Nanya Rocks (南雅奇岩)

Nanya rock formation 南雅奇岩 is located in the northeast of Taiwan. You can reach there by several options from Taipei. In any case, it includes a bus ride.

We went there by taking the train to Keelung 基隆 and then changed to Bus No 791 towards Fulong 福隆.
The bus departs from Family Mart a short walk from the train station. I'm not sure how frequent this bus goes, but we waited quite a long time.

The bus ride took about 30min and we got off at Nanya bus station and walked a bit east before reaching the strange but beautiful rock formation eroded by the sea, rain and wind. You can especially see two spirals which people say look like ice cream.
It was a hot day in the beginning of September and there were lots of visitors there.

 Our nice Gore-Tex Merrell shoes.

 Not so much for a trail.

 Giant spider!

After spending some time here, we tried to find a trail to the mountain starting from the parking lot, but we could just walk a few hundred meters before we were forced to turn back. One very bad thing here is that there is no special walkway for people to get to the next point even though there are quite many interesting places to visit. We needed to walk back west to the bus station on the dangerous road. We just saw the bus passing by and needed to wait another hour for the next one. So, plan your trip well!
Our plan was to go further east, somewhere in Longdong 龍洞, to find somewhere to hike. We didn't understand the map much so we just took a chance and got off at a random stop, which happened to be Longdong Bay Ocean Park.
We saw a place where people took a swim in the sea. There was also a pool for dogs. From there, we walked up on the mountain and saw the Longdong Cape Trail, which is not very long. Almost in the end of this trail, there is a really nice and steep cliff to view.

 Longdong Bay Ocean Park.

Pool for dogs.

 Longdong Cape Trail.

 Nice cliff.

Around 17:30, it began to darken and we couldn't find a good trail to go back west to catch the bus. Instead, we walked on the dangerous road again when suddenly a woman, standing on a parking spot 20m from us, waved at us to come over to her. We really wanted a ride to any bus station so we crossed the road to see how they could help us. There were 3 young girls in the back of the car and her husband was driving. "This is harmless", we judged, and we got into their car. These kindhearted people then took us back to Keelung and even treated us a nice dinner before we separated and headed home. They even offered us a ride back to Taipei, but we didn't want to bother them so much. We really appreciated their help and kindness.

The scenic area in the northeast was great and it was a pleasant day trip.