first travel vlog | Oct 2025

7 quiet days alone in Taiwan, 11–17 October 2025: Taipei, Hualien three weeks after Typhoon Ragasa, Taroko Gorge, Beitou's hot springs and a tiny hot-spring town called Wulai. I came for solitude and healing, and ended up figuring out why I wanted to film it at all. 一個人去台灣七日：台北、颱風後三星期嘅花蓮、太魯閣、北投溫泉同烏來。 Where I stayed: • Jasper Young Hotel Banqiao (1 night, NT$3,182) • Manman bnb, Hualien (3 nights, HK$1,517 total) • Hotel Royal Beitou (private hot-spring bath) • Full Moon Spa, Wulai (private tub with a valley view) Where I went: Dongdamen Night Market · Taroko Gorge (Xiangde Temple) · Qingshui Cliff · Liyu Lake · Qixingtan Beach · Beitou Hot Spring Museum · Thermal Valley · Wulai Old Street, Waterfall and Trolley Chapters 0:00 Sneak peek 0:38 Day 1 · Hong Kong → Taipei 3:15 Day 2 · Taipei → Hualien 10:40 Day 3 · Taroko · Qingshui Cliff 15:55 Day 4 · Liyu Lake · Qixingtan 17:56 Day 5 · Hualien → Beitou 19:30 Day 6 · Beitou → Wulai 23:27 Day 7 · Wulai → home Spoken in English, 普通话 and 廣東話, with English subtitles. Sources for the news on screen: • BBC News, 24 Sept 2025: 'No warning' - residents reel from deadly flood after typhoon bursts Taiwan lake https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e... • 中央社, 24 Sept 2025: 花蓮馬太鞍溪堰塞湖溢流　已釀14死124失聯 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/2025... • BBC News, 3 April 2024: Taiwan: Rescue efforts continue after 900 injured in earthquake https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-6... • 中央社, 3 April 2024: 花蓮地震規模7.2釀9死逾千傷 天王星大樓最後受困者確認身亡 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/2024... My video on Internal Family Systems (mentioned at 12:35):    • BEST self-help framework: mapping your min...   Music: Mixkit (free licence). The songs I mention (Enya, Enigma) aren't played; a similar Mixkit track is. #taiwan #solotravel #hualien #taroko #beitou #wulai #travelvlog #花蓮 #台灣旅行 #一個人旅行