Friday December 21st, 2018 (25°C)

A beautiful morning view from my balcony

Another lovely morning hike in the backyard

A Christmas photo shoot with Levi ... she was most unimpressed


Thursday December 20th, 2018 (25°C)

A gorgeous morning hike in the backyard!




Sunday December 16th, 2018 (24°C)

Revisiting some walking trails near Dazhi (大直) in Taipei City (台北市)

Our group stopped here for lunch

Awesome greenery at the start of the hike — Jinanshan Trails (雞南山步道)

At the Jiantan Ancient Temple (佛光山劍潭古寺)

Tuesday December 4th, 2018 (31°C)

Led my second hike with The Community Center in Tianmu and we had amazing weather!

The group wasn't looking forward to the steps up so it was high fives all around when everyone made it!

Stunning skies

Bishan Temple (碧山巖) on a lovely and quiet weekday morning

Sunday December 2nd, 2018 (cont'd)

Datun Main Peak (大屯山) in the distance (1.092m) on Yangmingshan (陽明山)


Covered by long grass and thankful for some shade

Slightly overgrown trails made it hard to see them clearly and it's wasp season

Sunday December 2nd, 2018 (31°C)

An unbelievably clear day on the  Datun Main Peak (大屯山) at 1,092m on Yangmingshan (陽明山)

The sun was out in full force making it a bit of a hot hike in the direct sun

Those skies though ... not a cloud in them

Silver Grass season is quickly coming to an end and Yangmingshan is a great place to enjoy it

Saturday December 1st, 2019 (29°C) (cont'd)

A lovely late afternoon hike in Neihu (內湖) —at Jinmianshan (金面山)

Trees and trees of cobwebs — wouldn't want to fall into those

A lovely tree at the start of the hike

Making my way out of the trails before dark

Saturday December 1st, 2018 (29°C)

Found an advent calendar at Costco this year with Belgian chocolate

December 1st opened ... chocolate so delicious!

Levi. My everything.

December 1st brought some fabulous weather

Saturday November 24th. 2018 (cont'd)

Some lovely fall colored leaves which is rare to see in the city

Battleship Rock (軍艦岩) in Beitou (北投)

Overlooking the city on a gorgeous afternoon from Battleship Rock

Playing around on Battleship Rock

Saturday November 24th, 2018 (cont'd)

Had to follow GPS on foot to find this place — at 台灣幸福石 in Beitou (北投)

A lovely easy-paced  hike in Beitou — on the Junjianyan trails (軍艦岩步道)

Very rare to see fall colored leaves in the city

The Taiwan Happiness Rock (台灣幸福石)

Saturday November 24th, 2018

At the Liuhuanggu Sulfur Valley (硫磺谷) in Beitou (北投)



At Thermal Valley (地熱谷) in Beitou (北投)

Sunday November 18th, 2018 (cont'd)

Low clouds rolling in quick

Last glimpse of the teapot before it disappeared in cloud cover —Teapot Mountain (茶壺山)


Getting ready to climb the teapot