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| Found while heading up the trail along the never ending 茄苳瀑布 Qiedong Waterfall |
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| Tons of these flowers atop the Qiedong waterfall trail |
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| Random things on the way down from the Qiedong waterfall trail |
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| 五月花 Mayflowers are in full bloom and very popular in Taiwan |
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| Looking out at 大湖公園 Dahu Park from 康樂山 Kangle Mountain |
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| One of many spiders spotted along the 康樂山 Kangle Mountain trail |
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| On top of being beautiful flowers, they smell fantastic |
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| Gotcha! Snapped this picture moments before it flew away |
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| Finding randomness in the mountains around the neighborhood |
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| Freshly painted and meant to mock 小人國 Xiaorenguo or Little People Country |
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| Don't run or swing — or dance?! — on the bridge |
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| Looking at 大油坑 Dayoukeng from the 金包里大路 Jinbaoli Trail |
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| Good place for a breather along the 金包里大路 Jinbaoli Trail |
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| 山豬豐厝地 Shanzhufeng Residence along the 金包里大路 Jinbaoli Trail |
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| Very close to completing the gorgeous area around 擎天崗 Qingtiangang |
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| 金包里步道 Jinbaoli Trail or the Japanese Trail |
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| Lots of 牛 out and about today |
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| Made it to the peak off in the distance, 竹篙山 Zhugaoshan |
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| Along the amazing, historical Japanese trail |
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| Boy Cat, aka Datsun, 曬ing in the 太陽 = love him |
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| Girl Cat, aka Levi, always hoping to come with = love her |
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| A visitor enjoying the flowers on my balcony |
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| Stopped on the way home today to enjoy some mountains along with this little guy |
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| Looking at 冷水坑 Lengshuikeng and 七星山 Qixing Mountain |
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| 絹絲瀑布 Juansi Waterfall near 擎天崗 Qingtiangang |
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| Leaves as soft as silk found on the way back to Qingtiangang |
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| Today's route shown in blue |
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| Mushrooms found along the 高頂山 Gaoding mountain ridge |
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| Misty mountain forest atop 石梯嶺 Mount Shiti |
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| Must complete this area ... |
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| A cold, refreshing beer after an amazingly long ridge trek |
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| Going up 1.6KM of steep stone steps with no shade from the hot sun |
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| Looking back on the trail and taking a breather |
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| Going down 0.6KM of steep stone steps with no shade from the hot sun (knees = ouch) |
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| Stunning (and thankfully flat) path back to 二子坪 Erzingping |
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| Brought back memories of climbing trees as a child |
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| Magnet rock — unfortunately I wasn't carrying a compass |
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| Mossy, slippery stairs through the whole trail of 菜公坑 Caigongkeng |
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| Goal of hiking the majority of this area = pretty much complete! |