Date Posted: 2009-12-02Location: Toucheng Township, Yilan County
Honeymoon Bay is a small bay on the Pacific Ocean, located at the northeast coast of Taiwan. Southeast of the bay is Gueishan Island, famous to Taiwanese people. Recently, this bay became popular among Taiwanese and foreign surfers. It can be reached by taking the train to nearby Dasi Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) and then walking for about 10 minutes.
This bay is in a lunar shape. The northern and southern sides of the bay are full of rocks, while there is a beach in between covered with dark gray fine sands.
Several hundred metres from the seashore, the undersea topography varies a lot, causing waves 2 to 3 meters high. Such waves hit the bay repeatedly, making surfing a common activity here. This bay is the main location for surfing at northern Taiwan. There are also several stalls for teaching surfing.
The beach is a good place for non-surfing activities, such as beach volleyball. However, it suffers from a littering problem.
There were some minor music festivals in summer here during the past few years.
●Transportation
By Car:
1) Highway No.5: From National Highway NO.1 to SiJhih Interchange and exit National Highway No1. to connect to National Highway NO.5 (The Taipei-Yilan Freeway)，pass the Hsuehshan Tunnel and exit on TouCheng Interchange and follow the sign to Wai-Auo，pass the Beiguan Resort to reach Honeymoom Bay
2) Highway No.5: From National Highway No.3, to Nangkung Interchange and exit National HighwayNo.3 to connect National Highway NO.5 (The Taipei-Yilan Freeway)，pass the Hsuehshan Tunnel and exit on TouCheng Interchange and follow the sign to Wai-Auo，pass the Beiguan Resort to reach Honeymoom Bay.
Public
1) Take the THSR to Taipei Station, continue by train to Daxi Railway Station.
2) Take the train to Taipei Railway Station, continue by Kuo-kuang Bus (bound for Yilan, Luodong) to Daxi stop.
