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Day 1 CNY 2013 Scooter Trip
Day 1
Sunday February 10th, 2013
6:45 a.m. Taipei
I am heading off on a short trip this morning. I don’t know that this will be an exciting trip, but I am going to do my best to make it at least interesting.
It is Chinese New Year in Taiwan. In fact, it is officially the first day of the new year (the year of the snake) – if …
Storytelling Classes, Speech Contests, and Shenkeng Old Street
Life here has been fairly interesting. I’ve been to a number of school events, and a full account of even one of them would run to several pages. These events never cease to blow my mind. There has been a fair amount of drama connected with them, too. One foreigner freelancer, some dude named Cameron, never showed up at all for a speech contest and …
Sandiaoling Waterfall Trail
I’d been interested in hiking along the Sandiaoling Waterfall trail for a while now. I’d read about it on Richard Saunders’ blog here and Stu Dawson’s blog here. It appeared to be a relatively easy hike without a lot of long climbs yet with a lot of scenic spots along the way. I haven’t gone in the past partially because I wasn’t sure about the …
Hiking Teapot Mountain and Banping Mountain near Jinguashi
November 4, 2012
I woke up on Saturday not entirely sure what I was going to do. I had had vague ideas the night before of driving somewhere into the mountains around Taipei and going for a hike, but I could just as easily have hung out in the city. In the end, it was the weather that decided me. It was sunny and clear, and …
Shihding, Nikon Scene Modes, & Elusive Hiking Trails
My goal on Saturday was to hike an interesting trail near the little town of Shihding just outside of Taipei. Things didn’t quite work out for the hike, but I had an interesting day nonetheless.
I set off on my scooter pretty early after making sure I had sunscreened all the important bits of my body. I didn’t bring a change of clothing since I didn’t …
My Nikon D7000 and the Mysterious Red Paper
I mentioned the other day that I was having trouble with my newish Nikon D7000. It wasn’t a huge problem, but it was something that I wanted to get checked out. The LCD screen was frequently not working. You can set a digital camera to show you the picture you just took. And you can specify for how long you want that image to show …
Sandiao Cape Lighthouse and Bitou Cape Trail (Day 3 of 3)
The third day of my little scooter adventure was a great grab-bag of places and activities. My hotel was nice enough to have a 12:00 noon checkout time, so I was able to relax in the morning. I left all my stuff in my room and hopped on my scooter to head south from Fulong. My first stop was a little fishing village called Maoao. …
Exploring Fulong Beach (Day 2 of 3)
I had a much better night last night. I decided to stay in Fulong for another night and asked about that at the hotel. My room, however, had been rented out already. I figured that would be the case, and I hadn’t gotten my hopes up. Luckily, they had other rooms that were still available and luckier still, they were free right now and in …