If you're looking to experience both culture AND excitement,
Sandimen in Pingtung County is the place to be.
In Sandimen, you can get to know the Paiwan tribe and try making their traditional glass beads in a workshop.
For the adrenaline junkie, you can also go paragliding,
Michella Jade Weng visits Sandimen, and the airspace above the Pingtung plains.

When you see aborigine designs with both male and female characters next to each other,
you know you've arrived in Sandimen, home of the Paiwan tribe.

This slow, eight-step dance and elegant garb is unique to the Paiwan tribe,
and one of the features that attract foreign visitors.

The arts and crafts the Paiwan's are known for include colorful, glass beads,
recently featured in a movie, and has drawn quite a bit of attention.

Traveler
"We just saw the movie ¡§Cape No. 7¡¨ yesterday, so we decided to come.
I tried making one too."

Su Pei-lun
Paragliding Instructor
"Let's get your helmet on, then the harness.
It's important that these are put on properly.
When you run over the edge,
the chute will automatically open up and you start flying."

After you get over the panic of jumping off a cliff,
it feels great, gliding through the air.
Up here, you have the best view of the Pingtung plains,
and while it's really peaceful, it's exhilarating as well.
When you're in the air, excuse the pun, but time really flies,
and you're back on the ground in no time.

If you don't want to end up air sick like me, don't shoot and fly.

But do visit Sandimen. It's really a lot of fun.

Michella Jade Weng, Formosa TV, Pingtung.