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Northern Beaches

September 20, 2008 by Laura Blodgett 3 Comments

NB1 rock search

We have found out where to go if you want to be alone.  The beach.  Specifically, a normal sandy expanse.  Today, Saturday, it was easily 90 degrees Fahrenheit.  The sky was clear.  There was a gentle breeze.  And we had the large beach to ourselves, excepting a small work crew. one bicyclist, and a swimmer who was there only a short while apparently collecting seaweed.  This was our first time visiting a beach in Taiwan, this one being less than an hour away from a city of 2 million people, none of whom seem to appreciate the beach.

The work crew had filled many bags with debris and trash, presumably from the typhoon.

work crew

(Above:  girls stuffing each other’s pockets with shells; work crew in the background)

They wore long pants, long sleevs, face maskes, hats.  If there was any skin exposed, it wasn’t on purpose.  They worked diligently in the 90+ heat.  Natalie, Carlie, and I had swim suits under our clothes, but would have been conspicuous if we had dressed down.

There was an obvious lack of development and local population, although it did look like there had originally been very nice facilities at the beach entrance, possibly for a regular kite festival.  There are other places in the US and around the world that continue to draw crowds of sun bathers and beachcombers.  Often development is extensive even though storms occur regularly.  That doesn’t seem to be the plan here.

After that bit of peace and relaxation, we headed to the very northern tip of the island to look at some sand stone formations referred to in the guide book.  We found many people here, but it was not so crowded as to be unpleasant.  Before we had completely found the entrance to those, we visited a small inlet where scuba diving lessons were going on, then walked out onto a massive cement pier that looked like it was accidentally formed by a giant playing jacks.

See photos below:

NB3 lots of nice sand

Lots of nice sand –

NB4 river outlet

river outlet

NB5 kids and Greg

Greg and kids

NB6 first treasure

first treasure

NB7 hermit crab

hermit crab

kids

mom w/kids

NB8 Idaho river rock

Idaho river rock?

shells

Natalie hunting shells

NB10 big, ugly green thing

big, ugly green thing (not Jesse)

rock

look at this rock, Mom

NB13 fossil umbrella

3 billion year old umbrella handle fossilized to the rock

NB14 facing skeptics

“What?! You don’t believe me?!”

NB11 sandals and rocks

NB15 polished glass

polished glass

NB16 father and son

father and son

NB19 way out there

Greg and Jesse way out there

NB20 rocks in lave

partially melted? rocks in lava

NB21 dressing rooms

old dressing rooms?

NB22 flowers

blanket flowers and others

NB23 paved area

so much patio!

NB24 mystery area

and turn around and go down the stairs

NB24 car

Greg’s Honda w/ indispensable GPS

NB25 houses by river

Houses close to beach

NB26 scuba class

scuba class, but not for us

NB28  great view

beautiful water

NB30 giant peir

giant pier

NB31 path to sand stones

long path to sand stone formations

NB32 almost there

almost there

NB34 not normal

giant mushrooms?

NB34 don't cross the red line

don’t cross the red line

NB35 shadow portrait

shadow family portrait

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