Another sunny morning in Kaohsiung saw Tim travel down from Tainan to meet Rich, Elaine and Martyn in the City Suites hotel. Everyone bundled into a taxi bound for Gushan Ferry Pier (骨山輪度站). The ferry fee was a mere NTD30 but Tim had problems finding the exact amount of change required and caused a catastrophicContinue reading “Day 36 Gushan Ferry Pier Station 鼓山輪渡站 to Kaohsiung City, Linyuan District, Shanwei City, South of the Border Tree高雄市林園區汕尾市境之南樹”
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Day 35 Zhuoying HSR station 左營高鐵站to City Suites Kaohsiung Pier 2 城市商旅 高雄駁二館
We had concluded our previous walk at Oyster Liao Seaside Beach (蚵仔寮海邊沙灘), just north of the main urban area of Taiwan’s third largest city, Kaohsiung. Some of our readers may have known this southern port city as the second largest city in Taiwan. Kaohsiung has, however, been surpassed in recent years in terms of populationContinue reading “Day 35 Zhuoying HSR station 左營高鐵站to City Suites Kaohsiung Pier 2 城市商旅 高雄駁二館”
Day 34 烏林投步道 WuLinTuo Trail to Oyster Liao Seaside Beach 蚵仔寮海邊沙灘
Wednesday December 10th, 2025. Day 34 was the second of two consecutive days of walking and once again, the ‘Northerners’ had chosen to stay at the Fuward Hotel（富華大飯店). After enjoying a healthy, filling breakfast, we met Tim in the lobby at 9:30am and ordered a taxi. The Fuward sits in the heart of old Tainan,Continue reading “Day 34 烏林投步道 WuLinTuo Trail to Oyster Liao Seaside Beach 蚵仔寮海邊沙灘”
Day 33 Yuguang Island 魚光島 to Jiading district 笳萣區
Tuesday December 7th, 2025. There was a small, but significant change in our routine today, because instead of meeting at Chiayi HSR, the three northerners could now alight at Tainan HSR and collect the lovely local lad Tim, in a taxi on our way to Yuguang Island in AnPing, close to where we had finishedContinue reading “Day 33 Yuguang Island 魚光島 to Jiading district 笳萣區”
Day 32 鹿耳門夢幻湖 LuErMen Ecological Park to 安平老街 Anping Old Street
Thursday December 4th. The morning started with an excellent breakfast at the Fuward Hotel, our Tainan base of choice. Tim turned up from home at 9:30—apparently unfed, but still cheerful—and after some football chat, we hopped into Mr. Shih’s taxi. He was baffled by our destination (again, not a tourist spot), but recognised Tim asContinue reading “Day 32 鹿耳門夢幻湖 LuErMen Ecological Park to 安平老街 Anping Old Street”
Day 31 LiuKong Pier 六孔碼頭 to Orthodox Luermen Shengmu Temple 正統鹿耳門聖母廟
Wednesday December 3rd. The day began in familiar fashion with the three Northerners taking the 8 a.m. HSR train from Taipei to Chiayi and Tim travelling from Tainan, so we could meet up at 9:30 a.m. We then hopped into a taxi for our longest journey yet – 50 minutes at a cost of nearlyContinue reading “Day 31 LiuKong Pier 六孔碼頭 to Orthodox Luermen Shengmu Temple 正統鹿耳門聖母廟”
DAY 30: Nankunshen Dai Tian Temple (南鯤鯓代天府) to Chi Gu Salt Mountain (七股鹽山)
Our driver, Mr Hong, picked us up from Fuward Hotel in Tainan at 10.00am and took us to the finishing point of yesterday’s walk – the 7-Eleven on Highway 17 near the Nankunshen Dai Tian Temple. Just up the road from this spot was a “must see” museum which housed the work of the “EasternContinue reading “DAY 30: Nankunshen Dai Tian Temple (南鯤鯓代天府) to Chi Gu Salt Mountain (七股鹽山)”
DAY 29: Hao Mei Li Wetlands (好美寮溼地) to Nankunshen Dai Tian Temple (南鯤鯓代天府)
Our previous walk (Day 29: Aogu Wetlands to Budai Fish Market) had been a full five and a half months ago, and we were raring to get back on the road. Increasingly aware of possible mission threats (such as sickness or old age!) all four of us had become conscious that we need to speedContinue reading “DAY 29: Hao Mei Li Wetlands (好美寮溼地) to Nankunshen Dai Tian Temple (南鯤鯓代天府)”
Day 28 Aogu Wetlands (鰲鼓濕地森林園區) to Budai Fish Market (布袋觀光魚市)
Tuesday April 29th, 2025. “As we set out on Day 28, I thought: ‘Today will be a walk in the spirit of champions—and almost champions—with Liverpool having already secured glory and Leeds still chasing promotion. Both teams carried the hopes of their faithful, proudly wearing their team shirts—just as we carried our packs beneath theContinue reading “Day 28 Aogu Wetlands (鰲鼓濕地森林園區) to Budai Fish Market (布袋觀光魚市)”
DAY 27 Santiaolun Fishing Harbour (三條崙漁港) to Beigang Chaotian Temple (北港朝天宮), Beigang Township (北港鎮), Yunlin County (雲林縣)
Tuesday February 25th. For our second walk of 2025, we were faced with the same problem as the previous walk; there’s no way to stick close to the coast without walking along busy main roads, which is not an enticing prospect. We finished Day 26 in HuWei and drawing a parallel line from there takesContinue reading “DAY 27 Santiaolun Fishing Harbour (三條崙漁港) to Beigang Chaotian Temple (北港朝天宮), Beigang Township (北港鎮), Yunlin County (雲林縣)”