“In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar….” 🐛 So runs the … Continue reading 🐛 The Very Hungry Caterpillar ….. and other news from Taiwan 🦋
Ten summits, ten hours, 25 km, 1900m elevation gain ~ and special sights: frost on the grassy area that is Xiangtian Pond, azaleas, cherry blossom – and lots of people doing the same all-day hike. Perfect weather, sunny all day although cold in the early morning. For 2019’s report in much more detail, see here. These are my instagram photos of the Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse (actually west to east) yesterday …… Highly recommended hike, but I’m aching all over today ha ha! Continue reading ‘陽明山東西大縱走活動’ ‘Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse’ 2021!
High mountains, steep valleys, suspension bridges, hot sun, blue sea, white surf, yummy sugar-apples, pink cherry blossom, betel nuts, indigenous people, dancing, art, mountain villages, lots of churches, cheeky monkeys waiting to steal your lunch, impressive scenery ~ all these … Continue reading Time for Just a Taste of Taitung 台東!
You just can’t beat a fine Saturday on Yangmingshan. And especially in the company of 2 very strong young men! A cold start, but sunny and dry all day, very muddy in just one place, but otherwise perfect. The 2 … Continue reading The Mountains are Calling and I Must Go ~ to Yangmingshan 陽明山 with Tze-Foun 子寬 and Dong-Gua 冬瓜!
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, when the moon is believed to be at its biggest and brightest for the whole year, has just been and gone, and it was quite some festival! As it fell on Thursday, October 1, so Taiwan had … Continue reading 中秋節 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Celebrations 🌕 St. James-Style!
Yes, it’s New-Buff Day, which means it’s also Buff-Selfie Day! So, the story goes like this. Over the last few months, Taiwan has done really well in handling the Covid-19 pandemic and in supplying face-masks to the rest of the … Continue reading Happy Buff-Selfie Day You-Biking @ Taipei!
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!” And so, inspired by Dr. Seuss, off we went! To Dabajianshan no less! Dabajianshan 大霸尖山 (Dàbàjiān Shān, tr: ‘Big Chief Pointed Mountain’) … Continue reading Almost On Top Of The World @ Dabajianshan 大霸尖山 3,492 m / 11,456 ft!
Or as I prefer, the West-East Vertical Traverse! This is THE mountain challenge for all those looking for a day out from Taipei, an 11-hour hike over the 10 mountains in the Yang-Ming Shan range that lie just above Taipei … Continue reading ‘陽明山東西大縱走活動’ ‘Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse’ 2020!
Yesterday was THE day! The weather forecast was sunny, warm and dry, it was a very rare free Saturday and the beautiful Yang-ming Shan Mountains above Taipei were calling. At 7:00 am, it was just light as I set off … Continue reading Above the Sea of Clouds: Taiwan’s Elections from afar…
Catherine Lee 