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For Sale: 2009 Bike Day Giant LTD

by Michael Cannon on July 25, 2010 in Biking

The big decision just came through, I need to sell my 2009 Bike Day White Large Giant LTD at a fire sale price of 12,000 NT. That’s right ladies and gentleman, the bike that has conquered over 4,000 kilometers of Taiwan’s flats and drastic mountain sides and even turned in a sub 5-hour Neverstop Yanjing [...]

Tagged as: 2009, Asia, Bike Day, for sale, Giant LTD, Linkou-林口, Taiwan

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Biking Taiwan: Taoyuan and Hsinchu Coast

by Michael Cannon on July 21, 2010 in Biking

Seems that sometimes, you get really restless. So restless that you can’t quite sleep. Last Saturday was one of those days. I took off around 8 PM for a night ride with touring kit and was aimless till I decided that I wanted to ride the west coast down for 50 kilometers. Then I’d find [...]

Tagged as: Asia, beach, Biking, coast, hot, Hsinchu-新竹, Linkou-林口, sunny, Taiwan, Taoyuan-桃園, windy

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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

by Michael Cannon on July 19, 2010 in Food

It seems that Peichi had decided that I wasn’t allowed to make another batch of shortbread cookies. She considered last weekend’s batch a tad bit salty and buttery. Of course they were, I made them that way. Silly gal… I miss rich food once in a while. Anyways, Saturday morning we had a little discussion [...]

Tagged as: Asia, cinnamon buns, food, homemade, Linkou-林口, Taiwan

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The View from Taiwan: The Gospel According to Will: Formosa Betrayed

by Michael Cannon on July 14, 2010 in Miscellanious

Michael Turton gets a sneak peak of a 1980′s Taiwan thriller. From his review, it’s one movie for us Taiwan expats to be checking out. The View from Taiwan: The Gospel According to Will: Formosa Betrayed.

Tagged as: Asia, film, Formosa Betrayed, movie, Taiwan, thriller

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Biking Taiwan: Ride over Shiping-汐平 Road

by Michael Cannon on July 8, 2010 in Biking

Wednesday morning I awoke at 5 AM to finish getting ready for a ride down 106 over to Jingtong. Jingtong is near Pingshi with the lantern festival around Chinese New Year. I met up with a local group of weekend workers who enjoy getting together for much lolly gagging and photo taking on their mid-week [...]

Tagged as: Asia, Biking, Guandu-關渡, hot, Pingshi-平溪, Taiwan, 北31

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