Articles tagged with: scooter
Pingshi 003 – The Formosan Magpie Coffee Shop
March 29, 2010
When we got to the end of the train ride from the Coal Mining Museum, I heard someone speaking English. It was a young software Engineer from New York visiting Taiwan on a long leave of absence. He was of Chinese heritage, so it wasn’t until I heard him speak that I knew he was Canadian or American. He was part of a …
Pingshi 001 – A Pingshi Homestay
March 27, 2010
Any scooter trip begins with the decision to go. I made that decision when I opened my eyes Saturday morning and I saw a new quality to the light that was seeping under my bathroom door. Normally, that light is grey and dim – the usual light that comes with a rising sun that can’t get through the eternal clouds and rain that …
Gassing Up My Scooter in Taipei
When I bought my scooter here in Taipei (a used 150cc Attila), I didn’t know the first thing about them. I’d ridden a scooter before, of course. I’d ridden a motorcycle, too. I just didn’t know anything about them in Taiwan.
One of the first things I learned was what kind of gas to put in it. I don’t really know what the various types of …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 003
Friday February 12
8:05 a.m. Restaurant at the Puerto Pension in Puerto Princesa
It’s pretty late for a guy on the road to be having breakfast, but it’s always that way the first day. But I was really tired yesterday. I had hardly slept at all before my last day in Taiwan. And then I literally got zero sleep the next night with my flight leaving at …
Dolphin Watching at Turtle Island
July 20, 2008
A couple of weeks ago I came across a reference to dolphin-watching on the east coast of Taiwan. It sounded interesting, and I decided to check it out. I imagined sitting on the bow of a boat (cold drink in hand) while dolphins frolicked around us and swam in and out of the bow wave – like in the commercials and movies. It …
Fushing 002 – Cycling Dashi to Fushing
November 26, 2006
I was up early the next morning and simply loaded my bike and cycled off. There was that extra “B” in “Jessie’s B&B,” but I didn’t want to wait around and see what kind of breakfast it might be. I had a bit of a tense moment when I got to the front of this complex and found the gate closed and locked. …
Fushing 001 – Cycling Taipei to Dashi
November 25, 2006
I finished the bike ride to Pingling and the east coast very excited about doing more cycling in Taiwan. Unfortunately, it began to rain and if memory serves, it rained nonstop for six months. At least it felt like that. And when it wasn’t raining, it was brutally hot. In any event, a long time passed before circumstances came together to give me …