I will write a series of posts about road tripping in Taiwan's East coast since I didn't find much info online.
There are basically two main roads on the north-south direction along Taiwan's Beautiful East Coast: Highway 11 which goes right along the coast and Highway 9 that goes a bit inland in the lush East Rift Valley. These two roads basically connect Hualien, in the North, with Taitung in the south.
Then you have the wonderful Taroko National Park (prob Taiwan's best attraction) close to Hualien and, through it, you have the winding and ever climbing Highway 8 that eventually turns into Highway 14 and allows you to pass through the mountainous middle of the island to the other side, into Nantou Country where Sun Moon Lake (prob Taiwan's most touristy area) is located.
I plan to first discuss some practicalities about road tripping in Taiwan's East Coast. General tips and thoughts.
Then I will go into detail of things that we saw/did along the two main roads. We actually took several smaller roads (that basically link the two main ones), and will talk about them when appropriate.
Taroko National Park is a must and I will devote another Part to it.
And finally I will talk about driving through the heart of the island, through Wulai pass, the highest passable road in East Asia at above 3200 meters.
Here's a quick index to all the parts:
We would have liked to have read something like this so hopefully it will be useful for others.
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