125cc and a backpack

September - Oktober 2017

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Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 29 Sep 2017
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitud: 15 m
- Taiwan Taipei Da’an Taidian Dalou Zhan 25.02063, 121.528925°1’14” N 121°31’44” E
Hari 1
Start
29 September 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
This trip's formula:
17 days off
+ 125cc scooter
+ 1 backpack
= a sore butt

I hired a scooter to fulfill one of my big dreams: Scootering around Taiwan. In Seven-Eleven Country, everything is just so super convenient. That's why a 30 liters backpack is all I need to carry for this 17+ days trip. Winding roads and long driving distances demand their toll: Unfortunately, sunscreen doesn't prevent a sore butt. Nonetheless, the views are worth it.

After navigating through buzzing Taipei city, I ended up in Fulong, a touristic beach town and met other exchange students. A rented house for 17 people, bonfire and beer.Baca lagi
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4 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 30 Sep 2017
- 🌬 33 °C
- Altitud: 16 m
- Taiwan Taipei Wazi Wazi Gang 25.02, 121.9525°1’12” N 121°57’0” E
Hari 2
Beer & Bonfire
30 September 2017, Taiwan ⋅ 🌬 33 °C
Just chilling in Fulong. No driving today. But the ocean's current dragged some innocent swimmer out to the sea. The surfboard rental owner seriously safed some lives today.
Then: bonfire and beer.
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4 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 1 Okt 2017
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitud: 65 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Hualien Tailuge 24.1534, 121.6240324°9’12” N 121°37’27” E
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Hari 3
Down the east coast
1 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I left the bunch of hungover exchange students and picked up Lin at the train station. For the next 4 days, we're going down the east coast together: Steep cliffs right hand side, crystal blue water left hand side. Inbetween a smooth line of black asphalt.

Tonight we stay at Taroko National Park. We drove some 130 km today.Baca lagi
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3 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 2 Okt 2017
- 🌧 3 °C
- Altitud: 123 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Hualien Wujianwu Delüke 24.17113, 121.6010124°10’16” N 121°36’4” E
Hari 4
Taroko and further south
2 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
This morning we tackle Taroko Gorge - an incredible scenery hard to describe with photos. The winding road takes you up the gorge, you pass stone archs and rush through a tunnel which suddenly spits you out next to overhanging cliffs rising a couple of hundred meters left and right of you. We feel so insignificant facing this power of nature.

We spend the evening and night scootering down to Chenggong. Insects pierce our skin as we go down the empty highway at some 80 kmh. Still 2 hours to go. Betel nuts prove helpful this night.Baca lagi
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3 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 3 Okt 2017
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitud: 50 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Taitung Liji 22.82919, 121.1280222°49’45” N 121°7’41” E
Hari 5
Aggressive monkeys and East Rift Valley
3 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
There's a small island lying near Chenggong which is accessible by a 8-Arch-Bridge. For some reason we set feet on this island at 30something degrees temperature, scorching sunshine and without sufficient water. Within minutes our clothes are soaked with sweat. Nonetheless we walk through a snake-inhabited cave and find ourselves on top of the island next to a lighthouse. The Pacific coastline of Taiwan stretches out in front of us.

In Taiyuan Valley some nasty monkeys conquered the scooter and tried to steal our stuff. As I approached them, their leader snarled at me aggressively. Hell, i thought monkeys were cute!

In Taitung area we take a narrow mountain road offering incredible views of the East Rift Valley. Taiwan has many faces, this is one of them.

As the sun sets around 5:50pm, we drive some more 3 hours in the dark. The fullmoon lights the dark parts of the road.Baca lagi
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2 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 4 Okt 2017
- ☀️ 39 °C
- Altitud: 28 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Hualien Shuiyuandi Hua-Lien Kang 23.98716, 121.6015723°59’14” N 121°36’6” E
Hari 6
East Rain Valley
4 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
Pouring rain. Rain capes. Stray dogs chasing our scooter, trying to bite us. Night market in Hualien.
Lihat terjemahan
2 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 5 Okt 2017
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitud: 1,658 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Datong Village Youshi Langshifu Shan 24.04525, 121.1590524°2’43” N 121°9’33” E
Hari 7
3580
5 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
3580 meters above sea level. This is probably the highest piece of asphalt you can travel in Taiwan. Despite the lack of oxygen, my scooter takes it with a steady 60 kmh from Taroko to Qingjing. After passing the foggy cloud level (which stretches from 2000m to 3000m altitude) the views are mind-blowing. Not many people make it up to this point because the weather forecast is rather bad. Additionally, last night's thunderstorm chucked rocks and debris on the road, requiring more concentration. As the road winds up the mountain range, dark tunnels and narrow curves need to be taken.

The challenge was worth it.Baca lagi
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5 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 6 Okt 2017
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitud: 139 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Fuliao Village Sanmuzhuzi Beitou Xinjun 23.97975, 120.6947223°58’47” N 120°41’41” E
Hari 8
Back to school
6 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
3:00am my alarm sounds. I jump on my scooter and drive up the mountain road. The sunrise watched from 3000m above sea level kicks off a beautiful day.

In Caotun I meet Ian and his family. I linked up with him via Couchsurfing. He takes me to his junior high school class. The kids are curious as hell and ask a lot of questions. The day finishes off with a homemade dinner.Baca lagi
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5 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 7 Okt 2017
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitud: 1,139 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Dongguang Village Dingcheng Guokeng Shan 23.8823, 120.9853423°52’56” N 120°59’7” E
Hari 9
Coincidence
7 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
I leave Caotun behind and head to famous Sunmoon Lake, a popular tourist destination in Taiwan. On the highway I spot another scooter driver with backpack, hiking boots and 1,95m height.

Together we climb Shuijishan and at the summit we put our hammocks into the trees to camp there overnight.Baca lagi
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2 suka
Johannes Bremer 125cc and a backpack
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 8 Okt 2017
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: 2,140 m
- Taiwan Taiwan Xianglin Village Erwanping 23.50737, 120.7958523°30’27” N 120°47’45” E
Hari 10
From dawn til dusk
8 Oktober 2017, Taiwan ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We get up in the dark to watch the sunrise at Sunmoon Lake. The view is gorgeous: This is Taiwan's beauty.

From Sunmoon Lake we take the monkey-framed mountain road to Alishan. Alishan is famous for its sunrises. However, the sunsets aren't to bad neither.Baca lagi
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