HUALIEN TOROKO GORGE AND PROMISELAND

January 22,2009 Spent the last three days in Hualien at the Promiseland resort for teacher training and to see the local sight of the Toroko Gorge. The interesting thing I did at the Promiseland Resort was to place my feet in water where these little fish nibble on my feet to get rid of the dry skin. First off it tickled and felt really strange with them nibbling between my toes and under my feet. We also had a tour of the Toroko Gorge which is very famous here. Unlike the Grand Canyon the Toroko Gorge is more like a valley which was cut through the mountains. An interesting fact is that prior to 1912 the aboriginal tribes were actually head hunters and would also tattoo their faces as to social status in the tribe. The Japanese band this type of killing during their occupation. The pictures are from the fish bath and the Toroko Gorge.