Maolin is a gem – babbling brooks, mountains, hiking trails – only a one hour drive from Kaohsiung. Tacky commercial development is (so far) absent. The road from Maolin into the mountains is about 25km long and is gradually being extended in the interests of opening new tourist sites.
Meinong's small bus station is in the centre of town at the junction of Jhongshan and Jhongjheng roads, with buses to Kaohsiung (daily 5.35am-8.45pm every 30min; NT$131) and seven daily services to Liouguei in the Maolin National Scenic Area.
2021 August 8, Yu-huang Weng, Tsai Ching-hua, William Hetherington, “Storm hits Taiwan with flooding and landslides”, in Taipei Times[4], archived from the original on 07 August 2021:
The second-highest precipitation was recorded in Pingtung’s Majia Township (瑪家) with 648mm, followed by Kaohsiung’s Maolin District (茂林) with 542mm, the bureau said, adding that all three locations received more than 1m of rainfall over the past three days.
2023 August 5, Hung Hsueh-kuang, Kuan Tuan-ping, Yu Hsiao-han, Pan Tzu-yu, Ko Lin, “Kaohsiung residents evacuated due to torrential rain”, in Focus Taiwan[5], archived from the original on 05 August 2023, Society[6]:
As of 9 a.m. Saturday, 568 people from Namasia, 356 from Taoyuan and 21 from Maolin had been evacuated to nearby shelters, the Council of Indigenous Peoples said in a statement.
