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How to Survive Taipei: a first day summary

Walking out of the air conditioned hotel to the city waiting for me outside, I couldn’t stop internally screaming. To an onlooker, I was calmly walking down the street, but my internal dialogue told a completely different story; I couldn’t stop for a while. The immediate image of the Beitou district of Taipei was just so different from any city I had experienced. I shook myself out of the internal shock when I realized I actually needed to hustle to buy a metro card and get on a train to school. Navigating to the nearest 7/11, I learned my first lesson about the city:

1. There aren’t always consistent sidewalks.

On my way to 7/11, I was feeling sick to my stomach, with a moment of thinking I’d maybe throw up. I was very bewildered; I’d built up this moment so much, and was feeling a mix of excited-nerves but also nerves-nerves. It was a huge hit of reality, of wow, I’m here... a huge hit of the utter and complete foreignness, a slight pang of asking, what have I done? - a lot to take in at once. I can now only slightly imagine what it must be like to immigrate to a big American city like New York, of so much chaos, hustle and bustle - this is probably the most empty and quiet part of the city, and I was completely disoriented. Walking down a sidewalk in this haze, the sudden lack of sidewalk broke it. Parked scooters blocked the path forward down the street, and it seemed the other side was the same. But I saw a man ahead of me walking in the street along the parked vehicles, so I followed suit. Seeing the 7/11 up ahead, I strolled in through the automatic door. Going up to the register, I asked if they had metro cards. Realizing a language barrier, it dawned on me how much faster I need to learn more Chinese. On the flight, I felt bad that I was walking into this experience not having a better level in Chinese, like I did in France where I could speak to cashiers - it feels like a dishonor to Taiwan. But I’m all the more motivated to learn now. The cashier gave me a polite no. Leaving the store, I decided to walk to the 7/11 right up the street to see if they had some. This time, I changed tack and brought up a photo of the metro card on my phone. I asked the cashiers at this 7/11 and encountered a similar situation, so I presented the photo. They rang me up for the card and a sparkling lemon drink to settle my stomach. I navigated to the metro, walking into the station in my slight state of discombobulation. Experiencing the Taipei metro for the first time, I almost stuck my new metro card into what appeared to actually be some kind of mailing station. Turning around to find the correct machine, it took me a couple tries to add a month pass onto the card - it cancelled my session a couple times, bringing me back to the home screen, because I realized I had to leave the card seated on the scanner while I made my purchase, rather than hovering it over for a moment like back home. Opting to go left to find the correct platform, I sat and waited for the next train, skin already covered in a thin sheen of sweat that made me look like I had put on highlighter that morning. It took me a bit to look across the elevated platform and see that the train I should be taking was actually the next platform over. Running over to the other platform, I luckily made it into that car, but realized there was no need to run, because:

2. Taipei’s metro system (the MRT) is excellent.

I found out there would have been another train in three minutes. It seems for most stations trains come every five minutes or less.

Now on the right train, I looked around the fairly empty car and its very toy-like look to see adorably designed public service announcements. The lulling motion and knowledge I was headed in the right direction put me at ease. Looking out the window at the city rolling by, I admired this big part of Taipei:

3. Taiwan is so lushly green.

It hit me that I have never experienced a climate like that of Taiwan. I already adored the landscape I had seen from a distance, but getting a closer look at some of the trees, how much they overflowed from the mountains, it occurred to me that the closest to the equator I had been was San Diego, more than 2,000 miles north - the semi-tropics are new for me. I felt a great sense of awe before all of the trees. Despite the fact that I will live in a city, I think experiencing this aspect of nature I have yet to experience is at the top of my list of what I look forward to.

Having successfully transferred, I ascended the stairs to exit the metro. Looking around to get my bearings, I was instantly overjoyed to see an NTU topiary with pink flowers shaped into a heart. School!! My purpose for being here! Home! With more confidence in my step now, I walked onto the beautifully green campus, quickly learning, I probably shouldn’t wear headphones for a while as...

4. The school is so bike-friendly!

Not pictured - a line for an on-campus bike repair.

