Taiwan Day 7 宜蘭 Yilan & 羅東 Luo Dong : 幾米公園 Jimmy Park - 羅東鎮 Luodong Town - 羅東林業文化園區 Luodong Forestry Cultural Park - 羅東運動公園 Luodong Sport Park

Since staying in Yilan is so expensive after searching any website, we decided to extend one more day in Taipei and took a one day trip to Yilan & Lontong. These region is near to Taipei which take around one hour from the 台北捷運站 Taipei Bus Station.

Wake up in the early morning and got the bus to Yilan, TWD 137

After get out from the train station, we headed to this local famous breakfast stall.

河粉蛋餅 TWD 25

Grilled chicken rice TWD 55

Visited the Jimmy park, the park splits to three area. This is the first area where have a lot of souvenir stall.

Second area which have a lot of art works.

This is the destination? Or it is another starting point?

Third Area which have a cafe behind.

 Next station : Luodong Town

2nd time took the local train but still don't know how to differentiate with the express train and missed out the first local train and have to wait another 30 minutes.

After reached the town, try the famous noodle

Dried Noodle, TWD 35. Just noodle

Fish ball noodle, TWD 35

Then this is the famous, red bean solstice stall

It is a hot day, called the icy one, TWD 35

Walked to this stall and almost closed at 2.30 pm. We just can only take away.

米糕 TWD 35, I think is not like a snack, it can be a meal.

Next Station : Luodong Forestry Cultural Park. A park that have lot of museum that describe the old time of forestry near this town. Taiwanese really have good environmental awareness.

Side Entrance. Free Admission

Lots of museum.
Forestry Exhibition Hall : Information how to produce the wood.
Lanyang Trails Exhibition Hall : Information of forest trails in Taiwan, animals and nature.
Forest Life Exhibition Hall : Information of people life during the forestry peak period.

Forest Art Gallery is closed.

Model in Forestry Exhibition Hall that show how they transport the wood.

After the forestry park, there is a famous pork soup just outside the park. 肉羹面 TWD 45

Next Station : Luodong Sport Park. Walked 20 minutes from the forestry park.

Sunset soon while rushing before sun went down.

Scenery along the road

It is really a nice park.

Nice Sunset.

Next Station : Luodong Night Market

In Luodong, there is free shuttle bus. We took from the Sport Park to the Night Market. Don't even need to tap the card.

These foods are unique which only have in Yilan

糕渣 TWD 60

Try another food

It is using chicken skin as the skin for the meat then fried it.

鳳凰腿, 2 for TWD 25

Yilan people like to eat scallion!

Meat skin with scallion inside, TWD 35 each

Lastly, we order the 卜肉 (Fried pork meat) because it is unique in this place. TWD 60

LuoDong seem like is not a quite town.