Drive through the Eastern Rift Valley

Millions of years ago, a piece of stray island collided onto the main island of Taiwan, and as a result there are two mountain ranges on the east coast with a wide open plain between them where the sea used to be. One mountain range is what you see in the distance, the other is where I'm standing on This resulted in the creation of the Eastern Rift Valley, which is famed for its rich soil and agricultural produce, and stretches for around 200km from Hualien to Taitung.







Li-ci, a lookout point named after the Amis tribe word for "sunrise"


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