Originally Posted by laurajoyce

Just wanted to follow up with a quick trip report on Taiwan and thank those from FT who helped me plan. After spending a few days in Taipei we rented a car. An FTer encouraged us to get English GPS and it was really a life-saver! Drove up to Jiufen and Jinguashi and then down the coast to Taroko. We stayed at the Leader Village Hotel at Bulowan, which was wonderful. Spent a couple of days there and, of course, loved the park and did some nice hikes. We continued through the park and then headed up toward Wuling. Just before Wuling we found an organic farm that takes guests. A windy road took us into the little valley in which the farm sits. The mountain scenery throughout this area is just spectacular. The room was more than adequate (although I'm quite flexible about that sort of thing). Sun-Good was the name. (04-25901029) We had a delicious hot-pot dinner that night and a nice breakfast, as well. Continued our drive through the mountains and spent the last night at Lion's Head Mountain (Shihtoushan). One of the temples allows guests to stay the night and it was wonderful to wander around in the evening and early morning before any of the day-visitors arrived.

I loved Taiwan and look forward to going back for a longer trip.