Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Day 08 Mon 8/10 - Su'ao Wildcamp to Dazinshuei RnR camp


Today Distance : 65.0 km
Today's Temp : 23 - 30C sunny
Average Speed : 13.6 km  max: 51.0
Time On Bike : 4 hr  46 min
Average Climb : 4%  max: 27%
Total Altitude :  1033 m   max: 334 m
Today's Spending : NTD 199
Total Spending  : NTD 3887

Our ride started at 7.30 without having our usual cook breakfast and coffee.The reason for not cooking is we were running short on water,we only have limited for our ride ahead,and absolutely no idea how far is the next supply.With the dirty cloths on and a sticky smelly bodies,we push on ..hopefully today ending is a nice bathe waiting for us.Still on route 9 along the sea coast,but by no means it is easy.This section of road is called Suhua ( means from Su'ao to Hualian) is by far the most dangerous and also the most beautiful parts in Taiwan.The view of rock cliffs and the Pacific ocean is enough to draw all the tourists including cyclist like us. We met quite a number of local cyclists,often in group with either a light saddle beg or backpack at the back,often we wave and say "Jiayu..Jiayu...",just short of stopping to chitchat.Towns that we passed is Tong'ao,Nan'ao,and Heping where we had spaghetti lunch at 7-11. After our stomach refill,we push on until we saw a nice rest stop,with toilet facilities and also we can charge our gadgets,there is a nice stream where i  am very happy to clean up while Tony was resting inside his tent.I had a lucky escape when taking a self timer shot,i accidentally slip and my butt was landed on the rock,it pain but luckily nothing serious to my spine.I cook instant noodle for dinner, giving a miss on my usual rice menu.

































4 comments:

  1. The view was awesome...hope you are okay and no injury after that fall.

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  2. Thanks for all the concern,I am recovering fast. We had reached the toughest climb to Wuling,now resting in Puli, will be on our way to Sun Moon Lake.

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