This morning I embarked on the same route I cycled last week. This path brought me up to the Pingding Sacred Tree and down through Zhongliao [中寮鄉] on a slightly extended edition of a path I usually take.
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Sunday Cycling – Pingding/Zhongliao [M] Loop
Published July 12, 2009 Central Taiwan , Cycling , Nantou County 3 CommentsSunday Cycling – Jiufen Ershan FAIL
Published May 19, 2009 Central Taiwan , Cycling , Nantou County Leave a Comment
On Sunday I headed out to Jhongliao for some cycling. The forecast called for a rainy afternoon so I set my goal for the base of Jiufen Ershan [九份二山] with the intention of turning around after I made it that far.
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Nantou’s Wangyou Forest [忘憂森林] lies a stone’s throw from the popular Sitou Forest Recreational Area [溪頭自然教育園區]. To get there, simply follow Route 151 to Lugu→Sitou, keep a look out for the 12 animal zodiac signs, once you’ve past the pig zodiac it’s not too far till you get to a steep and narrow road leading up to a parking lot and the restaurant Wangyou Forest Cafe. You can park on the main road and walk up, which probably takes about 40 minutes, or you can call the restaurant and the owner will pick you up [tel:0916990520].
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Wolongpo and Tengshan Trail Tung Blossoms
Published April 25, 2009 Central Taiwan , Changhua County , Hiking Trails , Nantou County , Western Taiwan 8 CommentsTags: 2009 Hakka Tung Blossom Festival, Baguashan, Tengshan Trail
I had the great pleasure of heading up to Baguashan [八卦山] this morning to check out the Tung Blossoms on the Wolongpo [臥龍坡步道] and Tengshan Trails [藤山步道]. These trails are two of several scenic areas visitors can flock to for the 2009 Hakka Tung Blossom Festival [2009客家桐花祭]. There were several booths as well as a stage set up in front of Fengtian Temple [鳳天宮] for the event. I arrived before any of the vendors, so there was nothing distracting me from starting my walk down the Wolongpo Trail [臥龍坡步道].
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Saturday Cycling – Tung Blossoms and Baguashan
Published April 18, 2009 Central Taiwan , Changhua County , Cycling , Nantou County , Western Taiwan 8 CommentsTags: 2009 Hakka Tung Blossom Festival, Baguashan
Usually before I go cycling I’ve already decided several days ahead of time where I’ll be going. Today was different. I hadn’t decided where I would be going as I finished breakfast this morning. I got on my bike and headed in the direction of the Pingding Sacred Tree, as there are many choices of routes available once there. I felt a rumbling in my stomach, so turned around to go to the big 7-11 on Zhongzheng Rd. This particular 7-11 rates high in terms of clean restrooms. Had it not been for the unexpected bout of abdominal bloating, I probably would have gone to the Pingding Sacred Tree and come back through Jhongliao like I usually do.
After leaving 7-11 I decided to head in the direction of Baguashan [八卦山]. I entertained the idea of cycling to Changhua and ascending Baguashan from the Giant Buddha Statue one of my six year old students can’t stop talking about.
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Saturday Cycling – To Guguan
Published March 1, 2009 Central Taiwan , Cycling , Nantou County , Taichung County , Western Taiwan 5 CommentsTags: Guguan Hot Springs
Ninety-Nine Peaks [九九峰)], view the large.
On Saturday, I went with Da-xiang, a family friend to the hot springs of Taichung County’s Guguan [谷關]. The first part of our journey was spent on HWY 14, which will probably be much more pleasurable to cycle on once the monstrous HWY 6 is completed giving motorists a faster option to Sun Moon Lake.
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
Published February 20, 2009 Central Taiwan , Nantou County , Yuchih Township 10 CommentsTags: Cherry Blossom Festival, Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
Last weekend I went with my wife and her family to the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village [九族文化村] in Yuchih Township. Right now is a great time to go because it’s the park’s Cherry Blossom Festival [九族櫻花祭].
2009 Sand Sculpture Art Festival
Published January 31, 2009 Central Taiwan , Nantou County 6 Comments
The 2009 Nantou City Sand Sculpture Art Festival [2009南投市貓羅溪畔沙雕藝術節] opened on January 17 and runs until February 15. Located along the Maoluo River, this is the first event of its kind held in central Taiwan.
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Friday Cycling – Up Pingding and down along HWY 14
Published January 31, 2009 Central Taiwan , Cycling , Nantou County 4 Comments
For the last couple months any cycling I’ve done has completely been limited to my commute to and from work. This morning, I managed to change this recent streak with a trip along the Caotun Bike Route [草屯鎮自行車道]. The first portion of the trip was up to the Pingding Sacred Tree [坪頂神木]. Usually there are cyclists resting on the benches near the tree. This time I felt lonely being the only one there, so after sitting a couple minutes and a few sips of Super Supau I was on my way.
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Cingjing Farm
Published January 21, 2009 Central Taiwan , Food , Nantou County 5 CommentsTags: Cingjing Farm, Taiwan
A couple days before our wedding we brought my family and Cathy’s nephew up to Cingjing Farm [清境農場] for some great food and mountain scenery. The winding road going up still had a few sections of road missing from the previous typhoon [four months ago]. Luckily there were no delays as there was very little traffic going up or down from our destination because it was a weekday.
Our first stop after such a long drive was Yunwu [清境雲舞樓渡假花園] for some excellent Yunnan cuisine, no need for much description, I’ll let the pictures do the talking…
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