My heart burns – Lotus Pond
Still in process Until around 2014, the Lotus Pond Trail in the Taroko Gorge was slightly challenging but not a real problem. I led guests there both privately and as a tour guide. It was always a beautiful path through nature and history. However, after a typhoon, bridges and later entire sections of the trail […]
Mines and plants in Jiufen
last update: 10/2025 Highly dangerous (risk of collapse, unstable, corroded, holes in the floor), hazardous to health Many remnants of the old mining industry can still be found around Shuinandong, the Northeast Coast, and Teapot Mountain. These include old tunnels, abandoned mining areas reclaimed by nature, and a factory. In 1893, a large and rich […]