Updated Thursday, March 8, 2007 0:00 am TWN, By Dan Bloom, Special to the China Post

Tongshih Village is a perfect seaside retreat

But for the hundreds of tourists who descend on rural Tongshih every weekend, all year round, the seaside village doesn’t need a cinema or a department store. It’s a place to refresh the spirit and enjoy smalltown life in a place that is about as close to nowhere as you can get in southern Taiwan. But the village and its fishing port have their charms, and the sunset is something to write home about.

If you come to Tongshih, bring your camera, bring a good appetite for seafood and oyster cakes, and most of all, leave your tired city life behind and get ready for a weekend of pure relaxation.

An adventurous way to visit Tongshih on the weekends is by rented motorscooter from Chiayi train station’s ubiquitous scooter rental shops. For just NT$400, you can rent a scooter for the day, take a leisurely drive out to Tongshih over the flatlands of western Chiayi County and tour the village and port area with the convenience of having your own wheels. Stay for the evening sunset, chow down on some good oyster omelets and then had back to Chiayi in the tranquil evening darkness.

To get there:

By train: Both the High Speed Railway and the Taiwan Railway have station stops at Taibao or Chiayi City.

By bus: Ruses run to Tongshi from Chiayi City and Taibao every hour, costing NT$100 one way.

By taxi: Ask a taxi driver in Chiayi City to take you to Tongshih for the afternoon; a one way group fare is around NT$500 for up to five people. Trip takes just 45 minutes.

By car or scooter: From Chiayi City, take Route 168 to Tongshih along a scenic farmland and fishpond route.

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	As the taxi made its way over the flat terrain of western Chiayi (嘉義) County and approached the seaside village of Tongshih, about an hour’s drive from Chiayi City — and just a half-hour from the new High-Speed Railway train station in Taibao (太保 ) — a cool breeze from the ocean carried fragrant ... Enlarge Photo

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