North Cross-Island Highway

Monday January 31, 2011 Awesome Restaurant in the mountains of Taiwan 3:30 p.m. Chinese New Year is this Wednesday, and many companies, including mine, also gave us Monday and Tuesday off, so we don’t have ...

Tuesday February 1, 2011 7:35 a.m. Fushing Youth Activity Center Life simply doesn’t get any better than this. The skies are blue, the air is crisp and cold, I have a hot cup of coffee, ...

Wednesday February 2, 2011 11:45 a.m. Roadside Coffee Shop (sort of) I haven’t covered much distance so far today. I keep heading off down mountain roads to the left and the right and seeing where ...

Thursday February 3, 2011 7:20 a.m. Cottage in the Mountains Where to begin this latest adventure? I’m writing inside a beautiful wooden cottage high up in the mountains. I don’t really have any idea where ...

Friday February 4, 2011 8:00 a.m. Having a coffee in Baling I had a very interesting evening in Baling because of all the people I met. The first was a Taiwanese man in his forties ...

Saturday February 5, 2011 7:50 a.m I’m back at my favorite spot in Baling and about to have what has become my traditional café latte. They make a very good cup of café latte here ...

Sunday February 6, 2011 8:00 a.m. Still in Baling My goal for yesterday was to drive my scooter into the mountains southwest of Baling. When I drove to Upper baling, I could look across the ...

Monday February 7, 2011 8:30 a.m. Pingling Welcome to the Indy 500. Pingling is a small and traditional tea-growing village in the cool mountains south of Taipei. It is on twisty route 9, and the ...

Wednesday February 9, 2011 Taipei – Epilogue I’ve been back in Taipei for a couple of days already. I got back on Monday evening and I went to work on Tuesday. Today is my second ...