Today we travelled from from Lishan to Hsinchu. 180km on windy roads, but the weather was the best day of the whole trip, so we had great views for the journey home.
There was a very little bit of ice rain, as we started riding our steads at 7am, so it was fresh but there beautiful of the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
A quick stop for the loo in the bamboo (but no number two).
We stopped at this little waterfall on the side of the road, and had some delicious fried chicken from a local vendor. While we there, some Taiwanese people also stopped for a photo and some padkos. Just as they were leaving, they gave us a whole bunch of luxury tea and coffee sachets. Friendly people, these Taiwanese.
It's amazing how the vegetation changes, driving from the mountains to the coast: Alpine plants, to Pine forests, to Tea Tree farms, to bamboo forests, to thick tropical vegetation, to rice paddies...
This was actually the corner that we wiped out on during Day 1, but it was drier and safer today. Tim retrieved the piece of Whoopi that got knocked off. It was quite emotional being back there (Not!).
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 end (of the scooter trip).
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