January 3, 2024 - Chenggong - Taitung - 66kms - Home Rest Hotel January 4, 2024 - Taichung - Anshuo - 66kms - Lao Fan Home Most afternoons Gord and I do as the Taiwanese do and stop for a bubble tea. Ordering it, however, is more challenging than ordering a large soya decaf latte in Starbucks. I’m never certain what I will get. My favourite ...
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] Happy New Year! The New Year arrived a day earlier than at home, which is always a fun mind bender. The beautiful east coast was packed with tourists taking advantage of a long weekend. We were warned ahead of time that things book up so we booked early. December 30th, 2023 - Daren - Taitung - 65 Kms - Home Rest Hotel The ...
December 29, 2023 - Checheng to (Anshuo Tribe)Daren - 53 kms - Lao Fan Home December 30, 2023 - Daren to Taitung - 65 kms - Home Rest Hotel Gordon: Yesterday we had an excellent ride from the west to the east coast on Highway 199. After climbing a few hundred metres from the dryer west coast, we cruised through the jungle on a meandering ...
When we first arrived in Taipei the traffic on the roads seemed terrifying. So many scooters pouring through intersections like a waterfall. I was so relieved that we had a beautiful bike path to cycle out of the city on. At that point I was pretty intimidated about what road cycling would be like in Taiwan. With more than three weeks under our belts I ...
December 25, 2023 - Liuqiu Island - Checheng - Hotel with Chinese Name - 65 kms December 26, 2023 - Checheng - Eluanbi - Kenting Sands Hostel - 47 kms December 27, 2023 - Eluanbi - Kenting Sands Hostel - Day ride to Kenting Forest Recreation Area - 19 kms Gordon: We are spending a couple of nights in Kenting National Park, less than two ...
If I posted this on Facebook it would truly be shameless travel bragging, worse than our usual level of rubbing our best moments in everyone’s faces, but we were just snorkelling with sea turtles! Green sea turtles to be exact. Taiwan is home to five of the eight species of sea turtles in the world. Many of these endangered beauties live off the island of Liuqiu. ...
December 20, 2023 - Tainan - Meinong - 62kms - Mei Nong Villa December 21, 2023 - Ride around the countryside near Meinong - 52 kms - Mei Nong Villa Our ride to Meinong was supposed to be easy, so we didn’t rush out after our buffet feed in Tainan. We headed down the coast before curving inland towards the mountains. Meinong is set in ...
December 17-20 Tainan (Fuward Hotel) - 71 km day ride Gordon: We are spending three nights in Tainan, the oldest city in Taiwan. It was a Dutch colony for a few decades in the 17th century before falling under Chinese control. Tainan was the capital of Taiwan for more than 200 years, until 1885. It contains the oldest temples and the oldest equivalent of a ...
December 15 - Sun Moon Lake - Doulin (Grand Earl Hotel) - 63 kms December 16 - Doulin - Dongshan (Xiang Yang Tianyuan Ju Homestay) - 72 kms Gordon: As we were cycling along the Number 1 cycle route south of Chiayi we passed a young woman cycling with a backpack. We passed each other repeatedly with the frequent stops at traffic lights, and finally ...
December 13, 2023 - Puli - Sun Moon Lake - 25kms - Song He Homestay December 15, 2023 - Sun Moon Lake circle tour - 35kms- Song He Homestay The 30 km cycling route around Sun Moon lake was one of my very favourite bike rides. A third of the route follows a beautiful paved bike path that dives down to the lake shore and ...