Taoyuan-桃園

Biking Taiwan: Taoyuan and Hsinchu Coast

by Michael Cannon on July 21, 2010 in Biking [LINK]

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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Northern Taiwan Day Trip Ideas

by Michael Cannon on February 15, 2010 in Miscellanious,Travel [LINK]

A friend is looking for day trip ideas in Northern Taiwan. These were the first to come to mind that were reasonable based upon public transportation from Linkou-林口. I figured I’d share them and see what else you might think of to add. Please leave a comment with your suggestions. Danshui at north end of [...]

Tagged as: Asia, Taipei-台北, Taiwan, Taoyuan-桃園

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Biking Taiwan: GGI單車-Linkou Giant: Taoyuan 105-成功 Loop

by Michael Cannon on December 7, 2009 in Biking [LINK]

I rose Saturday morning around 6:30 AM and had a hard time wiping the crud out of my eyes. However, it was important to me to get going and take a much missed local group ride with the GGI單車-Linkou Giant riders. As it’s the beginning of the month, the rides are a little easier than [...]

Tagged as: Biking, GGI單車-Linkou Giant, Linkou-林口, Taiwan, Taoyuan-桃園

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Biking Taiwan: Linkou-林口, Yingge-鶯歌, Taoyuan-桃園

by Michael Cannon on August 10, 2009 in Biking [LINK]

It finally happened, I burnt myself out on riding. So for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been kicking back, lifting weights, spinning on the elliptical trainer and catching up on my reading. However, today, actually I tried to start on Saturday, then Sunday, I got back on the bike. Today’s adventure took me down [...]

Tagged as: 105, 110, 114, Asian, Biking, Linkou-林口, Taiwan, Taoyuan-桃園, Yingge-鶯歌

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6th Wedding Anniversary – The Buildup and Life

by Michael Cannon on June 3, 2009 in Travel [LINK]

Peichi and I headed down to Zuoying-左營 high speed rail, HSR, station in Kaohsiung-高雄 from Taoyuan-桃園 HSR station early Sunday morning. The reason, our 6th wedding anniversary banquet with about 450 family and friends was held last night. Sunday afternoon was filled with suit and dress fittings and Monday morning we took a walk around [...]

Tagged as: 6th anniversary, Asia, banquet, food, Kaohsiung-高雄, Keliao-蚵寮, market, Taiwan, Taoyuan-桃園, train, Zuoying-左營

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