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  1. Long, hot and Serendipitous Ride

    Blog: Snarky Tofu - 15 August 2009

    Took a massively long ride with some unexpected happenings today. I'll be leaving Taiwan for a while soon, and I want to get some riding in before I head out. I Left Shijr, where I'm house-sitting, at about eleven and headed along the ugly road to Keelung. Shijr I'm indifferent towards, and Keelung I like. But the road between the two is one of the uglier ones in northern Taiwan. Flat out nothing to write home about for 16 kilometers. Got to Keeling at noon and rode through the Keelung night market, barely recognizing it in the bright daylight.

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  2. Taiwanderlust: Cao Ling Historical Trail and Jiaoshi Hot Springs

    Blog: 12FOOT3 - 22 April 2009

    Before arriving in Taiwan, I had no idea that the country was full of serious hikers. I guess I thought—like my own family—that the only hobby people from Taiwan really took seriously was eating. But it totally makes sense, this little island is blessed with a rugged coastline and a seriously mountainous interior (with [...]

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