Northern Taiwan Beaches



Baishawan Beach

 Jim and I wanted to find a beach closer to our home in Taipei. We figured that there had to be beaches on the Northern side of the island and there are! We went to 2 of them this last weekend while he was home. I don't know the name of the first one we went to because it was so fun getting there. We had directions from the Internet to get to the beach. Let's just say they were NOT good directions. We got on a bus that ended up going to the bus barn. The we had to find someone who spoke English to help us find our way back OR to the beach. We ended up back on the street at the bus stop with someone we thought was helping us until HE got on a bus and drove off. Then I went into a store to find someone who spoke English. (no Luck) Then Jim went into the bank to find someone. He found someone who told him how to get back to the MRT but not the beach. We were standing there looking lost when the first bus driver came back around and stopped pulled over and wrote down the bus number we needed to get on.  Right then the bus was coming up the road so he stopped yelled at that  other bus driver to make sure he picked us up.  Finally we were on the right bus. ( we hoped) This bus kept going and going and we had no idea when to get off so we just kept riding and riding (we were not seeing any beaches anyway). Finally we saw a beach and got off the bus. We had gotten off to soon for the  beach we were looking for but we at least found A beach. So the next day we went back got on the right bus and got out at the right place for the beach we sat out to find the day before.  We felt really good about that. Every time we go looking for someplace new it is an adventure and not necessarily a good adventure.  Jim says life is an adventure and it sure is.