“Formosa Adventurers” is the name of my and my friends’ group for Taiwan’s “Best Trip in the World – 世界最棒的旅遊” contest. It’s a contest set up by Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau to promote tourism in Taiwan.
The way the contest works is that everyone who wants to give it a try uploads a travel plan, video and group introduction to the website. From there, the contest organizers select 50 groups to complete their plans. They give them 28,000 NTD (about $800USD) to do it. After you finished with the 4 days, you upload a video and blog showing what you did. Then, one group wins the grand prize of 1 million NTD (about $30,000USD) and gets to travel in Taiwan for a month, blogging on their experiences.
Not a bad deal. And since this is what we do all the time anyway, it sounded perfect for us.
Our itinerary is (approximately) as follows:
(I’ll update this later, I don’t actually have the real one sitting in front of me now):
Day 1:
Train from Taipei to Hualien. River tracing through one of the beautiful canyons down there. Then that night, a visit to the night market.
Day 2:
White water rafting in The Rift Valley. Followed by a train ride to Taidong and a visit to the night market and a few other sites in the city.
Day 3:
Paragliding just north of Taidong. Then a visit to an aboriginal village for a cultural show and some Taiwanese Aboriginal Food.
Day 4:
Hiking through an ancient forest to a wild hot spring. Then, the train ride back to Taipei.
So please watch the video below and go vote for us at Taiwan’s “Best Trip in the World” contest.
Thanks!!!!
-neil
That’s a cool vid. Gave you guys a vote. In Hualien, hit Nanbin night market on the beach. Lots of Aboriginal delicacies and dancers.
Good idea! Thanks!
Awesome video Neil especially like the blurring effect when the camera is moving through the crowd, quite nostalgic in a good way. I just voted and tweeted too :)
Thanks Ashlin!
A terrific video and itinerary, Neil! Best wishes to all of you.