Hot one on the New Central Cross

A glorious day on the "New Central Cross", the new highway that connects the 124 in Miaoli to the Miaoli 62. Hard riding under a hot sun. Come below the READ MORE for more pics...

East Coast Adventures

I went off to the east coast this weekend, which is why I haven't been blogging. Did a loop: Saturday from Hualien to Chenggong (~120 kms), Sunday Chenggong back to Hualien (~140 kms) via the 30 over to the Rift Valley and the 193 back to Hualien city. Monday we tried to do Mugumuyu but the rain defeated us. For more pics click on READ MORE:

November Election Pics and Vids

Against a darkening sky, competing candidates' ads vie. Both signs claim that they got money for the popular hiking trails in the Ta-ken area outside Taichung.

Lots of stuff happening, from Peter Gries' survey of voters to an Economist piece which confuses its own ignorance with the situation here, to AP's piece on the crazy survey that alleges Taiwanese won't fight, which I will be extensively commenting on tonight after I put in some kilometers on the bike today in this lovely weather. Meanwhile, Ballots and Bullets has kindly hosted my November election pics. Also, Ben has a great collection of KMT and DPP campaign videos, including one from the talented blogger and filmmaker TC Lin (Poagao), a naturalized citizen of the ROC, supporting the KMT.
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