Category: 2018 Taiwan

2018-10-27 Start: 11:00 / 104 km / 984 hm Despite being misty, this was a beautiful day of riding. Temperature was still quite high and with the subtropical humid, cycling was more then sweaty. Choosing the route inwardly the land and taking the road 193 as an alternative to the official cycling way proofed to be a perfect choice. Almost

2018-10-26 Nothing so much to report today. Had a day off from cycling, finally cleaned the bike at a Giant store, went to the sea and then shopping and bought some local oolong and black tea. Had a fruity tea, which I suppose had a betel nut in it. Motor function of the body was messed up for 2 hours.

2018-10-25 Start: 11:00 / ~68 km / ~1000 hm? In the morning the weather was sunny with high humid heat. I wanted to take a daytrip to the Taroko national park, with quite some meters of height – so got myself a big bottle of Pocari Sweat just to be sure, as I knew there wouldn’t be any convenience stores

2018-10-24 Start: 11:00 / 81 km / 1331 hm This was the section everyone warned me about, but I also heard it has a great view on nature. First proofed to be slightly wrong… With too less sleep and quite a lot of height gaining, this was a sporty challenge. On the Formosa 900 (the classic cycle route around the

2018-10-23 Start: 10:30 / 109 km / 602 hm Luckily the heavy rain in Jiufen from the night settled down to a fizzy rain in the morning. First disappointed, this foggy moist gave my descend to the coast a more than mystical atmosphere. Clouds were just hanging at the top of the surrounding mountains. Passing cemeteries and temples made this

2018-10-22 Start: 11:30 / 70 km / 740 hm First day of cycling – late start at 11:30 due to some GPS problems, but fixed them, with grinding teeth by logging my phone on to Google. Goodbye privacy. Met Spencer from Trek bicycles and had a nice small chat before heading of onto the bicycle speedway beside Tamsui river. Turned

2018-10-21 Build the bicycle together in the heat and went for a test ride, everything is fine, no damage from the flight. Had a beef noodle soup for lunch with Sky and Kuan-You, afterwards went with them to a department store. It had a small but incredible selection of old taiwanese Psych and Funk records from the 60s/70s, so couldn’t

2018-10-20 Arrived safely, too lazy for the train and took a taxi for 1150 NTD to the hostel. Then spent the day together with Kuan-You on the motorbike… Had taiwanese breakfast, went to temples, old streets with dried goods, a teahouse and a recordstore. Finally finished the day on his parents rooftop drinking beer and looking at the 101 tower.