Hsinchu

Slept in until 11am and back on the road to beautiful sun moon lake. While circumnavigating the lake, i saw a tourist coming down from a trail. I stopped and asked him if it was a long hike up and the view from there. He said it was 30 mins. I didnt really have time for that with all the driving ahead of me.

I asked him where he's going cuz we were in the middle of nowhere. He told me an hours walk to the next town. I told him hop in. We stopped by a lookout point on the way and eventually dropped him off at the town and continued on.

En route to see my friend Shane in Hsinchu, i found a microbrewery in Taichung so decided to pop by there. Didnt realize how big of a city it was. The restaurant was on the 13th floor of a massive massive mall. Parked in the garage under the building and enjoyed a small break from the road.

Shortly after, i got back in my car but couldnt find my way out. Not obvious and all the signs were in chinese. After circling around all over the place, i realized these two symbols 出口meant exit. And finally i escaped after following those two symbols everywhere in the labryinth of a parking garage.

An hour later, arrived in Hsinchu and found my buddys house. Quick hi to his wife and a beer and then off to a night market where his brother scott met us. I didnt know scott was here too! Amazing. Had an awesome reunion and stayed up until 2am catching up. And slept in their spare roomRead more