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Orchid Island

Orchid Island – Complete 2021 Travel Guide

orchid island drone view at sunrise

Welcome to the wild side of Taiwan! Point straight southeast from Taitung, travel for 50 miles or so and you’ll find yourself on Orchid Island (Lanyu 蘭嶼 in Chinese), a popular tourist spot to get as far away from mainland China as possible. The island of 3,000 or so people is rich in aboriginal culture […]

Filed Under: The Islands Tagged With: Beaches, Orchid Island, Outdoor, Taitung

My Crazy Adventure on Lanyu, Taiwan

Why would anyone go to Orchid Island during a typhoon!? Last year, I had one hell of a crazy (read stupid) adventure on Lanyu (Orchid Island) with my friend Ben… We were sitting at my restaurant, in Taichung, it was around 5 or 6 o’clock in the evening, we were sipping beers and chatting, then the […]

Filed Under: The Islands Tagged With: Orchid Island, Outdoor, Seaside

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