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Day 18 - 18 Apr 2008
Haikou to Jiadong.
The day began in a relaxed fashion, watching rain fall in Kending where we’d returned one last time after yesterday’s adventures. The woman at our hotel, a round and ever-happy Taiwanese woman, was delighted to see us again and we even got upgraded to a room bigger than the cupboard we had stayed [...]
Day 17 - 17 Apr 2008
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Day 16 - 16 Apr 2008
Jiopen to Kending.
Waking in Kending meant we had the luxuries of internet use and western food. A coffee or two and Sub sandwiches are a welcome addition to our stomachs. Kending is it’s usual vibrant self. The holiday Mecca of Taiwan, it has the feel of Thailand (sans Ladyboys), and people love to come here [...]
Day 15 - 15 Apr 2008
5km past Daren on Highway 9 to Jiopen.
Having bought a more detailed map of the area, (albeit in Chinese), we attempt to figure out how we can stick to the coast when there is seemingly no road for tens of kilometres. We eat a good lunch and take a daylit scout down “Highway” 26. It [...]
Day 14 - 14 Apr 2008
18km past Tamaili to 4km past Daren on
Highway 9
The price of a great night out with our friends we expected to be steep and prepared to encounter a dog of day featuring short tempers and fiery snapping. The 9.30 train from Taipei arrived in Taitung at 14.00 and, apart from first losing my phone at [...]