It’s hot and humid and the middle of summer, and yet, Elephant Mountain in Taipei is packed out with people.  Not in the early morning so much, but mid-morning onwards, at the hottest time of day, hundreds and hundreds of everybody are going up!

Last time I was there was Chinese New Year 2016 and haven’t been there since, oh no!

So now I’m back, but early in the morning.  7:30 am.  Today.  Ready for the off.  Would be earlier, but that’s the earliest I can get there from the far end of Taiwan.  And boy, it is steep.  And hot.  Steps and steps and more steps going onwards and upwards.  The trail is excellent, and goes on round a whole ridge, another set of steps, but the views are amazing and worth every ounce of effort.

The views of course are of Taipei City, YangMingShan and Taipei 101 in particular. Check out these few photos!

And hope you like that final photo – a McLaren stopped at the red light just in front of me as I was taking a photo of that red crane in front of Taipei 101.  Love it!