Living up there can be tough too, for example during a typhoon. Getting to the supermarket, hospital, etc. is very inconvenient. But of course, it's quieter, air is cleaner, life is simpler. :)
Hello! Great video, the best one about Taiwan so far! Me and my wife will be there in just a few days and will have a car to travel around the island. We definitely wanted to go to Alishan but did not know exactly which part of it we would want to see. We are looking for smaller towns or villages even off the beaten paths to visit and stay at and maybe even a very representative hike (even 3 to 5 hours is fine) for the park nature. We are probably skipping the trains and walking instead as we like to hike. DO you have any recommendations you would like to share? What is the name of that gorgeous accommodation in the video? Thank you in advance !!!!!
If you have a car I would definitely recommend what we did in this video and that is visit the northern part of the Alishan National Scenic Area. When people talk about Alishan they often mean just the forest recreation area where you can take the train to see the sunrise, but the scenic area is much larger and you can visit many scenic places with tea plantations, trails to waterfalls, and indigenous villages. Visit www.ali-nsa.net/ to find out what's in store at Alishan. The main highway through the area is Route a 18. Most people take this one first and then go to the forest recreation area. After you have done that you want to take the 169 and visit the northern part of Alishan, including the villages of Fenqihu and Ruili. There are numerous trails if you want to go on hikes. Once you have done the northern part you can also visit the three smaller villages of the southern part, along Route 129. Watch this video to get an idea of what it's like there: ruclips.net/video/zS_HPpgpQJk/видео.html. I personally like Alishan very much, take your time and drive carefully in the mountains.
@Peter Chao Renting a car is very easy in Taiwan. You need an international driver's license, though. For Alishan trips the logical place to rent a car is right inside the Chiayi High-Speed Rail Station, they have two rental car companies there, Avis (www.avis-taiwan.com/us/) and Hotai (www.easyrent.com.tw/English/). Cheapest rates are about NT$2500/day, but there might be discounts available. These companies have experience with foreigners and you might be able to return your car at another of their branches too. But drive carefully, especially in the city (motor scooters) and the mountains (weather, dogs, fog, falling rocks during heavy rain, and what not). Sunny days are usually fine. :)
Best video of Alishan i have seen so far. Planning to visit Alisan in Dec. Are you able to advise if anyone operating tour or any car/taxi service available to be hired for a day or two for northern Alishan. TIA.
Thanks, NuveSV. Not sure about taxi services, but we often cooperate with MyTaiwanTours (www.mytaiwantour.com). They might have customized tours like that. Have fun in Alishan!
@@Taiwaneverything I will be in taiwan for 8 days. Planning to visit Taroko, Alishan and Taipei. Do you think this is a good idea? Some say I will be wasting time travelling from one side to the other. What say you?
@@Taiwaneverything Thanks. That is exactly what I wanted to hear. LOL. Its actually 7 days, as our flight is at 8am on the 8th day.. Wish you (and my self) all the best.
Depends on how you want to go there. We drove a car, because there is not much public transport in the northern part of Alishan. If you take buses or the train (to Fenqihu) and stay a night in the area, the owner of the guesthouse might pick you up from the bus stop or station.
Well, we would love to go further, like mainland China, Japan, the Philippines, but since we are introducing Taiwan, that's not going to happen soon. If we run out of new places, we are going to re-visit old ones, it's never the same if you go to a place you have been before. :)
Ang Leelian no, I am afraid you need to bring more time. We spent three days and had our own car. There are many trails in the area, we only did a few shorter ones. :)
Yes, all of the above. I know this area really well a so it's a shame to see it captured badly but as a professional video producer and 'teacher', I will try to be constructive: try to limit your shutter speed to around 1/50 of a second if using a frame rate of 25fps as a low shutter speed will imply some 'motion blur' which will greatly improve the overall smoothness of the clips. (you may need to use an ND filter with low shutter speeds) Next, consider a simple hand held stabilizer or software such as Mercalli v4 SAL which IMO, offers the best CMOS rolling shutter compensation, motion stabilazion and it will even transcode your compressed 4:2:0 camera files to a Pro editing codec such as ProRes 4:2:2. Mercalli does all this in a single pass and on a PC too. Also, the 170 degree Angle of View is really a fisheye lens. The human eye sees around a 90 degree AoV so see if you can select a narrower angle. The Sony's we use offer internal image stabilization at 120 degrees AoV which is acceptable.
