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Crossing the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan
High in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. In the summer of last year I was nearing the end of my first sojourn in Taiwan 台灣. By the beginning of August I would be in Canada for a family wedding...
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Changhua Roundhouse 彰化扇形車庫
The unique railway roundhouse in Changhua City, Taiwan. One of the most unique attractions in Taiwan 台灣 is the historic Changhua Roundhouse 彰化扇形車庫, originally built in 1922 during Japanese colonial...
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Postcards from Nanfang’ao 南方澳
A fishing boat cruising through the outer reaches of Nanfang’ao harbour. Nanfang’ao 南方澳 is a major fishing port in Sū'ào 蘇澳, Yílán 宜蘭, on the east coast of Taiwan 台灣. It is located just south of the...
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Qianyue Building 千越大樓
Outside the Qianyue Building, one of Taiwan’s most infamous ruins. The Qiānyuè Building 千越大樓 is one of the most recognizable ruins in central Taiwan 台灣. Located only a short distance from Taichung...
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An overnight trip to Keelung via Jinguashi and Jiufen
Jinguashi from the Ogon Shrine. Last weekend I enjoyed a couple of days outside of Taipei 台北 in the northern part of Taiwan 台灣. I went there with friends, ostensibly to show them around Jīnguāshí 金瓜石...
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Datong Theater 大同戲院
Outside of Taitung City’s historic Datong Theater. Last June I undertook a bicycle trip from Tainan 台南 to Taitung City 台東市, where I spent an extra day wandering around to get more of a feel for...
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Zhongyuan Grand Theater 中源大戲院
A vintage theater just outside Zhongyuan University in Zhongli. Zhōngyuán Grand Theater 中源大戲院 is a second-run theater located in the heart of Zhongyuan Night Market 中原夜市 in Zhōnglì 中壢, Taiwan 台灣....
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The Grand Hotel 圓山大飯店
The awe-inspiring Grand Hotel of Taipei… and a tourist doing her best flamingo impression. Yesterday’s impromptu ride around the riverside bikeway network delivered me to the palatial Grand Hotel 圓山大飯店...
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Explorations of the Pacific edge
These photos were taken two years ago after cycling through the Old Caoling Tunnel 舊草嶺隧道 into Tóuchéng 頭城, Yílán 宜蘭. The first set of six photos were all shot along the rugged shoreline of the Láilái...
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An abandoned fortification on the Dadu Plateau
An abandoned fortification on the edge of the Dadu Plateau in Taichung. Dàdù Plateau 大肚台地 (also known as Dadu Mountain 大肚山) is a geographic feature of great strategic importance to the defense of...
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Renting an apartment in Changhua City
Head shop studio. Last winter I stayed in an apartment near the train station in Changhua City 彰化市 for about six months. This post is all about that apartment: why I decided to move there, how I found...
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Our Lady Queen of China 中華聖母主教座堂
An unusual temple across from the Koxinga Shrine. Back when I was living in Tainan 台南 I made an effort to check out many of the temples I encounter in my daily travels around town. One day after...
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Puli Huaguo Theater 埔里華國戲院
The historic Huaguo Theater from the streets of Puli. Huáguó Theater 華國戲院 is one of hundreds of abandoned theaters scattered around Taiwan 台灣. Located in Pǔlǐ 埔里, a town of approximately 80,000 in the...
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Yangmingshan in the fog
Ghostly trees in the endless fog on Yangmingshan. These photographs were taken in early October 2013 while hiking around Yángmíngshān National Park 陽明山國家公園. After meeting up with a friend we took a bus...
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Scenes from everyday life in Zhongli
On the platform at Zhongli Station. I resided in Zhōnglì 中壢, Táoyuán 桃園, for two months at the very end of 2015 for reasons outlined in my first dispatch. In short: I wanted to try out living in...
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Golden Birds Paradise 金鳥海族樂園
The gutted remains of the aquarium at Golden Birds Paradise obscured by an obviously fake forest. Not long after returning to Taiwan 台灣 last year I received an invitation from the ubiquitous Mr....
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Hemei Daodong Academy 和美道東書院
In the forecourt of Daodong Academy 道東書院, Héměi 和美, founded in 1857. Dàodōng Shūyuàn 道東書院 is one of many Qing dynasty era academies scattered across central and southern Taiwan 台灣. Located in Héměi 和美...
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Qingkunshen Fan-Shaped Salt Field 青鯤鯓扇形鹽田
A landscape of broken dreams. The southwestern coastal region of Taiwan 台灣 is salt country. From Bùdài 布袋 in Chiayi 嘉義 down through Běimén 北門, Jiāngjūn 將軍, and Qīgǔ 七股 in Tainan 台南, an incredible...
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Jiahe New Village 嘉禾新村
Immediately outside the main gate to Jiahe New Village. Jiahe New Village 嘉禾新村 is one of more than 800 military dependents’ villages (Chinese: juàncūn 眷村) built in Taiwan 台灣 in the late 1940s and 1950s...
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South Taiwan Ride 2015: Tainan to Pingtung City
Riding through the countryside in southern Tainan 台南. This looks remarkably like the area near where I grew up. Bicycle touring is one of the best ways to experience Taiwan 台灣. I don’t have an...
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