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Day 16 Thursday January 27, 2022. ZHU WEI FISHING HARBOUR TO BALI OLD STREET (and Ferry over to TamSui). The one with too many rivers to cross. Day 16 was a break from tradition as we headed Southwest, instead of continuing down the East Coast. There were a couple of reasons for this; the distanceContinue reading “Day 16: ZhuWei Harbour to Bali Old Street 竹圍漁港到八里老街”

DAY 15 Tuesday December 15, 2021. The one with a lot of Lamborghinis. As we get further away from Taipei, the logistics of getting to and from our destinations are getting increasingly challenging. For today’s adventure we could have chosen public transport but that would have meant two very long journeys; instead, we agreed thatContinue reading “Day 15: Fenniaolin Fishing Harbour to Su’Ao (NanFangAo Harbour) 粉鳥林漁港到南方澳漁港”

Monday November 22nd, 2021. (The one where Tim lets the cat out of the bag.) After another long break due to inclement weather, we decided that we’d walk today, come rain or shine. Looking at the weather forecast, rain seemed far more likely and so, wearing our rain gear, we met up at the TaipeiContinue reading “Day 14: LuoDong National Center for Traditional Arts to Su’Ao (NanFangAo Harbour). 羅東國立傳統藝術中心到南方澳漁港”

Friday September 24th, 2021. The one with the Catholic Church. After a hiatus of 5 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we were very excited to start walking again. Our last walk (Day 12) was at the end of April and, due to a level 3 lockdown and other restrictions including scorching heat and theContinue reading “Day 13 ZhuAn Estuary Wetland to Lanyang Estuary Waterbird Refuge, then Wufengqi Falls & its Catholic Church”

FRIDAY APRIL 23RD, 2021. The one where we get to the Easternmost Point. Our plan today was to get out to Cape Santiago Lighthouse (aka Sandiaojiao Lighthouse), Taiwan’s Easternmost point, and finish up the day at Wai’ao Beach. However, we didn’t want to walk all the way, partly because we’d already covered a lot ofContinue reading “DAY 12 Cape Santiago Lighthouse (三貂角燈塔) to Waiao Beach (外澳海灘)”

FRIDAY APRIL 2ND, 2021.     The one where we get very dusty.           On possibly one of the hottest days of the year so far and also a public holiday (Taiwanese Tomb sweeping / Children’s day, 4-day weekend) we planned to walk from Yingge in New Taipei City back into Taipei. Two new Walking Taiwan walkers, JenContinue reading “Day 11 YingGe to BanQiao 鶯歌到板橋”

Day 10: Friday March 26th, 2021. The one with the rock inscriptions. On Day 10 we decided to walk the Caoling Historic Trail from Dali to Fulong, a route none of us had done before. The Caoling Trail is the only section remaining of the old Qing Dynasty Trail, constructed 130 years ago to provideContinue reading “Day 10 Dali Train Station to Fulong via the Caoling Historic Trail 大里車站到福隆 – 草嶺古道”

Day 9: March 16th, 2021. The one with the Barking Deer. We are extremely lucky living in Taipei, as despite it being a thriving metropolis, the coast is within an easy hour’s drive and this was how we began Day 9; a leisurely drive out to BiTou Cape. We were joined by Rich’s youngest daughter,Continue reading “Day 9 BiTou Cape to Fulong Beach 鼻頭角到福隆”

Day 8: February 17th, 2021. The one with the Elephant’s Trunk. The day dawned overcast and with a light drizzle falling in Taipei. However, the forecast suggested things would clear by midday and so we set off for Keelung. Two of us (Rich and Rich) took the bus from Shilin – a quick, cheap andContinue reading “Day 8: Keelung to Shen’Ao 基隆市到深澳”

Day 7: February 2nd, 2021. The one with the Queen’s Head. Before describing today’s walk, it’s worth mentioning John Groot’s book “Taiwanese Feet: My Walk Around Taiwan”. John, a Canadian, is a long-term resident of Taiwan and last year, as we were in the planning stages of our walk, published a book, which as you’veContinue reading “Day 7: JinShan to Keelung 金山到基隆市”