Could anyone provide me with a link to boat timetables from Taidong to Green Island and back? If not, could anyone give me a rough idea of how many boats a day and what times?
Also, is the main place for snorkelling that beach on the south of the island, or are there other good spots too?
My sister and her boyfriend are coming to visit and they're keen on snorkelling. One snorkelling session would be fine for me but they'd like to do go snorkelling twice while we're on Green Island.
One more thing: how are the currents? I don't remember them being strong when I was there, but I want to check anyway. I'm an average and not particularly strong swimmer.
Thanks for any information!
Green Island questions,help please.
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by peachka » 28 May 2006, 17:33
I'm just bumping this up to reask Joesax's question about a ferry timetable. We're flying from Taipei to Taidong and our flight doesn't get in until 4:30 p.m. (on Dragonboat day). Will we be able to catch a ferry to Green Island that day or do we need to wait until the next morning? Thanks!
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by seeker4 » 07 Jun 2006, 16:51
Can't tell you the ferry schedule, as there are different companies and variations with time of year. In the off-season (winter), you’re lucky to get one ferry a day (you have to stay overnight), but in the summer season, there are several trips a day by multiple operators. I don’t know the date cut-off from off-season to season. Here is some info that I’ve been meaning to share, but never got around to before. Note that all of the ferry info is in Chinese. If you zoom in on these images a little, they are still readable.
Info page of brochure – one ferry company:
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/3405 ... fo18to.jpg
Photos from brochure – first ferry company:
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/1953 ... es18lm.jpg
Info page of brochure – another ferry company:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6486 ... fo21jv.jpg
Photos from brochure – second ferry company:
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/14/g ... es22dn.jpg
Contact info from Tourism Bureau:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2231 ... nfo4lj.jpg
Map of Green Island:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7215/gimap0ls.jpg
The trip is about 50 minutes one-way.
Prepare to puke on the ferry or to do something specific to avoid it.
Hope it helps!
P.S. – If anyone has similar info for Orchid Island and is willing to post it in an appropriate thread, that would be great.
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by Monk » 27 Mar 2008, 22:13
Any updates on Green Island? Most of these posts are fairly old and I am thinking about heading down there next weekend instead of spring scream which gets more depressing year after year..
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Monk wrote:Any updates on Green Island? Most of these posts are fairly old and I am thinking about heading down there next weekend instead of spring scream which gets more depressing year after year..
I took my parents there about a month ago. It has been about a year since my last visit to Green Island and I must say the number of tour buses on the road was very annoying. There seems to have been a big increase in the number of buses.
We stayed at the "Green Island Bali Resort" http://www.greenisland-bali.com.tw and their rooms were probably the best I've seen on Green Island. We used Green Island Adventures to do all our arrangements and their service was very good.
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Re: Green Island questions,help please.
by lumka1 » 04 Jun 2009, 10:53
what is the quickest way to travel to Green Island, except for flying? We are considering a road trip from Hsinchu, I was wondering whether it is faster going all the way down to Pingdong with the highway and cut over the mountain to Taidong, or is it better [faster] to go round the East side of the island? Any ideas?
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