Shihtiping, Taiwan

Route: Huting Bay - Baci - Jici Recreating area - Fongbin - Shihmen - Shihtiping Total Distance: 38 km Altitude up: 380m Altitude down: 350m Early 5:30am I wake up from the first sunlight. I pack everything and at 6:10 am I am on my way. I can't say ...

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The partial solar eclipse was to pas over Taiwan around 10AM on July 21st so we headed to the Taipei Zoo to witness the event. We picked up eclipse-viewing glasses and also viewed the partially-occluded sun through telescopes set up for solar viewing. ...

Another day outside Taipei lead me south to Maokong mountains. Lots of paths lead to some temples and platforms. Because of some rain I went to the nearest, the Zhinan Temple complex. 1200 steps upward, and I really took every single step.