This is from a while ago but I've been meaning to post about it - partially because I want this blog to be a resource to any future Yilan Fulbrighters or anyone else traveling in Yilan. The blogs belonging to previous Fulbrighters have been useful to me and so I'd like to do the same for others. Anyway, there's an old hiking path called the Caoling Trail (草嶺古道) that stretches from Dali (大里) to Yuanwangkeng (远望坑), which is near Fulong (福隆) and Gongliao (貢寮). A friend and I took the train from Yilan, although you could conversely take it from Taipei, and got off at Dali. The ride there is really scenic: rice fields, mountains, and sandy coastlines.
There's an information center and a temple at the start of the trail in Dali that's worth checking out. We only hiked for about an hour or
so before turning back to Dali but we got high enough to get a good view
of the coast. Hiking the whole thing would probably take around three to four hours.
Back near the temple, we found some
food stands down the stairs across from Mr. Brown Coffee. We had some
pretty oily noodles and fried spinach egg roll. Good if you don't mind
having your food prepared in a wok filled with old oil. Afterwards, we
went down to the beach and watched the waves crash against the shore.
There had been a typhoon the day before so the waves were much bigger
than normal. It was one of those things that are both beautiful but also
slightly terrifying.
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