The Penghu Archipelago

Stone fish trap on Jibei Island

   I dunno…. After two trips (seperated by a decade), I’m not sure how much I really like Penghu.  

   I still have a love-hate relationship with Taiwan’s largest set of offshore islands. For sure, Penghu looks wonderful in photos (as I hope my attempts here go some way to showing), and there’s no doubt about it, Penghu is an amazing place. I just wish

Penghu and its Amazing Basalt Formations

Little Taiwan Rock, Qimei Island

 

As I traced the short footpath along the coast of tiny Tongpan Island (桶盤嶼) in the South Sea Islands of Penghu, I was finally fulfilling one of my smaller but longest held ambitions. Not that I’d even heard of this little island until I started planning my first (and so far only) trip to the Penghu archipelago, way back in 2002. No, it wasn’t the tiny island in itself that interested me, but rather the amazing rock formations to be found here, and on several other islands in Penghu.

The Basalt Columns of Tongpan Island (Penghu)

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