Today Distance : 61.1 km
Today's Temp : 23 - 28 C Cloudy with occasion shower
Average Speed : 15.9 km max: 48
Time On Bike : 3 hr 49 min
Average Climb : 2 % max: 7 %
Total Altitude : 406 m max: 100 m
Today's Spending : NTD 890
Total Spending : NTD 13151
Today's ride started at 8 with a little drizzling rain coupled with the rain yesterday,this makes the road surface a little wet, but soon we got comfortable with it and started to love the cooling weather instead of hot sweating sun.The route 9 is pretty much straight up north along the coast and running parallel to the train line.Sometimes you will see the train line running above and sometimes it is under,depending on the terrain.Overall quite a relax and enjoyable ride to Taitung. We arrived rather early in Taitung about 1.30pm where we were promised by Mr Chang for his friend's accommodation,but we could not get hold of him thru his mobile phone.So went hunting for a place to stay on our own.Tony also bought another 2 spare tubes and chain lube when we saw a Giant bikeshop.Taitung may look a big town,but surprisingly not many hotels .We thought the Police Station might be able to help, but we were laughing to oursleves when we went to the hotel that the Police recommended, supposed to be one of the cheapest,when i reluctantly went in for enquiry, the cheapest room NTD 1800 is way out of our budget.Eventually our hunting effort paid off in a nice big comfortable room for NTD 1000 of National Army Heroic Hotel. We have some daylight wonder in town for dinner and also our feel good supper of steam claypot ginger mother duck for only NTD 280
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| Started on a wet road surface from last night rain |
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| Our targeted stay will be Taitung |
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| Road went up high when hill is too steep |
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| Some road sinks are hard to maintain |
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| Road went back to the coast |
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| Long straight coastal road |
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| It's either 7-11 or Family Mart |
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| Wave breakers along the rough sea |
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| Train line running above road |
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| 2 km approaching Taimali |
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| Jinlun Town |
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| Beef noodles outlet, more expensive than the roadside stall |
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| Taimali Town |
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| Taimali popular for "laichi" |
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| When the road is up,the train runs down |
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| Arrived in Taitung city at 2.30pm |
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| Overturned signboard,accidentally or purposely ? |
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| National Army Heroic Hotel |
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| Hotel catering for cyclists |
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| Variety of Taiwan fruits |
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National Army Heroic Hotel room at NTD 1000
Mixed rice dinner NTD 75
Taiwan famous steam pot of ginger mother duck
Good business
Quater duck without side dishes NTD 280, extremely POWER !!!
Tony love it |
