Yehliu 野柳

Yeliu is a small town just 1 hour bus ride north of Taipei. Its a small fishing village as show here in the photo. The reason I wanted to go here its because of the name Yeliu Geographical Park. I've never been to a geographical park before, and it kinda gave me an image of a park full of volcanic activity....


In fact, it was a park full of curious looking rock formation! And on the picture they all look so fragile! So I was indeed surprise that you can actually go into the park and walk all over the exhibit inside! Basically its just a different kind of beach, and it only cost S$2.50 to go in! We spend 3 hours inside climbing over endless rocks and hills.


This shot is taken from a small hill at the park. You can walk all the way to the tip of the island in the picture. At the top, you can see the whole ocean, and the breeze there is magnificent! But to get there, involves a lot of uneartly climbing up a few storeys of small steps from the bottom of the beach of rocks.


Just below the small hills, are lots and lots of small rock formation that you can explore on your own. On the ground were also small pools of water, and in it are sea cockroaches! They run away in manic frenzy everytime you walk near a pool of water! Fun!


There were also beaches of seaweeds which you can walk all the way down to explore. On tops are cliff with people walking on them. While I was there, I was wondering is Singapore's Sungai Buluh park something like this? An interactive park where you can see, feel, touch and smell nature? Maybe I'll pay Sungai Buluh Park a visit soon. Still, I think Yeliu is surely one of its kind! Do visit it if you have a chance!

We were so engross with the whole park that we almost miss the one attraction that the park is most famous for, which is the Queen's Head formation shown here. We manage to get our photo taken with it. The formation is at the risk of being broken in near future, and when that happens, our photo will be priceless! :)