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Central Mountains: Places 5 & 6 (中央山脈: 三之三)
on Jun 26, 2009 in travel guide central 旅遊導覽 mountains 高山 中部 5. Fenqihu / Fencihu (奮起湖 see map)Where: The small town of Fenqihu is located about 7km down County Route (CR)-169, which intersects Provincial Route (PR)-18 between the 63 and 64km markers. What: The Alishan Mountain Train makes its way up th...
Central Mountains: Places 3 & 4 (中央山脈: 三之二)
on Jun 21, 2009 in travel guide central 旅遊導覽 mountains 高山 中部 3. Yushan National Park (玉山國家公園 see map)Where: PR-21 crosses the northwestern corner of the 105,000 hectare Yushan National Park and connects Dongpu to the Yushan N.P. Visitors’ Center at Tatajia (塔塔加). PR-21 becomes PR-18 at Tata...
Central Mountains: Places 1 & 2 (中央山脈: 三之一)
on Jun 10, 2009 in travel guide central 旅遊導覽 mountains 高山 中部 1. Xinyi Plum Winery and Bunun Cultural Center (信義鄉農會梅子酒莊/布農文化中心)Where: A complex of two-storey buildings along PR-21 at the 90km marker, just past the valley town of Xinyi / Sinyi (信義鄉).What: The Xinyi Plum Winery...
Central Mountains Overview (中央山脈: 觀光介紹)
on Jun 3, 2009 in travel guide central 旅遊導覽 mountains 高山 中部 This post borrows from part of a series of Lonely Planet-type travel briefs introducing Taiwan’s well-known and lesser-known places that I authored, photographed and put together for a local publication. I’ll continue to put up similar content as...
Keelung to Taipei in 01:03 (騎省道台五線輕鬆地打通基隆及台北的界線)
on Jun 1, 2009 in biking north 北部 腳踏車 I’ve long taken to cycling around Keelung as a primary - rather than alternative - mode of transportation. With the exception of winters, which do get unpleasantly damp and dreary, the city and its immediate periphery are not just cyclable, but com...
New NE Coast Walkway / Bike Path Opens (新開的外木山到翡翠灣的自行車步道)
on May 3, 2009 in biking northeast 東北 腳踏車 After a sabbatical of nearly a year, I'm back with more articles and thoughts on life along Taiwan's Northeast Coast and travels around the beautiful island of Taiwan.I took the afternoon this past Sunday to collect thoughts; ponder the meaning of li...