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For a few minutes after leaving the trailhead at Loving Mother Bridge, Jhuilu Old Trail follows the marble-strewn bed of a tributary stream before starting it's long climb skywards
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The landslide area near the kilometer eight marker means a steep diversion up, round and down
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One of the first stretches of Jhuilu Old Trail to be cut into the cliff face lies just over an hour's hike from Loving Mother Bridge
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The most famous stretch of Jhuilu Old Trail is an hour or two further on, but it's already impressive here, with several short stretches cut into the cliff face
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Looking down (nearly 500 meters to the river below!)
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On Jhuilu Old Trail, Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
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The most famous stretch of Taroko Gorge's magnificent Juilu Old Trail is this 500 meter-long stretch cut into a sheer cliff face, nearly 500 meters above the river!
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This suspension bridge crosses a very deep tributary of the Liwu River, about 30 minutes before the end of the hike
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The suspension bridge across the river at Swallows' Grotto marks the trailhead or, for us, the end of the walk
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At the end of the hike: tired but happy!