Smoke and ladders
12 May 2023
Dakeng trails 2, 5 and 4
Today I went to a hike I have been on previously. If you look up hiking in Taichung, this will come up at the top of the list. The Dakeng trails a....
Cats and dogs
9 May 2023
From Houtong to Jiufen on foot
No, not raining cats and dogs, there is no rain, but actual cats and dogs. Today I walked from the Houtong cat village (popular with tourists), pa....
No see view of sea
7 May 2023
Caoling trail from Fulong station to Dali station
A double up of hiking, yesterday and today. Today's was a bit easier, 12km or 20,000 steps, and only about 600m of elevation gain, all on develope....
Matcha latte missionary trail
6 May 2023
Marian / Shengmu / Matcha hiking trail
Today's hike has about 9 different names. You can find it referred to as Marian or St Marian's hiking trail, the sacred mother trail, Shengmu hiki....
Fogsweat
4 May 2023
Datunshan multi-peak trail
I thought I got sweaty the other day. Nope. Today I got twice as sweaty. So sweaty that sweat ran down my legs and into my shoes, and made a squis....
The elephant and beyond
2 May 2023
Elephant peak to Jinwu peak from Xiangshan staion
The subtitle above that says Elephant peak and Xiangshan station is kind of redundant, as Xiangshan means elephant peak, but to assist google in f....
Me vs the volcano ver. 3.0a
1 May 2023
Yangmingshan Qixing peak
If you suffer from chronic flatulence, then today's hike is for you. It was my third time doing this hike, and the first time when the peak was no....
I out sweat Taiwanese people 10:1
29 April 2023
Hiking Jinmianshan from Wende MRT station
Time for the first hike, a short hike, in the heat. Clearly I need to acclimatise because I was sweating rivers. My gusset filled with sweat on th....
Short grey hike
29 November 2022
Inwangsan
Last full day in Korea that does not end in sleeping in Korea, allow me to explain. My flight home is 11:15pm tomorrow night, so tomorrow is also ....