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Tainan Trip

June 30, 2016 – 5:32 pm
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SCIH 008 – Ramblings from 7-11 and a Train

September 25, 2009 – 10:37 am
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Friday September 25 11:00 a.m.
7-11 in downtown Tainan
You’ll probably laugh to see that I am back in a 7-11. Do I ever leave these places? I actually tried very hard to go somewhere else this morning for a cup of coffee. I wanted to go to a local type of place, but all of the ones in this neighborhood only have outdoor seating. It’s extremely …

SCIH 007 – Back To Tainan

September 24, 2009 – 10:34 am
Too Hot for a Cotton T-shirt Today

Thursday September 24, 2009 1:30 p.m.
Moogo Drinks – Tainan
I just ordered a milk tea and I’m waiting with great anticipation for it to arrive. I had planned to get an iced coffee or something at this place called George’s Fine Coffees. I went by the place half a dozen times my first day in Tainan. I thought it would be a great place to sit …

SCIH 004 – Into the Mountains

September 21, 2009 – 4:30 pm
Bridge Washed Away by Typhoon Marakot

Monday September 21 4:30 p.m.
7-11 in Chiahsien, Taiwan
It was a good day of cycling. It had many of the elements that make for a good day of cycling – including the feeling that the day was much longer than it actually was. It feels like Tainan was a long time ago. It feels like I’ve been traveling for a long time and over a very …

South Cross-Island Highway 003 – Anping District, Tainan

September 20, 2009 – 11:13 pm
Map of the Anping District in Tainan

Sunday September 20, 2009 8:30 a.m.
Dining Room of the Ta Lee Hotel – Tainan, Taiwan
When I checked in yesterday, they said something about breakfast, but I didn’t really understand it. When I came down this morning, I was very surprised to find a very nice buffet breakfast laid out in a dining room. Had I known that all of this was down here, I would …

South Cross-Island Highway 002 – Tainan & Chihkan Tower

September 19, 2009 – 11:09 pm
Chihkan Tower, Tainan

September 20, 2009
Well, I made it to Tainan without incident. The train just raced through the countryside stopping here and there. It was pretty effortless and painless. I can’t say that the scenery was anything to write home about. The east coast of Taiwan is quite scenic. There are mountains and steep cliffs and that sort of thing. But the west part of the island …

South Cross-Island Highway 001 – Train to Tainan

September 19, 2009 – 10:44 pm
Bike Sign in Train

Saturday September 19, 2009 9:00 a.m.
Train 1011 from Taipei to Tainan, Car 12 Seat 01
In typical fashion, I took what was supposed to be a relaxing few days lounging in hotels and taking pictures of historic sites and turned it into a six-day bike ride on one of Taiwan’s steepest and most dangerous roads.
It all started when I met some of my co-workers for lunch. …