I never thought my passion for hiking would lead to much more than my own pursuit of happiness. But as it turns out, one particular hike opened a door to a whole new world of culture and friendship that I never could have expected. Last year I learned about...
Continuing on my run of exploring abandoned aboriginal villages, I set out to find the Paiwan village named Tanasiu – 丹林舊社. What I couldn’t have known was that it would be easily reachable and leave me with time on my hands. With that, my curiosity took me on quite...
Tjuqemadris is an abandoned aboriginal village located in south Taiwan in Shizi Township – 獅子鄉. Villagers there were forced to move to NanShi Lake – 南勢湖 in 1942, along with neighboring villages Tjuzanqau, Tjaljaviya, and Maljuqau. NanShi lake is roughly 62 kilometers away as the crow flies. It distance...
After stumbling upon the abandoned Paiwan village Vuri’ilj last week, I decided to look for another abandoned village to visit. My search led me to Kulalangau (sometimes written as Kulalangaw) in Chunri – 春日. It’s located very near BeiHuLuShan 北湖呂山. In fact, there are two alternate trail heads you...
WenDingShan 文丁山 is a lower peak on the way up to NanDaWuShan 南大武山. I saw it when I was at the HuYaYuShan 戶亞宇山 peak last February and really wanted to hike it. I believe most people wouldn’t make a special trip to WenDingShan. There’s really nothing special about it....
NanJiuBaoShan – 南久保山 is located in Pingtung, not far from Laoqijia 老七佳 across the valley, and very close to the Bailu Tribe (白鷺部落) – you must pass it to reach the trail head. I’ve been to JiuBaoShan 久保山 and figured it was time I hiked to this peak. The morning...
In July last year I randomly rode off into the mountains near Laiyi 來義 and happened upon an “altar of human skulls” as it’s known. Of all the days I could have ridden up there, this may have been the best. It was a clear and beautiful summer day...
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