Bikers were whizzing by on every path, so I put my headphones away to pay more full attention. Seeing that I was close to the building of my first class, and not being able to resist a cute shop sign, I stopped to try my first fig jelly, and headed to class.

Sitting in a large lecture hall of students, listening to a lecture that was exactly what I had hoped for, the fervent and flummoxed feeling from earlier had washed away, I was back to feeling confident again. Indeed, I even felt a big feeling of what I can only call self-wholeness, or perhaps self-assuredness. Seeing this big sea of students, some waving over their friends to sit with them, some sitting alone, I chuckled about the fact that I really knew no one at all. It wasn’t a scary thought - I had this assured feeling that there was no doubt I would meet good people very soon. But I was more reveling in this moment - being in a new place not knowing a soul is a strangely magical and powerful feeling in a way I can’t really explain. And it adds to a self-image I have, but in an extreme way. It is not a negative feeling also because Taipei as a city is extremely safe and friendly - perfect conditions for this ephemeral state of being.

At only 6 pm, though, I already felt wiped. Granted, I had been up since 5:30 AM. But part of not focusing my energy on searching social events already is just the fact of being dropped into Week 3 of school having just somewhat figured out my real schedule that morning, dropped into a hotel an hour away from school, without a welcome or orientation to this very new place. The sheer amount of stimulus, even from inside this hotel room where my mind has already been filled to the brim, has kept the hours very full. I’m building up my energy in the next four days, starting with this half-day out for one class. Given the intensity of the first thirty minutes of being out, I feel it is ok to take it slow and live in my own world for a couple of days. And I love my own world quite a lot.

Before going back to the hotel to when I had said I would be back, I did explore a little around campus. And in this directionless wandering around, I discovered a big thing to love about Taipei:

5. Lanes are the best types of streets.

Tucked-away restaurants.

More consistent sidewalks closer to the city center.

Side street cafes.

Blurry, but you get the picture - scooter-only lanes.

An aspect of the city that confused me this morning was now an aspect I really love - there seem to be a lot of different types of streets in Taipei. From 10-lane ceremonial streets, to bustling main intersections, to two lane streets, to narrow one-lanes, to scooter-only one lanes... I already saw a lot. My favorites are the latter two, but especially the official lanes, which I think are the scooter-only ones. They are off the main street network that service all of the apartment complexes and homes, with the occasional shop on the lower floor. I love lanes so much because A. you can walk in the middle of the street, scooters will just zoom around you, and B. there are so many hidden treasures, from cafes tucked behind walls and overgrown greenery to quirky visual treasures - they are just hidden enough to where you have to take the time to wander and pay attention, making exploring and discovering such a treat. One of those treasures is my final note for the night:

6. There is an absurd number of potted plants EVERYWHERE.

Trash truck lot pots, can you spot them?

I wouldn’t have this as its own section unless I really saw it as a pattern and phenomena, but I really feel strongly about this. Even staring out of my hotel window, I kind of saw this, but of course walking around the city, I saw it was actually a thing. At least a dozen potted plants on balconies, potted plants in front of shops, potted plants along the lanes... there were even a couple potted plants on the wall around the trash truck parking lot. It has been said that Taipei is not the most visually stunning city on earth, and based on the overall look of the city and apartments, I can understand that argument. But already, I feel an immense amount of care from this city. From the very careful and considerate details, like how every single tree of the hundreds of trees on campus are identified with a label, to the considerate and just plain smart touches in public transit and throughout the city, the ubiquity of so many potted plants being taken care of is just another manifestation of the care of this city called Taipei.

There are so many more moments to write about, like the ubiquitous political campaign posters, or the style of the Taipei residents, which I fortunately wrote in my phone’s notes app, but for now I must sleep to get up for an early and long day, as this alone has taken me more than two hours.

Constant sound of birds chirping on campus.

Disclaimer: Actually writing is so hard for me for so many reasons, one being perfectionism - agonizing over details and then getting stuck, unable to continue out of it taking too much time and energy. But I am getting over that because it is 10:15 pm and I’d rather write something than nothing. I do have to put it out there that this blog is not quite up to my standards, but I’m enjoying doing this - thank you for reading!

