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Trip to Wulai (Ulay, ??), a small tourist town in Taipei County, Taiwan, on Monday, Feb 7, 2011. Wulai is famous for its hot springs, sightseeing, and aboriginal culture. Other activities include hiking, camping, swimming, fishing, and birdwatching. In spring, visitors come see cherry (sakura) trees bloom. The name of the town is derived from the Atayal ( ??) aboriginal tribe phrase kirofu ulai or qilux ulay that means “hot and poisonous”. Wulai District (???) is a rural district in southern New Taipei City in north Taiwan. It sits near the border with Taipei City. The Atayal aboriginal tribesmen of Wulai were once the head hunters of Taiwan. According to locals, bathing in the odorless hot springs can cure skin diseases like ringworm, eczema, and herpes. Main attractions: Wulai hot springs – visitors often go to the numerous hot spring hotels, public baths, as well as the Wulai River. Wulai Atayal Museum Waterfalls – Several waterfalls exist in the Wulai gorge, but the largest is Wulai Falls (????). Wulai Gondola or cable car – the gondola takes visitors to the top of Wulai Falls, where it accesses a hotel, conference center, and the Yunxian playground. Yunxian playground (????) – a nature park with gardens, paddle boats, natural trails, and natural obstacle courses, accessible by the Gondola Atayal aboriginal culture – many shops in Wulai specialize in aboriginal foods, arts, crafts, and clothing. Wulai Scenic Train – this is a converted mine train built …
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep by TravelPod blogger Yamahuh titled “Jewel of the Mekong – Luang Prabang” Yamahuh’s travel blog entry: “‘Jewel of the Mekong’; Luang Prabang, Laos: December 23rd – 27th 2007 Our first impressions of Luang Prabang are mixed. It is full of western travelers, guesthouses, hotels and restaurants and appears a bit ‘glitzy’ but at the same time it is also stunningly pretty. Small, tidy backyards with blossoming flowers, neat gardens, winding alleys, beautiful temples and French colonial architecture are all wrapped up into one intoxicating package. However, now is not the time for sight seeing; after our long and moderately uncomfortable trip down the Mekong we are relishing the idea of a hot shower and comfy bed, so we grab our backpacks and begin to search for the hotel we had booked. In a back and forth flurry of e-mail correspondence, we had arranged for the Senesouk Guesthouse to reserve two rooms for us and the entire first week of the trip had been geared towards getting here in time to avail ourselves of those reservations. For some strange reason there was no address included in any of the e-mails and so after a couple of directionally impaired false starts and a determined slog through town we finally find it nestled between a local restaurant and another guesthouse on the main street; Sakkaline road. Unfortunately the balcony room that we had reserved and confirmed is not …
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