Can anyone tell me where to catch the Damshui ferry (that goes to Bali Port), in relation to the MRT station? Also, how much is it and can I take my bicycle on it?
Brian
[quote=“Bu Lai En”]Can anyone tell me where to catch the Danshui ferry (that goes to Bali Port), in relation to the MRT station? Also, how much is it and can I take my bicycle on it?
Brian[/quote]
Brian,
Get off the MRT sky train, and walk down along the waterfront towards the mouth of the river, about ten minutes from MRT station, past all those tasty tanfans with squid sticks and all, you will see ferry ticket office. But be careful, it doesn’t go to Pali, it goes to Hades. You might not come back alive!
Yes, you can take your bike on it though it will cost a little more. I think the cost per passenger is NT18. Regarding bikes, you can rent them on the other side as soon as you get off the ferry.
Lane have you been to Bali recently?
but avoid it on the weekend…we’re talking long long queues…bali now has an extended walkway called the left bank which goes all the way to the shisanhang anthropological museum (alleged birthplace of micronesian civilisation)
One more question.If you take the ferry from Danshui to Bali or Hades,how do you get to the waterpark.Can you walk or is a taxi better.
It’s a long way to the water park. Take a bus or taxi.
My plan is (or was) to go up there this morning, taking my bike on the MRT to Hong Shulin, ride to Damshui, take the ferry across to Bali, see if there’s a bike path heading back up the river on that side (they’re building them fast) and link up to the path that I know exists further South, back across the bridge and home to the riverside park near Youth Park.
But it’s feeling pretty hot and sticky outside, and I’m still drowsy. Don’t know if I’m up to it.
Brian
If you follow the walkway right to the Guanhai pier at night you get a pretty fabulous view. The pier juts out onto the mouth of the Danshui where it empties into the Straits. Behind you is volcanic Guanyinshan and across the river the lights of Danshui (including Fishermans Pier) and Yangmingshan. Around the pier if an old settlement of traditional 3-sided brick homes. Some are in really nice shape. In any case, it’s pretty rare to see so many in one spot.
Take the road up to Guanyinshan too. At night the views are great. Quite romantic. Also, the stone path up to the peak of Guanyinshan is lit so you can walk it before sunset, watch the sunset over the Straits and then head back down later safely.
Bri when I was there in March they said the bike path from the ferry terminal would go all the way down to the Guandu bridge and across by summer.
[quote=“Bu Lai En”]My plan is (or was) to go up there this morning, taking my bike on the MRT to Hong Shulin, ride to Danshui, take the ferry across to Bali, see if there’s a bike path heading back up the river on that side (they’re building them fast) and link up to the path that I know exists further South, back across the bridge and home to the riverside park near Youth Park.
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This is what I did about a month ago. Took my bike on the MRT to Beitou station, rode across Guandu plain heading toward the river, then took the riverside bike path (yes, MM, that section is all completed) and rode all the way to Danshui’s Fisherman’s pier at the mouth of the river. Instead of taking the ferry across the river to Bali (too crowded), I took the same path back to Guandu pier, and then boarded the Blue Highway ferry, which takes you to Dadaocheng Dock downtown. From there you can take the bike path back to Youth Park.
blue highway ferry? interesting…how much and how often??
Here’s the link to Blue Highway (Chinese only): uuboat.com/
There’s 4 services a day leaving from both docks (departing from Guandu at 11:15, 13:15, 15:15, 17:15). Tickets are $150/person (no extra charge for your bike). Each trip takes about 45 minutes.
I did my bike ride on Sunday.
Bike on the ferry is good. I think it was 38NT or something. 18NT for a single ticket and 20NT for the bike. The brilliant part was that with the bike, I went straight to the front of the (extremely long queue)! Worth taking a bike for just to get to the front of the line.
Once across the river, I rode my bike down (upstream really I guess - back in the direction of Taipei anyway). The path already goes to the Guandu Bridge, but although 90% finished, it’s not exactly open yet. Rideable, but you have to get off and lift your bike over barriers and stuff. They’ve really gone all out with the bike paths here. At Guandu bridge, there’s not just stairs up to the bridge, but an actual sloping bike path thing so you can ride up. Two on each side of the river. I didn’t corss over though, but rode further. The bike path is obviously going to link up to the Sanzhong waterway loop path. It’s nearly there already. I rode downt he Sanzhong waterway thingy path, across the Zhongxin Bridge and home. Good ride. About 1 and a half hours, but I was going slow.
Brian