Travel Reference
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Neither sight is served by the tourism shuttle buses, unfortunately, so you need your
own vehicle.
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Yeliu Geopark
Stretching far out into the East China Sea, this
limestone cape
(Yěliǔ Dìzhí Gōngyuán; ad-
mission NT$50; 7.30am-6pm May-Sep, to 5pm Oct-Apr)
has long attracted people to its de-
lightfully odd rock formations. It's a geologist's dreamland but also a fascinating place
for the day tripper. Aeons of wind and sea erosion can be observed first-hand in hundreds
of pitted and moulded rocks with quaint (but accurate) names such as
Fairy's Shoe
(Xiānnǚ Xié) and
Queen's Head
(Nǚwáng Tóu), which truly looks just like a silhouette
of the famous Nefertiti bust.
The
visitor information centre
( 8am-6pm)
has an informative English brochure ex-
plaining the general conditions that created the cape and also the specific forces that
formed different kinds of rock shapes, such as the mushroom rocks, marine potholes and
honeycomb rocks. Tourism shuttle buses stop directly outside the park entrance.
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Keelung (Jilong)
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Keelung (Jīlóng) is a perennially wet, largely run-down port city, famous in Taiwan for
its excellent night market and August/September ghost month festival. Thanks to its pos-
ition, which has been of strategic importance over the centuries, the area also has a num-
ber of old forts.
Keelung's bus and train stations are adjacent to each other and located at the northern
)
just outside if you need it and Richard Saunders'
Taipei Escapes 2
covers pretty
much everything you could think of to do and see here.
Sights
Miaokou Night Market
MARKET