With lightweight hand held cameras, smooth and steady movement still works best. There's an old adage that's true even today: "If you need to Pan, Don't and if you need to Zoom, Don't." Of course, these rules can be broken but knowing how and when to break them takes experience. As a retired Television Producer, model maker and tour operator, my guided rail tours to Japan and Taiwan have developed from a hobby to a business so the videos on my Channel are mostly for the international "Over 50's Narrow Gauge Rail Enthusiast" market.
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I miss Taiwan so much. Hope to be able to visit again soon.
Been to Alishan several times but didn't know about the waterfall. So beautiful .
Just beautiful, awesome videography ❤️❤️❤️I'll be there soon 🤘
Just went to alishan...ohhh it's freezing...but "WOW" a beautiful and quiet place
Ha, you have chosen the coolest days of the year. We are going to the Alishan area in two weeks, probably warm again by then.😊
Taiwaneverything I intended to exprience winter time😂😂😂😂
It seems to me those people on the mountains are living in the paradise on Earth.
Living up there can be tough too, for example during a typhoon. Getting to the supermarket, hospital, etc. is very inconvenient. But of course, it's quieter, air is cleaner, life is simpler. :)
Very charming, so glad I discovered your video!
Your videos are so calming
Lovely beautiful video
Thanks, SE ASIA!
背景音樂很好聽
剪輯非常用心的影片
美感製作俱佳
非常療癒
實在太晚發現你的頻道了
果斷訂閱!!
謝謝!
Nice view
so beautiful place in alishan❤️
Hello! Great video, the best one about Taiwan so far! Me and my wife will be there in just a few days and will have a car to travel around the island. We definitely wanted to go to Alishan but did not know exactly which part of it we would want to see. We are looking for smaller towns or villages even off the beaten paths to visit and stay at and maybe even a very representative hike (even 3 to 5 hours is fine) for the park nature. We are probably skipping the trains and walking instead as we like to hike. DO you have any recommendations you would like to share? What is the name of that gorgeous accommodation in the video? Thank you in advance !!!!!
If you have a car I would definitely recommend what we did in this video and that is visit the northern part of the Alishan National Scenic Area. When people talk about Alishan they often mean just the forest recreation area where you can take the train to see the sunrise, but the scenic area is much larger and you can visit many scenic places with tea plantations, trails to waterfalls, and indigenous villages. Visit www.ali-nsa.net/ to find out what's in store at Alishan. The main highway through the area is Route a 18. Most people take this one first and then go to the forest recreation area. After you have done that you want to take the 169 and visit the northern part of Alishan, including the villages of Fenqihu and Ruili. There are numerous trails if you want to go on hikes. Once you have done the northern part you can also visit the three smaller villages of the southern part, along Route 129. Watch this video to get an idea of what it's like there: ruclips.net/video/zS_HPpgpQJk/видео.html. I personally like Alishan very much, take your time and drive carefully in the mountains.
@Peter Chao Renting a car is very easy in Taiwan. You need an international driver's license, though. For Alishan trips the logical place to rent a car is right inside the Chiayi High-Speed Rail Station, they have two rental car companies there, Avis (www.avis-taiwan.com/us/) and Hotai (www.easyrent.com.tw/English/). Cheapest rates are about NT$2500/day, but there might be discounts available. These companies have experience with foreigners and you might be able to return your car at another of their branches too. But drive carefully, especially in the city (motor scooters) and the mountains (weather, dogs, fog, falling rocks during heavy rain, and what not). Sunny days are usually fine. :)
So amazing......❤️❤️
NICE VIDEO - THANK YOU SO MUCH!)
