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Hsinchu County Scooter Trip 001 – Neiwan

February 26, 2011 – 7:25 pm
Spiderman in Neiwan

Saturday February 26, 2011
8:25 a.m. Neiwan, Taiwan
The stage for this little trip in Taiwan will be pretty difficult to set, as there are very few places like this little town anywhere in the world. I guess you could call it a tourist town. At one time, Taiwan was a Japanese colony, and the Japanese built a number of narrow-gauge railways to serve mining and forestry …

Hsinchu County Scooter Trip 002 – Neiwan Day 2

February 27, 2011 – 7:40 pm
GoCart Track in Neiwan

Sunday February 27 2011
8:00 a.m. Neiwan, Taiwan
I’m back at the same little restaurant in Neiwan as yesterday. It’s not a perfect spot, but it has two key things going for it: it’s open and it serves coffee. As far as I can tell, it is the only place open in the entire town. To be honest, I don’t think it is open for business in …

Hsinchu County Scooter Trip 003 – Five Finger Mountain

February 28, 2011 – 8:08 pm
Chinese Herbal Medicine for Bones

Monday February 28, 2011
12:30 p.m.
I’m on the road and slowly making my way back to Taipei. I stopped at the Lion’s Head Mountain Visitor Information Center, and here I found a lovely outdoor coffee shop. I have a table in the shade next to a fish pond. A cool breeze is blowing past and pleasant music is playing. I had had some thoughts about doing …