Category: 2018 Taiwan

2018-11-04 Start: 10:30 / 69 km / 1039 hm Left the hotel of horrors, fortunately sleep was better than supposed. Day started of with a typical west coast section. Long straight roads with loads of lights stopping you every 200m. Psst, don’t tell anyone – started skipping lights by cycling shortly on the ‘sidewalk’. Otherwise it would have taken forever.

2018-11-03 Start: 11:00 / 106 km / 525 hm When leaving the hotel I was quite amused by some Austrian tourists – there seemed to be Pokémon Go community day and all these middle aged men were talking about, was some monsters they’re trying to find. Strange holiday activity. I knew before that the west coast isn’t definitely up to

Friends, stay tuned – todays entry will follow tomorrow in a double post… I’m having company for today and tomorrow!

2018-11-02 Start: 11:00 / 57 km / 374 hm Short ride, but nevertheless very dull and uninspiring. Loads of lights on big streets, stopping you every 500m. Timing of the lights was for cars and motorbikes, so stop and go all the time. Annoying. Met Ming from Singapore at 7-11 on the suburbs of Kaohsiung. Very nice fellow, also into

2018-11-01 Start: 10:30 / 113 km / 660 hm When I woke up, storm was still ultra heavy. Thought about staying one more night, but this would set me back too way back on the timetable. Looking at the maps and the forecast, I could see it would get better in the north. So bit into the sour apple and

2018-10-31 Just took a rest day for the legs and also to wait for the heavy winds to stop. This was an incredible windy day, white noise in the ears all day, also having to hold everything you’re taking with you. Yutu (the taifun) is far away, but still never experienced such strong winds. First cleaned the bicycle from the

2018-10-30 Start: 10:00 / 89 km / 1257 hm This will be a longer entry due to the day being so great. Started of with a nice street breakfast. Got myself some really great sandwiches, tasty and ultra cheap. There are so many foodshops and often you don’t know what they’re selling, but if you take some time to decipher

2018-10-29 Start: 09:30 / 63 km / 450 hm Got up early, because I didn’t know how long this day would be in kilometers. Had a very nice organic congee at the hotel, I would say this was the best breakfast at a hotel along the whole trip. During this time and while preparing , I noticed some military manoeuvre.

2018-10-28 Start: 10:45 / 94 km / 853 hm Weather was now changing – Temperature dropped to 24°C and sky cleared up with the sun coming through. Perfect weather for cycling. Also even if it doesn’t sound too warm, the way it is felt is way much higher. So left the route leading inward to head for the sea. After