Posts made in March, 2020

The last leg

Posted by on 22, Mar 2020 in 2020 - Winter in Taiwan, Taiwan, Tilly the Tandem | 0 comments

The last leg

Having navigated the hills we were now on the easy final fairly flat straight, though it would be better to describe it as the final wiggle and the coast continued its remarkable beauty as we headed back over the Tropic of Cancer posing for a few photos at the marker. Along the route we passed the Water Running Uphill park, where a stream appears to flow uphill. It was so convincing that Linda almost was convinced that physics was all wrong but it was an optical illusion. The hills ran steeply down toward the sea and the stream ran apparently uphill on these slopes. But the steepness of the...

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Oops

Posted by on 8, Mar 2020 in 2020 - Winter in Taiwan, Taiwan, Tilly the Tandem | Comments Off on Oops

Oops

The thing about having multiple weather apps is you have to make sure they all tell you the same thing in the same currency so to speak. So when we set off up up coast into the 27kph with 50kph gusts headwind and we found it some of the hardest cycling we’ve done, had we checked the weather app properly we’d have seen it was in Knott’s and not kph so the 27 became 50kph with 92kph gusts and that why it was so hard – and there we were thinking we are getting too old for all this! Still, it made the decision of wimping out about crossing the pass by Bicycle definitely...

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The End of the road and Vampires

Posted by on 5, Mar 2020 in 2020 - Winter in Taiwan, Taiwan, Tilly the Tandem | Comments Off on The End of the road and Vampires

The End of the road and Vampires

We were on the final stretch now southward to the most southerly point in Taiwan and the tropical playground of the country, commonly referred to as Kenting. The road down was pleasant with large numbers of fish farms and small villages and we made good progress. The hotels here are quite cheap and very good but we decided to up our game and stay at the H Hotel resort for one night and have the Resort Experience! That and the afternoon tea they advertised in their 360 degree restaurant! We booked the honeymoon suite (it is our 25th anniversary this year!!) And had a fabulous room overlooking...

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