Last month I went with a local hiking group to visit Smangus (司馬庫斯) 和 Cinsbu (鎮西堡). Both are located in the mountain areas of Hsinchu County. Although we came from Hsinchu City, both locations are in the deep inside of the mountains. It took two to three hours to get there.
We first arrived at Cinsbu and visited giant trees that are more than a thousands year. We then stayed there one night. The hostel's owner arranged a nice performance, including singing Atayal (泰雅族) songs, dancing and making Millet Mochi, to entertain us. Traditionally, they make Millet Mochi for the celebration of important holidays and events.
In the next day, we were supposed to get up very earlier and head to Smangus. However, a landslide occurred and blocked the road for the exit of Cinsbu because of several days' nonstop raining. We weren't able to leave Cinsbu until the road was clear. Also, Smangus has strict hours to allow visitors to enter and leave the village for the traffic control reason. We were not able to reach this most remote village in Taiwan in the hours that we were allowed to enter, so when the road was clear, we headed back to the city.
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