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Central Mountains: Places 5 & 6 (????: ???)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This is part of a 4-part series on Taiwan's Central Mountains (click here to see introduction) 5. Fenqihu / Fencihu (??? see map)Where: The small town of Fenqihu is located about 7km down County Route (CR)-169, which intersects Provincial Route (PR)-18 between the 63 and 64km markers. What: The Alishan Forest Train makes its way up the mountain largely out of sight of PR-18. However, the train
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Central Mountains: Places 3 & 4 (????: ???)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This is part of a 4-part series on Taiwan's Central Mountains (click here to see introduction)3. Yushan National Park (?????? see map) Where: PR-21 crosses the northwestern corner of the 105,000 hectare Yushan National Park and connects Dongpu to the Yushan N.P. Visitors' Center at Tatajia (???). PR-21 becomes PR-18 at Tatajia (located on PR-18, at the 95.5km marker) and continues on to Alishan
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Central Mountains: Places 1 & 2 (????: ???)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This is part of a 4-part series on Taiwan's Central Mountains (click here to see introduction)1. Xinyi Plum Winery and Bunun Cultural Center (?????????/?????? see map)Where: A complex of two-storey buildings along PR-21 at the 90km marker, just past the valley town of Xinyi / Sinyi (???).What: The Xinyi Plum Winery ranks among Taiwan's better local wineries, producing fermented and distilled
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An Introduction to Keelung City (?????)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The "importance" of Keelung, as with Taiwan itself, is much more accident of history than expression of intrinsic character. Nevertheless, the human drama that has played out here over the past few centuries give it a charm, which, after scratching the surface, has held my interest and piqued my curiosity to learn more. Downtown Keelung occupies an incredibly small patch of level real estate,
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Central Mountains Overview (????: ????)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This post borrows from part of a series of Lonely Planet-type travel briefs introducing Taiwan's well-known and lesser-known places that I authored, photographed and put together for a local publication. I'll continue to put up similar content as part of a Formosaguy series under posting labels 'travel guide' (in English) and '????' (in Chinese). Morning Moonset over Central Mountains (Alishan /
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Keelung to Taipei in 01:03 (???????????????????)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 3 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I've long taken to cycling around Keelung as a primary - rather than alternative - mode of transportation. With the exception of winters, which do get unpleasantly damp and dreary, the city and its immediate periphery are not just cyclable, but compact and ?visually interesting' - prompting feelings that many more people, with two good legs and an agenda not callling for heavy shopping, should
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Slice o' South China Sea Heaven I (????)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 3 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This past spring, I had the good fortune to accompany one of Taiwan's best documentary film directors (now producer of CTV (??????)'s long-running, one-of-a-kind TV documentary, Discovering China [????]) and production crew to Dongsha Atoll (????, aka Pratas Atoll), one of Taiwan's two holdings in the South China Sea (????). Although Dongsha remains off limits to the casual visitor, being part of
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New NE Coast Walkway / Bike Path Opens (????????????????)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 3 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
After a sabbatical of nearly a year, I'm back with more articles and thoughts on life along Taiwan's Northeast Coast and travels around the beautiful island of Taiwan.I took the afternoon this past Sunday to collect thoughts; ponder the meaning of life, the universe and Everything and get some exercise during a spell of balmy spring weather. I frequently cycle the Keelung (???) to Feicui (Jade or
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Taiwan's Southern Cape (????)
From Jeff's Taiwan , 3 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Shipwrecks and HeadhuntersTaiwan's extreme southeastern coast, still one of the most remote and lightly populated corners of this island, served as backdrop for a series of shipwreck dramas during the mid-1800s that made far off Formosa the talk of the Great Powers and got pundits in the United States, Japan and elsewhere talking about either buying Taiwan from China's Manchu rulers or simply
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Opening Shot / ???
From Jeff's Taiwan , 3 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Please bear with me as I take a first few tentative steps onto the Internet.I am an American, a native of Michigan, who has, since childhood, been drawn, transfixed, perhaps, to cultures very different from my own. It was most likely simply the contrasts presented by ancient Egypt, India and other cultures that tickled a deep curiosity. In relatively rural Michigan, a long way from either
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