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Thursday, January 19, 2006

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    Lost in the Hills of Miaoli
    Riding through the election
    3 day tea district/reservoir ride
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    With FTV on Green Island.
    Biking Lanyu
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    Biking the northern cross.
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    FTV: Yanshui
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    Taoyuan pond ride
    Hehuanshan
    Riding in NE Taiwan
    Sigma 17-70mm First Pics
    Four days of biking in east and south Taiwan
    FTV in K-town again
    Taichung 46

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    Outstanding Alishan Ride
    Weekend riding in K-town and Pingtung.
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    Northern Cross Spectacular
    Simaxianshan II
    A Taste of the Penghu
    Riding the East Coast Gorge
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    Keelung pix
    Gorgeous Rift Riding
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    Yangmingshan Riding
    Rainy Northern Cross Island Highway Ride
    Four Day East Coast Loop
    Critters Redux
    Biking Sun Moon Lake
    Random Photos from a Lovely Weekend
    New Powershot SX260 HS
    Biking the East Coast and Green Island
    Borneo again
    Random Pics

    2011

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    Simaxianshan area in Miaoli
    East Coast Rift Riding
    An old friend: Miaoli 130
    Kenting Once Again
    The Old Sugar Refinery in Sinying, Tainan
    Liu House in Changhua
    King Dom of Kenting
    What I learned in Tainan
    Taichung's Hoppin' Yizhong Street
    The Glorious Northern Cross Island Highway
    Awesome Nantou 63
    East Coast Rift Valley ride
    Pingtung Riding:
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    Pingtung II
    Pingtung III
    Pingtung IV
    New Year riding
    Relaxed Vacationing in Sabah, Borneo

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    Journal of a Blockaded Resident in North Formosa

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    Interviewing the Student Protesters at NCKU in Tainan, Nov 10, 2008



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