Beautiful Wulai, Part II
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Photos by MJ Klein
In Part I, we took a look at the beautiful waters of Wulai, and the downtown tourist and shopping area. History buffs will know that Wulai has it’s own narrow-gauge rail system, known at the Log Cart. Please click on the above photo to open a larger size for reading.
Hui-chen and I rode the Log Cart up to the waterfall area. Wulai is known for hot springs and the famous waterfall, but before we actually show you the waterfall itself, we want to show you the ride on the Log Cart.
We walked over to the station to catch the little train. In the distance you can see the cars on the track waiting for departure.
One pulled up as we were walking to the ticket window. The fare is $NT50 per adult.
Hui-chen stepped into the car and waited for me to take a few shots.
Our friend Jeff is behind Hui-chen. As you can see, there is room for 2 adults in each seat, and there are 2 seats per car.
And, we’re off! It’s a small train and it goes slow, but it’s all relative! It seems fast when you’re riding it, especially because you breeze past buildings and other structures very closely.
This shot of the track shows a bend. At this scale it’s almost scary.
Do not stick your head (or anything else) out of the car!
Through this last little tunnel (and it goes very dark!) we come to a stop at the waterfall area.
In our next article we will show you the famous waterfall. But for now, this is what it looks like when you approach from the train.
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March 26th, 2008 at 6:54 am
MJ,
Beautiful pictures. Glad to see you’re back.
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reply on March 26th, 2008 5:52 pm:
owshawng » thanks. it’s good to be back. i got some upcoming shows and everything seems good again. take care.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Looking forward to the waterfall pics MJ!
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reply on March 26th, 2008 5:51 pm:
Todd » hey you’re the waterfall man, not me!
March 26th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Mj great Pics and reporting as usual. I look forward to seeing the waterfall pictures and also your upcoming music gig and the reporting on that as well.
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reply on March 27th, 2008 9:25 am:
Brunty » i’m arranging for some photographers to have stage access, so hopefully they will get some good shots of the shows. thanks for reading!
March 26th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
That’s the cutest little train I’ve ever seen!
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reply on March 27th, 2008 9:23 am:
Carrie » isn’t it though! it’s worth going to Wulai just for that!
March 27th, 2008 at 1:12 am
I agree with Carrie - that is the cutest train ever! It looks like a kiddie train. A great post highlighting one of the many cool/weird little things about Taiwan. Can’t wait to see more waterfall pics!
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reply on March 27th, 2008 9:20 am:
Sandy » that thing takes off and goes (proportionately) quite fast! i kept thinking “am i too big for this thing?” the whole time! hehe
March 27th, 2008 at 8:18 am
I love waterfalls - can’t wait for that post. Although I wasn’t too impressed with the waterfall in Wulai. When I was there, I continued out to Neidong Waterfall - much nicer.
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reply on March 27th, 2008 9:14 am:
cfimages » i think my waterfall photos suck actually, but i’ll post them in a few more days. thanks.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:54 am
great stuff mj. i too love wulai but just like you, hate it on weekends.
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reply on March 28th, 2008 9:44 am:
andres » but if you think that’s bad, wait until i show you Sanyi’s touristo area! OMG, i didn’t know that even existed!
April 7th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I remember riding a small train like this at the Hyderabad zoo in India. It looked like it had suspension but it rode like it didn’t . Straight metal to metal. My spine absorbed all the bumps and vibrations.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
it’s not a cushioned ride. it’s also a very short ride.