Articles tagged with: Taiwan
About Me
My name is Doug Nienhuis. I’m a Canadian currently doing a bit of bike touring in the Philippines. I’m not sure where this trip will take me next, but the current plan is to end up in Zamboanga on Mindanao and take a ferry from there to Malaysian Borneo. From there, if the weather is right, I might try to make my way to Indonesia.
I …
WordPress Custom Menus
I’ve spent the last few days playing around with this blog and getting familiar (again) with WordPress. I had some success in that I discovered some new features in WordPress which should serve me well. The best new addition is the Custom Menus feature. I love menus, and in the past, I never saw a good and simple way to make menus in WordPress. Some …
Houtong Coal-Mine Ecological Park – Taiwan
The Houtong Coal-Mine Ecological Park is located in and around the town of Houtong in northeastern Taiwan. The mine, closed in 1990, was once the largest coal mine in Taiwan. Today, it is a popular tourist stopover on the mining railway which leads from the city of Ruifang and then goes on to Shihfen, Pingxi, and ends at Jintung. The park is quite extensive and consists …
Moon Festival Trip 004 – Lishan
Lisa, the woman who owned the room and restaurant in Bow Ang, actually lived in Taichung and just came back to this village on the weekends. She has been to the US five times on business trips. She has been to Italy and France and Greece on business trips. She owns a car and a farm and this house and a place in Taichung. She runs a bunch of side businesses. She sells clothes in this village as well as her own soap and a bunch of other stuff. She was very friendly.
Moon Festival Trip 003 – Hehuanshan & Cingging Farm
I was eager to hit the road this morning, and after a quick shave and a brushing of the teeth, I was on my way. The morning was beautiful and cool and in no time at all, I was surrounded by gorgeous mountains. The problem is that I take so many pictures, it takes me a long time to cover any distance. I stopped again and again to take pictures. From this point, the scenery is going to get better and better, so I’ll probably end up going slower and slower.
Moon Festival Trip 002 – Nanfangao and the Taroko Gorge
As I suspected, I ended up in a small fishing port on the east coast. It’s a small but bustling place called Nanfangao. I don’t know that it is unique, but it is certainly a type of town that isn’t very common anymore. It feels quite traditional and the people make their living from fishing still.
Moon Festival Trip 001 – Pingling
I’m currently in a mountain tea-growing town called Pinglin. I’ve been here many, many times, but I always like it. It’s the very first place I went to on my first trip out of Taipei many years ago. The town itself is nothing that special, but a beautiful river runs through it, and they built trails all along the river and then up into the mountains.
Keelung Boat Trip
Saturday June 18, 2011
I went for a quick 2-day, 1-night scooter jaunt to Keelung. I took County Road 106 to get to Keelung. This is a beautiful mountain road that passes through the old mining towns of Jingtong, Pingxi, and Shifenliao on the way to Ruifang and the coast. It takes about 2 hours to get from Taipei to Keelung on 106. It would probably …