Cyclotourism in far east, past and present adventures.
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
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For this current trip in Taiwan I bought some additional electronics, as I was travelling alone. Beside small traveling headphones, the most utilitarian device proofed to be a cheap tablet. Normally I’m not that digital, although it is my job. But these things I found really helpful, so might share them. Powerpack Haven’t got a hub powered dynamo, so taking
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Friends, stay tuned – todays entry will follow tomorrow in a double post… I’m having company for today and tomorrow!
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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
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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
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