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lettersfromtaiwan · 8 years ago

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Five Days in Taipingshan, Sanxing / Dongshan, Dong’Ao, And Mingchi

In mid-July, EVA and I took some time off work for a long overdue summer holiday away from the seat and humidity of Taipei. Our destination was one of our favourite places in Taiwan: the Yilan delta, known up north as ‘Taipei’s backyard’. Our goal was to spend a few days in the Taipingshan area up in the mountains amongst the ferns, firs, sea of clouds, and cool breezes. This is a long post so i’ve broken it down by day so readers can return to complete each section at their leisure.

DAY 1 - LUODONG TO CHILAN

Setting off from Nanggang Station amidst a pretty terrifying thunderstorm hammering the neighbourhood, we caught the Taroko Express to Luodong and arrived promptly about an hour later in the searing afternoon heat. We hired a scooter and set off on 7丙 to the Ch’i-lan Forest Amusement Field (棲蘭森林遊樂區停車場) which sits roughly at the entrance to the Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area (太平山國家森林遊樂區). The header image to this post was taken up the hill from Tiansongpi Train Station (天送埤火車站) looking back towards Sanxing (三星鄉).

Our bike for the trip, a Yamaha 125 cc which is basically the newer version of my own trusty steed back home ...

A little side story here and a note of caution. As we were riding up Highway 7 and we had noticed that watermelons seemed to be a local speciality, I casually remarked that “I don’t like watermelons” and that instant I was smacked harshly in the face by some hard bodied fly. My lesson learned, from that moment, like the Ancient Mariner, I made sure not to slander the local produce or wildlife anymore!

When we arrived at Ch’i-lan we checked in, walked a small trail up around the back of the resort for an hour (those interested can also visit one of CKS’ summer houses (蔣公行館) that sits in the resort behind the main building), and then set off to Tuchang Railway Museum. According to the Government website Tuchang was the unloading point for the Taipingshan logging industry ...

The gate of Taipingshan. Its name「Tuchang」-is a jargon in forestry which means the place where timber were unloaded and piled up. It used to be the starting point of forest railway. The parking lot next to it used to be the site for unloading timber. The old Tuchang Station is renovated and transformed into a memorial park of forest railway station including surrounding areas. A vintage locomotive carrying timber and a railway carriage are displayed here. Visitors can imagine their good old days from their well-kept appearances.

Not sure about that ‘good old days though given the extremely harsh and dangerous working conditions and the fact that the industry was based around despoiling the environment by stripping it of its oldest and largest trees. Nevertheless, as a train fan, it was nice to walk around the old engines and carriages ...

Note the badge on the front of this passenger locomotive ... it’s marked as the Zhonghua Hao (中華號) type of train which probably was an early trendsetter in the fashion of Taiwanese trains having political and motivational names ...

The Tzu-Chiang Limited Express was so-named from a phrase in an address that Chiang Kai-shek, the former President of Republic of China (Taiwan), delivered to his countrymen on 26 October 1971 in response to United Nations Resolution 2758, in which he urged the country to "Respect the Homeland, Strengthen Self ("Tzu-Chiang"); Respond to Change without Fear." U.N. Resolution 2758 formally recognized Beijing as the government of "China" and de-recognized Taipei, at the same time revoking Taipei's U.N. membership. For this reason, the Tzu-Chiang is also sometimes referred to as the "Self-Strengthening Express".

The inclusion of all of China and Mongolia on the map likely dates the train back to the 1950s before Outer Mongolia regained its independence.

Nearby, tourists are advised about prohibited behaviour ...

... some of which were a little unclear so they provided a written explanation ...

Next to the station lies one of the tributaries which feeds the immense Langyan River basin that eventually empties out to the Pacific at Qīngshuǐ Gǎng Wěi (清水港尾). As you can see, a lot of work has been done to build a flood wall here, probably mainly because of the immense damage Typhoon Soudelor did in 2015 when over 1000mm of rainfall fell in the area, almost submerging the railway station building entirely.

