Small note
I am currently residing in Taiwan and will be doing smaller tours. If you are interested in cycling trips around the whole island – check the “Past Trips” menu. Otherwise just scroll down…
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Day 01 – Flight and arrival in Taipei
2023-10-14/15 Flight Transfer to the airport was easy and smooth, as we only had to take a short taxi trip from near the airport. Flight took with 13h a little bit longer than usual, due
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Day 22 – Iwamizawa to Sapporo – Coming back again
2019-09-12 Start: 11:15 / Arrival: 16:30 Distance: 52km / Gained height 300 hm Got breakfast at the mall again and then left for a transfer to Sapporo. Transfer was okay, but with heavy headwinds…. Also
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Day 18 – Yubetsu to Ahasikawa – King of mountain
2019-09-08 Start: 08:45 / Arrival: 19:30 Distance: 142km / Gained height 1150 hm Earliest start until now. But needed, as this was quite a challenge climbing up to 850m, over quite some distance. Legs felt a
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Day 16 – Abashiri – Relaxing at Lake Abashiri
2019-09-06 Start: 12:00 / Arrival: 20:00 Distance: 32km / Gained height 250 hm Very late start as there was no hurry on this rest day. Had a cigarette on the terrace of the farm, spoke
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Day 12 – Kushiro to Teshikaga – Unbelievable wetlands
2019-09-02 Start: 12:45 / Arrival: 20:30 Distance: 80km / Gained height 1010 hm What a day. Had a very late start due to the “Reiseleiter” (being me, running joke) having to sleep longer due to my nice evening
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Day 07 – Shizunai to Urakawa – Rainy day
2019-08-28 Start: 12:15 / Arrival: 17:45 Distance: 40km / Gained height 200 hm Weather is so unstable and unpredictable here – just starting of and see how it will evolve is the way to go. Today
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Day 06 – Chitose to Shizunai – Horseranges, Pacific and karaoke
2019-08-27 Start: 11:00 / Arrival: 19:15 Distance: 95km / Gained height 550 hm Chitose is Hokkaidos main airport, so we had to pass it after breakfast. Not so nice to ride, but this was followed
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Day 05 – Toyako to Chitose – Shikotsu national park
2019-08-26 Start: 11:15 / Arrival: 18:30 Distance: 94km / Gained height 890 hm Left Lake Toya and had a long but smooth climb up over to Lake Shikotsu at the same named national park. Rural area,
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Day 03 – Otaru to Kutchan – Passing the mountain and rural areas
2019-08-24 Start: 10:00 / Arrival: 16:45 Distance: 65km / Gained height 1150 hm Forecast was uncertain, so we were as well – even tought about another rest day. Projected was heavy rain, not the best
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