Not many could make it for this walk, so it was just the hardcore of Myself, Regina and Laura, who brought her friend. Laura was of course half an hour late!
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We took the bus to deepest Wai-Shuang-Xi for the beginning of the walk...Here is Laura's friend, Vanessa.
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We were already quite high up, so there views right from the beginning. This was not a strenuous hike, just a long distance one.
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There were a lot of different trails at the beginning and it was hard to know which one to follow.
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We got some advice on which direction from one of these guys.
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The first snack break
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Part of the walk goes through an abandoned amusement park. Here is the old car park.
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Some fibreglass goats left behind.
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The God looked kind of surreal, stuck away in the trees...I said it was probably a ghost...Laura was not afraid!!
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A good close up of a Formosan Bluejay
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We stopped at one place where I was given some training on how to use a hula hoop! I don't think I was very good...but it's a tricky sport!
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After four hours walking, we went to eat Mexican at Macho Taco followed by the best ice-cream in Taipei...Cosi o Cosi....Very Yum.
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石碇 WALK TO SH-DING
A hot day, but a walk mostly in the forest so we didn't die of heatstroke
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We started out by following the river.
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This is a pleasant stroll past all the picnicers and the water must be clean because there are a lot of fish.
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Ann was in good spirits so I reminded her that soon she would be complaining and that smile would be wiped off her face!
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I told Ann that the fish would nibble her toes if she dipped them in the water...her feet must have been too smelly, because they weren't interested!
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The bench break before we headed off into the bush
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...and the beginning of a long uphill climb.
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Good bit of forest.
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Sure enough....Ann was no longer the chirpy girl from an hour before!!
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I also started to feel tired...must have been the lack of drink the night before!!
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We met a guy near the top who said he knew a short cut down that would only take twenty minutes. Ann, who by this time was close to death, seemed happy to get down quicker and I was interested to see where this alleged path went. Well, predictably, it was no short cut and took more than an hour to bring us out on a road that was miles away from where we wanted to be. Luckily, the guy had a pick up truck nearby and gave us a lift to the MRT station with us sitting in the back.
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And here are the happy hitchhikers!
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