On Chinese New Year vacation, our family had a three-day trip to East Taiwan. We took tourist bus because it would be very tired for my father driving from West to East Taiwan. The tour route was that we departed from Taichung, drove south to Pingtung(屏東), passed through Southern Cross-Island Highway(南部橫貫公路) to East Taiwan, Taitung(台東) drove north to Hualien(花蓮) and drove back to Taichung by same route. The distance was very long so we spent much time, maybe one and half a day on the bus but the scenes that we planned to visit were few.
On the fist day of the trip, we left Taichung at 6:40 in early morning. Then, we rushed to Hualien directly for almost 12 hours. The tourist bus only stopped at the rest area and we could go to piss. As a result, we did not visit any scene on the first day. It was a torture if you were confined on your seat and could not stretch tour body for more than 12 hours. Although you could see the pretty landscape outside, it could not comfort your stiff body. I thought my bottom got decayed. The narrow space made me tired and dizzy, like vomiting but I tried my best not to enlarge the feelings to affect my body or I would have carsickness. We sang karaoke and watched movies to kill long time.