Thanks, Svetlana Light
Best video of Alishan i have seen so far. Planning to visit Alisan in Dec. Are you able to advise if anyone operating tour or any car/taxi service available to be hired for a day or two for northern Alishan. TIA.
Thanks, NuveSV. Not sure about taxi services, but we often cooperate with MyTaiwanTours (www.mytaiwantour.com). They might have customized tours like that. Have fun in Alishan!
@@Taiwaneverything I will be in taiwan for 8 days. Planning to visit Taroko, Alishan and Taipei. Do you think this is a good idea? Some say I will be wasting time travelling from one side to the other. What say you?
8 days is plenty of time. Taroko Gorge and Alishan are fine places.
@@Taiwaneverything Thanks. That is exactly what I wanted to hear. LOL. Its actually 7 days, as our flight is at 8am on the 8th day.. Wish you (and my self) all the best.
So beatutiful:)
Welcome to video for me.
Very nice video, which month of the year you visited Alishan
Probably a month before this was posted, in December.
How much does it cost in traveling there?im planning to go there, i work in taiwan now.
Depends on how you want to go there. We drove a car, because there is not much public transport in the northern part of Alishan. If you take buses or the train (to Fenqihu) and stay a night in the area, the owner of the guesthouse might pick you up from the bus stop or station.
Bern Alcazaren from Chiayi train station to alishan will cost you 240NT by bus..
You have been all over Taiwan and the offshore islands. Do you think if you will ever run out of places to visit?
Well, we would love to go further, like mainland China, Japan, the Philippines, but since we are introducing Taiwan, that's not going to happen soon. If we run out of new places, we are going to re-visit old ones, it's never the same if you go to a place you have been before. :)
A TV has introduced that bakery shop. The owner came from South Africa and married to an Alishan aborigine.
Yes, her name is Hannah, we met her. Very friendly and the food there is really good!
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Northern Alishan can be done in 1 day by trekking ?
Ang Leelian no, I am afraid you need to bring more time. We spent three days and had our own car. There are many trails in the area, we only did a few shorter ones. :)
Next time, leave the GoPro at home...
Why's that? Bad image quality? Shaky?
Yes, all of the above. I know this area really well a so it's a shame to see it captured badly but as a professional video producer and 'teacher', I will try to be constructive: try to limit your shutter speed to around 1/50 of a second if using a frame rate of 25fps as a low shutter speed will imply some 'motion blur' which will greatly improve the overall smoothness of the clips. (you may need to use an ND filter with low shutter speeds) Next, consider a simple hand held stabilizer or software such as Mercalli v4 SAL which IMO, offers the best CMOS rolling shutter compensation, motion stabilazion and it will even transcode your compressed 4:2:0 camera files to a Pro editing codec such as ProRes 4:2:2. Mercalli does all this in a single pass and on a PC too. Also, the 170 degree Angle of View is really a fisheye lens. The human eye sees around a 90 degree AoV so see if you can select a narrower angle. The Sony's we use offer internal image stabilization at 120 degrees AoV which is acceptable.
Thanks for your recommendations. I am still learning. The videos on your channel, I guess that is not your professional work, right?
With lightweight hand held cameras, smooth and steady movement still works best. There's an old adage that's true even today: "If you need to Pan, Don't and if you need to Zoom, Don't." Of course, these rules can be broken but knowing how and when to break them takes experience. As a retired Television Producer, model maker and tour operator, my guided rail tours to Japan and Taiwan have developed from a hobby to a business so the videos on my Channel are mostly for the international "Over 50's Narrow Gauge Rail Enthusiast" market.
Oh very good. And welcome to mit channel me.
Thank you so much