their turn to have their picture taken with it!
Another shot of the a different area of the park.
The best shot I could manage with my tele lens of the Queen's head. Can you make out the profile?
The sea and the rocks - you can see some formation similar to the 'Candle Rocks' here also.
A rock with a hole in the middle and what's that you see beyond the hole? It's this bridge in the picture below.
Due to our schedule, we could not visit all of the areas in the Yehliu Geopark. We only managed to cover a rather small area before we were ushered back onto the bus for a long drive to Yilan where we are to stay at the Shangrila Leisure Farm.
What did we do there? The next post will reveal our activities!
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