3-Day Trip to Penghu

Our latest trip for Travel in Taiwan magazine. We went there earlier this month, when the first of the three typhoons was approaching, which did mess up some of our itinerary. We spent time on the main islands and took the ferry to Qimei, where we had just 2 hours because of the typhoon, and Wang’an, also two hours. We went to one of those floating restaurants to barbecue oysters, didn’t like it that much (locals like that, I guess). The kids were trying to catch fish in those pools, but apparently pulling the fish up is not allowed… (not sure what the point is really). The cactus park had surprisingly beautiful cacti specimen. The Whale Cave was impressive with the rough sea pounding it. Erkan was very touristy. The lighthouse on Xiyu was closed when we got there. The beaches are are all quite nice, clean with fine sand. Not many people there even during peak season. The homestay on Baisha is a great place to stay. A bit hidden away, but is sits right on the inland sea of Penghu. Would have loved to stay there and see the stars at night. All in all a fun trip, it was!