Monday, May 11, 2009

Second day at Hotel Bayview 七星潭渡假飯店, Hualien 花蓮, Taiwan

As planned, we woke up before sunrise and after taking a few pics of the sun over the ocean, we went for an hour and 30 minutes (15km) round trip bike ride. This time we went north instead of the south direction we took yesterday.

The bike path is as beautiful and well constructed as the other segment and 1km of the path goes through a botanical park, a fishing village, a cemetery while close to the military base.

The breakfast was also quite good with lots of vegetarian choices for Min Lin including congee and egg foo young. They also serve watermelon; this is a region specialty and it is considered the best in Taiwan. Not only that, but there is currently a watermelon festival going on.

All in all, we got a great deal for 2600$NT (80$USD) and we'll certainly remember room 507! I think it helps that the co-owner also lived in Argentina like Min Lin so they are being extra nice.

As far as now, the weather in mid-may is good too; although very hot at 30 celcius and is not as humid and we don't have much to worry about typhoon. But it is definitely a great idea to put all physical activities early in the morning and late in the evening.

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