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      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
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      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
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      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
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      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
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      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
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      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
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      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
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      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
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      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Main Album » Alishan Forest Reserve, TAI
Views as sky clears
Park sign
Passing some cherry blossosms before the entrace 2
Transport park entry tickets
Closed train station
First blossoms in the park 2
First blossoms in the park 3
A pan of a muraled wall
A tiled mural
First glimpse into the forest
Elevation marker
The trail
The clouds begin to return
Park map
Next batch of blossoms 4
Next batch of blossoms 5
Next batch of blossoms 6
Three generations tree 4
Three generations tree 6
Elephant trunk tree info
Elephant trunk tree
Three generations tree 10
1st gen of three generations tree
Lilies were everywhere
Xianglin sacred tree 1
Xianglin sacred tree 3
1000 year cypress 4
1000 year cypress 2
One of the briges
One of the smaller temples
Giant tree trail 2 info
Some skinnier younger trees
Fusion of trees 2
Cypress cones
Giant tree 28 1
Giant tree 28 2
Fusion of trees 1
View down to boardwalk
Aging a tree
The big temple
Show in front of the temple 5
Show in front of the temple 7
Show in front of the temple 8
Roof of big temple
Show in front of the temple 2
Show in front of the temple 13
Show in front of the temple 15
Show in front of the temple 18
Show in front of the temple 1
Show in front of the temple 3
Magnolia trees 3
Magnolia petals under the tree
Magnolia trees 5
Magnolia trees 6
Trail up to the ponds
Logging info stops on to the pond
Strolling to the ponds
Logging info stops felling trees
Logging info stops skidding
Wheelstamen tree 2
Stump shaped like a pig
3 taiwan red cypress growing out of a fallen tree
Elder sister pond 2
Elder sister pond 3
Logging info stops limbing
Logging info stops enumberatino
Elder sister pond 4
Elder sister pond 5
Elder sister pond 1
Younger sister pond 1
Younger sister pond 3
A huge cave in a stump 2
Giant trees trail 2
It looks like a cave
Cherry blossoms near the blossom bridge 6
Cherry blossoms near the blossom bridge 10
Monkeys at play 5
Monkeys at play 7
Monkeys at play 2
Monkeys at play 4
A restored red cypress stump in front of the train station

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