The Taipei Grand Trail (TGT) goes around Taipei City in a huge 130 km circle, of which 92 km is hiking, and 38 km is cycling. Well worth doing! The scenery is stunning, the views are extensive, the paths are … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Trail 2023!
When life gives you mountains, as they say, put on yer boots and hike. Don’t just stay home looking at ’em from a distance and dreamin’. GO! Get out there. And especially if you live in a big polluted city … Continue reading ‘陽明山東西大縱走活動’ ‘Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse’ 2023!
Location is everything – or could be! Taipei is a high-rise city and getting higher, and with it, more expensive. Rows of old 5-storey buildings – shops below, apartments above – are gradually being cleared and replaced with gleaming new … Continue reading Location, Location, Location @ St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei!
The Taiwan Lantern Festival meets Covid-19…..! It’s the final weekend of this huge extravaganza, Taiwan’s annual Lantern Festival with lanterns, light shows and huge crowds of people everywhere ~ and in the midst of them all there’s a few lanterns … Continue reading Happy Lantern Festival! 🏮
Yes, the Taipei Grand Trail ~ and the second time I’ve done it this year, whoop whoop! The first time was over Chinese New Year in February 2022, all in the rain and mud. Check out my previous post below … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Trail @ April 2022!
Rain, rain and more rain – and mud, such a great combination! Plenty of both to keep me wet and disgustingly dirty for a whole week. Hey, at least we had no wind, or at least not at the same … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Hike / Trail @ Chinese New Year 2022!
The first cherry blossom of the season, the dark pink variety, is out up at the Yangmingshan Mountains above Taipei ….. There’s also white cherry blossom up there too ~ the plum blossoms are over (how to tell the difference: … Continue reading 🌸 Spring means Cherry Blossom! 🌸
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!🦃 🦃 感恩節快樂!🦃 And let’s celebrate the traditional American way, which includes turkey ~ so these are our Thanksgiving Turkeys, made last Friday at Xingren Elementary School, each child writing what they are thankful for – photos supplied … Continue reading Thanksgiving Turkey Celebrations! 感恩節快樂!
The dark pink cherry blossom is in bloom all over Taipei, looking spectacular! Everyone says it’s even more beautiful than ever ~ maybe because of the very cold start to January ~ with 2 separate days of snow on Yangmingshan, … Continue reading 🌸🌸 Yes, the Cherry Blossom’s Out! 🌸🌸
Catherine Lee 