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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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
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.
Taiwan Glass Exhibition Hall
Published October 13, 2008 Changhua County , Western Taiwan Leave a CommentTags: Lugang, Taiwan Glass Exhibition Hall
The Taiwan Glass Exhibition Hall [台灣玻璃館], founded by Taiwan Mirror Glass Enterprise LTD. provides local artists a place to showcase their work. The museum is free of charge and a welcome escape from the heat for anyone visiting Lugang on a hot day.
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A brief return to Baguashan
Published October 8, 2008 Central Taiwan , Changhua County , Cycling , Nantou County , Western Taiwan 6 CommentsTags: Baguashan, Taiwan
Sunday’s bike trip was a much briefer one than the previous week because I had a mountain of housework I didn’t get done on Saturday. This trip was much like the previous one, however, once I reached Bagua Rd. I turned right instead of left.
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Changcing Bikeway on Baguashan
Published September 28, 2008 Central Taiwan , Changhua County , Cycling , Nantou County , Western Taiwan 5 Comments
Taking advantage of a fine day on the eve of Typhoon Jingmi’s arrival I decided to do some cycling on the Chingcing Bikeway [長青自行車道] along Baguashan [八卦山]. The weather was nice and cool when I set out at 6 am on Saturday. After a quick stop at Family Mart and another stop for breakfast I began my journey through Nantou City [南投市]. Along the way, a van was being overtaken by nature:
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Car Free Day 2008 – Ershui
Published September 21, 2008 Changhua County , Western Taiwan 2 CommentsTags: Car Free Day 2008
Cycling events were held all over Taiwan over the weekend in celebration of the International Car Free Day. David Reid has an excellent report of the events held in Taipei County and Taipei City. This morning I attended the event held in Ershui, Changhua County.
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The Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Natural Science
Published July 13, 2008 Taichung City , Western Taiwan Leave a Comment
This weekend I checked out the Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Natural Science [國立自然科學博物館] in Taichung. Founded in 1999, the 4.5-hectare garden contains more than 400 plant collections. The admission charge for the Tropical Rain Forest Greenhouse [pictured above] is $20NT.
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Doing the Touristy Stuff
Published June 18, 2008 Northern Taiwan , Taichung City , Taichung County , Taipei 101 , Taipei City , Western Taiwan 3 CommentsTags: Chih-shan Garden, High Speed Rail, National Palace Museum, San-hsi t'ang Teahouse
Two salespeople from the company Cathy works for had to entertain a couple of their company’s customers in Taipei on Sunday. Through some unusual series of events Cathy and myself were roped into the task, too. Our free time was exchanged for free meals, various entrance tickets, and a ride home on the High Speed Rail as opposed to our usual luxurious choice: the Kuo-Kuang Bus Company [國光客運] . Our first destination was the National Palace Museum [國立故宮博物院]. Before strolling through the museum we ate lunch at the San-hsi t’ang Teahouse [三希堂], located on the fourth floor of the main exhibition hall.
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921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
Published June 5, 2008 Taichung County , Western Taiwan 6 CommentsTags: 921 Earthquake, Museum, Taiwan
Taiwanese and international newscasts reporting the deadly quake
At 1:47 in the early morning of September 21, 1999, Taiwan was struck by its most devastating earthquake in over a century. The massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 2,415 persons, left 29 still missing, injured 11,305, completely destroyed 44,338 houses while severely damaging another 41,336, and caused NT$300 billion in property damages.
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