Saturday July 25th, 2020 (cont'd)

Standing at the top of the Mei Hua Waterfall (梅花瀑布)



A gorgeous morning for tracing the Mei Hua River (梅花溪)

Saturday July 25th, 2020

River tracing at the Mei Hua River (梅花溪) in Hsinchu (新竹縣)




Sunset hike: Thursday July 23rd, 2020

Taipei 101 sunset from the Nangang Mountains
The first sunset hike of summer. Starting a hike at 5:00PM seemed like a good idea but it's still pretty muggy at that hour, even after a summer afternoon downpour. We decided to hike from Houshanpi MRT station (後山埤站) to Nangang. There were very few people on the trails at this time. We enjoyed the hike and I have discovered that my GoPro doesn't take great sunset pictures.
One of the pathways along Elephant Mountain



Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area (2D/1N)

These houses are over 100 years old — Shangping Old Street (上坪老街)

Walking along the Zhenshan Trail (榛山步道) around 2,000m

A lovely tree along the way to the Guanwu Waterfall

The Guanwu Waterfall trail

Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area (2D/1N)

Enjoying a cup of coffee at the Guanwu Villa while waiting for the sun to pop up over the mountain

A 2,000-year old tree along the Kuaishan Big Trees Trail (檜山巨木群步道)

Excellent weather at the Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area (觀霧國家森林遊樂區) (2,300m)

Looking at the Holy Ridge Trail (a 5-6 day hike) in the far distance

Saturday July 11th, 2020 (cont'd)

River tracing to the Xinfeng Waterfall (新峰瀑布) in Toucheng (頭城)



The Xinfeng Waterfall (新峰瀑布)

Saturday July 11th, 2020

River tracing to the Xinfeng Waterfall (新峰瀑布) in Toucheng (頭城)

The Xinfeng Waterfall (新峰瀑布)



Sunday July 5th, 2020 (cont'd)

At the Pingxi Crags

At the Pingxi Crags


Second hike of the day near the 石硿子 Waterfall

Sunday July 5th, 2020

Hiking in Pingxi (平溪)

At the Pingxi Crags

At the Pingxi Crags on an extremely hot morning

At 石硿子瀑布 in Pingxi

Friday June 19th, 2020 (cont'd)

Social distancing done right at Xike Station (汐科火車站)


The most relevant for 2020 and my favorite of the day


Friday June 19th, 2020

A quick weekday trip out to the coast to see the Fulong Sand Castle Festival


A new sign at Fulong Beach

This guy was massive