Category: 2018 Taiwan

Taiwan Overview Taipei Day 01 – Taipei – Taipei by motorbike Day 02 – Taipei – Taiwan Funk Cycling Part 1 – To Hualien Day 03 – Taipei to Jiufen – Spirited away Day 04 – Jiufen to Su’Ao – Abandoned factories Day 05 – Su’Ao to Xincheng – Shout to the top Day 06 – Xenchen to Hualien –

2018-11-12 Managed to checkout of the hostel on time, but was really tired. Kuan-You wasn’t still up, as he was out even longer. Wanted to sit by the riverside, but due to the leg being in a not so good state, I just sat down at around the corner and read a bit. Had breakfast with Kuan-You then, dumplings with

2018-11-11 As I had to check out on the next day quite early, I wanted to pack the bicycle today. Always a unpleasant task – not only because it’s a sign of leaving, but also quite some work. Had to change rooms at the hostel, so was “forced” to do some shopping first. Wasn’t so pleasant, with my leg hurting

2018-11-10 Started of visiting the Okinawa Art fair just around the corner and met all of the japanese artists I had been drinking with before. They were so glad to meet me again (Micha-San!). Bought two really nice handcrafted tea cups there. On Saturdays and Sundays I heard there is an organic market with farmers from the region, called “Farmer’s

2018-11-09 Slow start again into the day after that massive tea haul yesterday. Luckily Kuan-You was also a little bit late due to excessive karaoke, so I could take my time. Went to get some chopsticks, but couldn’t find the Sogo market so finally went to that first record store I visited when arriving here again. You know it’s some

2018-11-08 Slow start into the day. Went to get some nice taiwanese tea. Found out, that one of the places to shop is just around my corner. It was down to earth shops with no fancy tourist or gift packaging – you only pay for the quality of the tea. So bought 1 kg of different oolongs at Wang tea

2018-11-07 Start: 10:00 / 107 km / 532 hm While leaving dreadful Hsinchu, I was quite undecided on which route to take – either through the mountains or on the sea. Chose the sea route and it turned out to be fairly nice, nothing comparable to yesterday’s constant autobahn. Allthough being a little bit adventurous due to constant construction works,

2018-11-06 Start: 11:00 / 101 km / 665 hm This was the most boring ride of the whole trip. Thought it would lead along the seaside, but it was just a sideway accompanying a huge motorway along the coast – for most of the time. Didn’t saw much of the sea, constant noise from the motorway, so loud I wasn’t

2018-11-05 Start: 12:30 / 29 km / 400 hm Woke up quite late, completely hungover. Was quite tight to check out on point. Had some oden as breakfast and encountered a strange dog from the evening before at the convenience store again. He seemed to be in fact a stray dog, later met him again. Looks like all those stray dogs get