This looks so much nicer than the ‘hotel’ we stayed at just up the road in Dawu.

I like being reminded of when we climbed this hill going the other way. At the bottom a friendly dog started following us and kept us company all the way to the summit - 7 miles! We tried without success to get him to turn back numerous times. We didn’t lose him until we started coasting down the other side and he couldn’t keep up.

Not your standard issue sag wagon.

They look like they are having a great time and I love their shirts!

You had a danbing for brekkie... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbing

I would love staying there with the cats.

I didn’t risk a windy ride along the coast today. Instead, I went up and over the mountains and it was a fabulous day. Great riding, and the wind wasn’t a factor. Tomorrow I’ll head to Taitung, and the only option is the windy coast. Then I’ll take a rest day!

Rats. I meant to drop in a comment about the wind yesterday. I wasn’t really too concerned about you getting down to Kenting, but that wind forecast looks like it might be a poor time to go around the horn and up the east side. We did that ten years ago on a day ride from Kenting, and it was one of the windiest rides we’ve ever experienced. Beautiful though: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/taiwan2014/layover-in-kenting/

There’s a fine line between tough and stupid! I was lucky that it didn’t rain too hard during the day. And there was no wind.

Wow. You Canadians are sure tough! Great news hearing your bike is repaired.

Another portion of food for thought is Orchid Island - a couple of ferries go there...

https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/orchid/

The local Taipei Times is a decent source of info...

https://www.taipeitimes.com/

It’s been five years now, but I was surprised at how much I liked Kaoshiung. If you have the time, check out Monkey Moutain.

That’s great news about getting your shifter fixed!

That sounds great!