
Yunlin 雲林
Yúnlín 雲林, literally "cloud forest", is a mostly flat, rural county on the western plains of Taiwan 台灣. It is widely considered to be the least developed part of western Taiwan and is seldom referenced in the English language blogosphere. I have now passed through on several occasions and was pleasantly surprised by both Xīluó 西螺 and Běigǎng 北港, two historic towns with a lot of culture that haven't yet turned into terrible tourist traps. Dǒuliù 斗六 is the largest city and administrative center of the county and is also home to a lot of history.