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By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterA cold front from China is to arrive today as most people return to work, with the mercury in northern Taiwan forecast to drop first, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
2021/02/13 13:22 (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A train service that takes passengers more than halfway around Taiwan and treats them to “unparalleled sea views” is proving popular, CNA reported Saturday (Feb. 13). The service came into being after the completion of railway electrification around the main island in December. Taiwan Railways Administration’s (TRA) Puyuma Express train No. 422 starts at Shulin train station in Taipei and ends in Kaohsiung, taking six hours and 33 minutes, and costing NT$1,174 (US$40.50). Taitung Stat...
Taiwan in Time: Mountain crossing above the clouds By Han Cheung / Staff reporter Feb. 1 to Feb. 7 Walis Tadaw watched the 55-year-old Tianchi Wiring Maintenance Station (天池保線所) burn down on a cold winter night in 1986. He was resting outside with a group of fellow Seediq Aborigines after a hard day’s work replacing utility poles when they heard a loud explosion. Smoke billowed out of the kitchen window, and soon the entire building was ablaze. “There was barely any water up there in the winter. We snatched buckets and tried to put out the fire with what we could retrieve, but...
Hualien Archeological Museum ‘an inspiration’ By Wang Chun-chi and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer The Hualien Archeological Museum opened to the public on Sunday, giving a permanent home to 800,000 artifacts, including a 1,240kg stone trough considered the pride of the museum and a jade burial pendant that inspired its logo design. To house the museum, the Hualien County Government received a NT$72 million (US$2.54 million) grant from the Ministry of Culture to renovate Shoufeng Township’s (壽豐鄉) Fengtien Market (豐田市場), which was originally built in ...
Baolai’s bountiful hot springs With no less than five wild hot spring locations, the Baolai River in Kaohsiung is a popular destination for hot spring lovers of all ages and fitness levels By Tyler Cottenie / Contributing reporter The town of Baolai (寶來) is located along the Southern Cross-Island Highway in the upper reaches of Kaohsiung City. After suffering a devastating setback at the hands of Typhoon Morakot, the town’s tourism industry is finally showing signs of recovery. While the town itself has many commercial hot spring offerings for tourists, the adjacent Baolai River als...