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Lanyu or the Orchid Island of Taiwan

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Author: Elaine Suter

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Dominik Fehr tourist experiences on the Orchid Islan in Taiwan

European tourists’ perspective

December 31, 2017March 29, 2020 Elaine Suter

Discovering Lanyu by accident ☵ Why Lanyu? Why just the farthest of all Taiwanese Islands? The cause might have been an encounter in Hualien, a small city on the northeastern coast of Taiwan, where the Lanyu adventure began. On the … Continue reading European tourists’ perspective

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Lanyu south to north overview aerial photo by Cheng

The Island

August 15, 2017February 12, 2019 Elaine Suter

Ponso no Tao, the Orchid Island, Lanyu It is Taiwan’s most eastern part and second-largest satellite island and the home of the Tao. The picture above shows an overview from south to north (drone photo taken from “Little Lanyu”). Lanyu’s … Continue reading The Island

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Ponso no Tao – island of the people (Irala)

May 26, 2017February 12, 2019 Elaine Suter

Lanyu – home of the Tao Lanyu (Orchid Island) is home to the Tao, an ethnic minority group who migrated to the island from the Batan Archipelago (modern day Philippines) 800 years ago. The island is known to them as … Continue reading Ponso no Tao – island of the people (Irala)

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Weather and Climate

November 13, 2016February 12, 2019 Elaine Suter

Subtropical – hot & humid Lanyu is located in the range of the subtropical monsoon climate, with wet, humid summers and short, relatively mild winters. It’s mainly affected by the southwest monsoon that starts in May and ends in late … Continue reading Weather and Climate

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Geology

October 22, 2016February 14, 2019 Elaine Suter

Traces of Volcanic Activity Since 3.5 million years up to about 20,000 years ago Lanyu has been transformed several times by volcanic eruptions. Most of Lanyu is covered by thick piles of dark-colored vesicular volcanic rocks (geol. “cenozoic andesites”) erupted … Continue reading Geology


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