Category: Trips

2023-10-30 Start: 11:00 / Arrival: 17:00 Distance: 80km / Gained height 310 hm Left Kenting after some very again nice breakfast from the restaurant we had choosen yesterday. Riding along the west coast is completely different, initially we still had some longer harmless ramps, but then it got flat with tailwinds. First riding along the crowded #26, we took some

2023-10-29 Arriving at the most southern tip of Taiwan, we gave us a rest day in Kenting. Legs were a little bit tired, so went slowly in the heat through Kenting main street to get breakfast and fetch some cleaning utensils for bicycles. This was as well needed for readjusting Bettinas bicycle – and also because we don’t want to

2023-10-28 Start: 10:00 / Arrival: 18:30 Distance: 98km / Gained height 1150hm Had breakfast at a local breakfast restaurant around the corner and started directly, as todays route is quite a bit. Advantage: we are of the highway #9 – disadvantage: it involves quite a bit of climbing 😉 So went for 6 km along the #9, stocked up on

2023-10-27 Start: 11:00 / Arrival: 17:00 Distance: 64km / Gained height 480hm Went for a traditional Taiwanese breakfast again with tasty omelette. Checked out, went to a convenience store to get some glue to fix my Gilles Berthoud handlebar tape (in contrast to the saddles, I’m not yet really convinced, feels great – but quite sensible). Went for a bit

2023-10-26 Start: 10:00 / Arrival: 16:45 Distance: 64km / Gained height 380hm Woke up and the the heat was already beating. So strange, its the end of October and we’re complaining about the warm weather (in fact, this is really a quite demanding condition for cycling). Had breakfast at the hotel, which was soy milk and a burger they had

2019-08-25 Start: 10:30 / Arrival: 18:30 Distance: 18+35km / Gained height 115+340 hm Started with a convenience store breakfast, checked out and went for Mr Browns avenue, directly in front of our hotel. Not much different to yesterdays rice fields, but a tick nicer, with dedicated bicycle infrastructure – but also a little bit touristic. When we rode it, there was

2023-10-24 Start: 11:15 / Arrival: 17:30 Distance: 56km / Gained height 420 hm Started the day with a very interesting and tasty breakfast around the corner. Bettina had some wrapped omelette with dragon fruit and I a burger with peanut sauce. Left then our nice stay to ride along a silent country road with an amazing view on the mountains of

2023-10-23 Start: 10:45 / Arrival: 19:00 Distance: 80km / Gained height 720 hm Had breakfast around the corner at a local traditional breakfast restaurant with again super kind owners. The turnip cake and the buns plus the soy milk were again amazing. Then left the hotel to ride on a beautiful dedicated cyclepath. This transferred to the completely silent 193

2023-10-22 Our first day of rest from cycling we stayed in Hualien. Early day was a little bit overshadowed by the technical problems I had. My mobile was denying to charge from time to time, all from a single drop of sweat on the first climb after Su’Ao. I thought this would have been solved, but in the morning the

2023-10-21 Start: 10:00 / Arrival: 17:00 Distance: 70km / Gained height approx 1350 hm (GPS is super inaccurate due to the gorge) Woke up and enjoyed a fantastic view from the balcony. Then went to a small local breakfast restaurant with super sweet owners. Had some tasty Jian Bing with cheese and some toast. Afterwards the woman of the couple,