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For more news & videos visit ?english.ntdtv.com Take a look at this one-of-a-kind Christmas tree. The tree, made of plastic spoons, was lit up in Taiwan’s city of Taichung. It’s an eco-friendly way to mark the holidays as the tree will be destined for recycling at the end of the season. A Christmas tree in Taiwan’s central city of Taichung is bringing an environmental message to the holiday season. The 39 foot tree is made of 80000 plastic spoons destined to be recycled at the end of the festive season. [Jason Hu, Taichung Mayor] “Christmas must be celebrated in an eco-friendly way, and it is the same when we choose clothing or when we take a shower. An eco-friendly Christmas tree is a sign of an improved society, and a symbol of creativity.” The Christmas tree was designed by a team of six university students who won a competition for the best Christmas tree made from recycled materials. The idea came from the waste collected at a drink store. [Wu Hsiao-jou, Project Designer]: “I work at a store selling drinks, and they always throw away the plastic spoons that come with puddings. I think it is a waste to throw them away. It just happened that my teacher mentioned this competition, so I chose to use them in this project.” As the tree was lit up in a shopping center over the weekend, local residents gathered to enjoy the festive atmosphere. [Lee Yun-shan, Local]: “I discovered it was made of spoons after I took a closer look. I was quite surprised. From a distance it …
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Taroko National Park, Taiwan by TravelPod blogger Emmaandpaul titled “Taroko Gorge is much easier Downhill!” Emmaandpaul’s travel blog entry: “It was time to tackle the gorge again! However as we didn’t manage to see some of the most beautiful trails around Tiansiang the first time out, we decided to ride the bus all the way and walk downhill. Well the thought of it being downhill made it sound much easier. We left the hotel and aimed to get the bus at 8:50am. The same bright yellow bus and driver arrived, but there was no space left and we would have to stand the entire 1 hour plus journey. Since we had already bought the ticket, we thought we might as well. That turned out not to be the best decision, as our driver was a little haphazard and thrashed the bus from corner to corner up the gorge. With perilous drops on either side, our hearts were definitely in our mouths. I think I shut my eyes some of the way. To the left of the gangway was a retired couple from Vancouver who were also travelling around Southeast Asia. The husband was from Malaysia, his name was Alan, while his wife Annie was from China. He was a very talkative person and within about 20 minutes had shown us pictures of all of his children and offered us the opportunity to stay with them in Canada at their home. Very generous, very friendly. Definitely helped to ease our suffering on the journey and we were grateful. Arriving at Tiansiang, a cup of tea …
