Scooter trip day 1

We recently had a week off work, for the Lunar new year celebrations. This is normally a time when the family gets together (a "thanksgiving" of the East), but... we went in search of Adventure. We went on a 9 day road trip from city to city riding our 100cc and 125cc beasts of transportation.

The above pic shows the route we took.

Check out the videos of our scooter trip at these links:

Scooter trip part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s_qu4IVEC0

If you cannot view the above video, because of copyright reasons, then watch it without music at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kRlyZuqJJw

Scooter trip part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C7ba3O1xqc

or without music at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kRlyZuqJJw

The infamous green island ferry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiysDqGDJEo

The first day was the worst, due to the tears of the weather cods. It was raining when we got up, and it just kept on raining (somebody must really have upset those cods). It was not a merciful drizzly rain, but rather a punishing wet rain. The low misty clouds were cataracts on our eyes, stopping us from seeing grand views.

There was light at the end of the tunnel. We had booked a luxurious hotel in Yilan with hot springs, so we dreamed of those clean white sheets and hot massage jets, as the rain froze our fingers and toes. See the hot springs at the hotel (above).

Oh, and did I mention that we had a little accident along the way. Some of roads in the mountains were really curvy and the surface was covered with moss and mud. As I was going around one sharp corner, my back tyre slipped out, and the bike fell onto its side, and skidded 2 or 3 meters. Tim was right behind me, and so as he braked, the same thing happened to him.

We were only going about 20km per hour, and we were all padded up in our layers of clothing, so there wasn't much damage to the people or the beasts. It just knocked a piece off the Whoopi, and gave me a nice little roastie on my knee.

You may think this was a bad thing, but it was my highlight of the day. It was like a natural adrenalin pumping roller-coaster. I didn't fell the cold or wet after that... because my mind was thinking about near death experiences, and what really matters in life :)