Fortunate train cancellation
23 October 2017
Hiking in the plum tree gardens near Ome station
Finally, some photos of something mildly interesting! I awoke to grey and rain, the typhoon raged on, despite this I slept solidly on a rock soli....
Ropes and ladders
30 March 2017
Day trip to hike Wuliaojian
Its my last full day in Taiwan, so its time for one last mountain! According to most people, its the greatest mountain possible to climb in a day ....
Three mountain rest day
29 March 2017
Hiking the three peaks of Pingxi
Yesterday was a big day in the mountains, tomorrow is my last full day here with probably more mountains, so as a rest day, I went and climbed 3 s....
Windy teapot
28 March 2017
Hiking the teapot mountain in Jiufen
There were 3 things I was sure I wanted to do whilst in Taiwan on this trip. Go to Taroko gorge, go to sun moon lake, and climb the teapot mountai....
Huge number of steps
25 March 2017
Hiking in Puli to a remote unnamed temple
Right now I have done 55,800 steps today. Close to a record. I still have to go and find dinner, so I will set a new personal best. Exciting times....
A quick run up a small mountain
24 March 2017
The wonderful view of Puli at sunset from the geographical centre of Taiwan
I think I like Puli. It has mountains, lots of them. They seem to have paths. Some of these paths are actually for cars, but thats ok because the ....
Sweating profusely
19 March 2017
Hiking Shoushan and Chaishan in Kaohsiung
Astute readers will recall that the day before yesterday I tried to climb over the back of the small mountain between the ocean and Kaohsiung and ....
Cloudview
12 March 2017
Hiking up Zuocang in Hualien
For the last 3 days I have been looking at the mountain towering over the city of Hualien. So today despite it being covered in cloud, I decided t....
Coat day
8 March 2017
Climbing Yangmingshan in the rain
The day has finally come, the day where I get to wear my $2 convenience store raincoat. A great day indeed. I woke up and excitedly ran outside to....