Taitung 台東 — Day 9 ...

Road trip route showing in blue
Northern Taiwan was closed because of a passing typhoon so I headed south of Taitung along the 台9線 hoping for good weather. I set out in the wee hours of the morning to find some hiking trails in the tiny fishing town of Dawu. (大武)

Dawu is a cute seaside town with interesting art on its structures. The number of butterflies was astonishing. Never have I seen anything like it.

Here is some information in English as to why they are there, though it's not even close to winter: Purple Butterfly Valley

The waves were quite high and it seemed like they wanted to come crashing over onto the highway

Dawu has some super cute housing and a lot of the structures are painted with colorful pictures

Overlooking the tiny town of Dawu from one of the hiking trails

Butterflies, butterflies and more butterflies

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