If you live in southern Taiwan, chances are you’ve heard of the popular RiTangZhenShan – 日湯真山 – everyone and their grandma has been there. Heck, I’ve even taken my son. But its “little brother” RiTangZhenShan Southwest Peak – 日湯真山西南峰 on the other hand, I bet few know (or care...
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...
I have been putting off hiking to LaiYiShan & ZhenYaSheShan – 來義山 & 真雅社山 for quite some time. Somehow I had it in my mind that they would be super easy and leave me with a lot of extra time on my hands. Boy was I wrong! Yes, one...
Continuing with the theme of ‘easy hikes’ due to my knee injury, I chose to make an attempt to hike to an abandoned Paiwan village named Tjakuvukuvulj. While there, my secondary plan was to hike to NeiWenShan – 內文山, a nearby mountain peak that doesn’t appear on any newer...
With my leg giving me some problems the last hike, I wanted to try something easier this time; a trail with either little elevation gain or a gradual gain over a long distance. This led me to FanLiShan – 蕃里山. FanLiShan was previously off limits; though it seems that...
On my last hike past RiTangZhenShan 日湯真山 I saw a sign that read 舊萬安部落 or “Old Wan’an Tribe” in English. I later researched the tribe and its location and found that I’ve driven very near it a couple times a few years ago. I decided to visit the old...
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....
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