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Waking up Saturday morning (after three hours' sleep!), ready to walk Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Our campsite, Friday night, before hiking Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Suspension bridge at Swallows' Grotto - the trailhead for Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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The trailhead for Jhuilu Old Trail is this suspension bridge at Swallows Grotto
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The river at the bottom of Toroko gorge is crossed by this new foot suspension bridge (before hikers had to clamber down the river's edge and cross it by a makeshift bamboo bridge), Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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About half way up to the cliff path, the path passes through the site of an old Japanese outpost, Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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On Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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The trail approaches the start of the cliff path, Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Approaching the start of the cliff path, Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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For most of the way the path is about a meter wide, sometimes (as here, a little wider), just wide enough to be safe but remain extremely exhilarating! Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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a useless warning on the cliff path: it's already very obvious we have to be extremely carefull! Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Lunch, at the site of the old Japanese police outpost just past the end of the cliff trail, Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Looking down from Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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At the beginning of the Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Hikers on Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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On Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
