July 5, 2010 The aboriginal people of the Alishan area are known as the Tsou. I know next to nothing about them except that they are the original inhabitants of this area and that the villages and towns around here are Tsou. I assume they speak their own language as…
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Journal: Alishan Trip 002 – The Giant Trees (Taiwan)
Saturday July 3, 2010 After my rejection of the Fancylake breakfast, I got a biendang and then went for a stroll through the trails up above Fenqihu. I marveled again at all the work that went into building them. They really were beautiful trails. Each one was only a kilometer…
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Journal: Alishan Trip 001 – Snap Decision to Go to Alishan (Taiwan)
Friday July 2, 2010 7:00 Snap decision to go to Alishan. It’s seven in the morning, and the train has just left from the platform. I’ve had so much experience taking these trains and it is so easy that I’m taking it almost too casually. I stroll out of Rooftop…
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Wulai Trip 003 – Photo Gallery
This Link will take you to the Wulai Trip Photo Gallery on Planet Doug SmugMug.
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Wulai Trip 002 – Last Morning in Wulai and Trip Back to Taipei
Sunday November 8, 2009 Well, it’s Sunday morning and my sojourn in Wulai is almost at an end. I did not get in my 200 km of cycling, but I enjoyed this very much. The hordes were out in full force yesterday evening, and after my train ride, I wandered…
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Wulai Trip 001 – Getting a Room at a Hot Springs Hotel
November 7, 2009 I am in Wulai. I had plans to go much further than this. Wulai is so close that it hardly counts as leaving Taipei. However, things seem different when you are on a bicycle, and I do feel like I have gone on a trip. Had I…
Jioufen Bike Trip - Taiwan 2006
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Jioufen 003 – Jinguashi’s Golden Waterfall
Saturday, November 11, 2006 5:30 p.m. First, the setting. I’m back at my favorite place – on the top floor of the castle, next to the big open window. It’s still very misty. I can see the lights along the coast, but not much else. The man who calls me…
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Jioufen 002 – Tea in the City of Sadness
Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:00 a.m. Hmm. I could be in trouble. I woke up very early this morning intending to go out and take pictures. I imagined a beautiful sunrise and glorious morning sun. But when I stepped outside after a quick shower and shave at about 6, it…
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Jioufen 001 – Jinshan and Shuchi Roads
Friday, November 10, 2006 9:00 p.m. This is the first time that I’ve actually taken the NEO on the road. I was worried about the poor thing because I had it inside one of the side bags on the Topeak trunk bag. It is inside a padded case and I…