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Thanks Bill! I’m glad to know they’re not harmful. They’re still awfully big. 😳
1 week agoThose spiders are likely garden orb weavers and are relatively harmless.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47552-Argiope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_(spider)
That’s steep! It must have been awful without a granny gear.
1 week agoWhat a great idea! I love yams.
1 week agoHi Graham-
I have a favour to ask - could you please do an internet search for a SRAM S700 10 speed shifter available here in Taiwan? Mine is in need of replacement. I can find lots in Canada online, but being illiterate in Chinese makes searching here tough.
The local Giant mechanic at Sun Moon Lake says Giant shops won’t have them because all their bikes with mechanical shifting use Shimano parts.
Thanks!
You can bring back the crystals. Pocari Sweat is the best!
1 week agoOh, too bad about the broken leg. Next year!
1 week agoI think all those 7-11 are now Quebec owned. Good on you for shopping Canadian.
1 week agoReally enjoying your journal Betsy. I was meant to be in Taiwan myself, setting off on the same day as you but I'm at home in the UK tending for a partner with a broken leg. So it's a vicarious pleasure to follow you and get tips for a trip next year. Love all the food details as well as the route.
Thank you!
I have cycled around Miali a few times. Those journals are not on Cycleblaze and you can find the routes and snaps here...
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3d2&page_id=524586&v=6C
and
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3d2&page_id=503600&v=42
and
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3d2&page_id=401604&v=5S
this one is south of Taichung - up to Ali Mountain (a big climb)...
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3d2&page_id=493441&v=2O
I'm sure the road (Highway 8) has been opened, but the hiking trails are still closed.
It would be possible to go south-ish from Lishan where the 7 merges with Highway 8.
I’m not sure if route 7 is open - it might be. But it looks like a very big climb! Route 8 is definitely closed.
2 weeks agoI read that Taroko Gorge is closed? Can you get to the east coast via route 7 now?
2 weeks agoI thought these were ice cream trucks at first too. I’ve never seen this model of trash collection before, which depends on people being home at the right time.
2 weeks ago
Yup... as many decades as I have been around them unafraid, they are still creepy... But fun to toss a bug into the web and watch it spin the victim, covering it with silk, to become dinner.
1 week ago