Now I am in Hualien, joining a tour party organized by the retiree club of the company my wife used to be with.

You guys must have known it pretty well about Hualien: a retreat of green mountains and clean water with less densely populated, and the famous gorges.  But I would like to tell you something else.

Last night we resided at a grand hotel which is good enough to surpass, or at least emulate to anyone I have ever been.  The hotel is a castle-like complex with all facilities and amenities you can image.  Well, it takes adequate, affordable tourists to give it a high occupancy.  Certainly, the hotel business, and other businesses related to tourism of Taiwan cannot rely on local tourists only.