"Explore Taiwan's Bizarre Souther Coastline Lesser known -- but no less amazing -- than Taiwan 's famous northern coastal area Yehliu, is the Jialeshuei Scenic Area in the south, just down the road from the surf beach. (You can check out a photographic comparison of the two areas here .) The twisted-rock formations are the result of a unque part of the earth's crust made partly of sandstone, justting through to the surface where it has been lashed by the fierce winds and waves into incredible and bizarre shapes."