That such power can emerge to turn a steadily flowing but small stream below into a raging destructive torrent should be of no surprise given that the entire Lanyang River valley was carved by such forces over several millennia.

As the sun went down, we were bidden goodnight by these rather beautiful rays of light. In the Taiwanese mountains it gets dark (and cold) quickly so we popped back over the bridge and got to bed for an early start the next day...

DAY 2 - WANGYANGSHAN, CUIFENGHU, TAIPINGSHAN, JIANQING BUDAO, AND JIUZHIZE

Our plan for the day was to get up at 3:30am and ride up to Taipingshan, take a short break, then ride on to Cuifenghu (翠峰湖) and from there hike up to the Wangyangshan observation deck (��洋山觀日亭) for the sunrise. We would then have all day to explore the area and get a fair amount of hiking in.

My first mistake was setting off at 4:10am. I actually hadn’t figured in the extra time it would take to get from Taipingshan to Wangyangshan. My second mistake was not bringing a heavy jacket and gloves. About thirty minutes up Taipinglin Road (太平林道) my hands were numb and EVA heroically loaned me her woollen hiking jacket on the logic that if she held on tightly behind me I would act as a wind buffer and we would both remain warm enough so that we wouldn’t fall off the edge of the mountain. I must admit, although I love mountain biking, doing a completely unfamiliar road in the cold, pitch black and with deer jumping out at me was not the most enjoyable part of the journey, and extremely tiring. Normally I would enjoy ascents because I could power up and around lots of hairpins but in this case it meant crawling along at 30~40 kph eyes fixed on the centre line and thanking the deities that we were the only ones on the road. I was more than relieved when we got to Taipingshan at 5:15am and could stop for bathroom and rewarming. This was the sight looking roughly south east ...

Sometimes the flash comes in handy ...

Literally a few minutes later dawn was breaking, and our hopes of seeing the sun rise over Wangyangshan dashed, especially when a local informed us it would take 40 minutes to get there ...

The main building at the base of the settlement, closed until normal people get up at a normal hour ...

After a break, and with the sun now rising steadily, we made our way along the road to Cuifenghu and Wangyangshan, taking only 30 minutes to get to our destination, followed by an easy 45 minute hike up to the Wangyangshan viewing platform, where this was the view (left to right) at about 7am ...

EVA takes some snaps too ...

Not sure what this is but my guess is a solar powered meteorological station ...

Sunlight glistens, reflecting on the morning dew ...

... and the green foliage contrasted nicely with the clear blue skies ...

... from the deck looking back at the trail ...

The following shots were taken on the path down from the Wangyangshan viewing platform. This has been a habit of mine recently as I’ve found not being distracted with photos is a better way to stay focused on a hike up a trail, conserving energy by keeping a steady pace rather than stopping all the time.

I really liked the combination of colours seen in these flowers growing amongst moss on bark ...

It’s a nice easy trail with great views along the way ...

“When wet this path is very slippery. Please be careful walking”

At the base of the WangYangShan Trail is a carpark that I only realised after I got back also doubled up as a helipad ...

Just around the corner from here is Cuifeng Lodge翠峰山屋, marking the end of the road and from whose raised platform the views are expansive ...

At the base of the lodge is the start of the 3 hour, 3.9 km National Beech Trail ...

Flora and fauna alike ...

Looking back at the lodge ...

Lots of these path steps with reinforced metal grate indicate how muddy and wet the path can get ...

Unfortunately, at about the 3.1km mark the sea of clouds was all around us and we decided to abandon the goal of completing the remaining 0.8 km, deciding instead to return to the lodge for a much needed lunch of fried rice, boiled vegetables, and fresh cold oranges ...

Next up, and very close by was a walk around part of Cuifenghu (翠峰湖) on one of the two Cuifeng Lake Circle Trails (翠峰湖環山步道). The lake is the highest situated in Taiwan and is entirely fed by rainwater, meaning that much of it drains to low levels outside of the rain season or absent any recent typhoons. We enjoined the trail up the side of the lake and walked to and from viewing platforms, the path again having originally been carved out for the logging industry.

It’s a well tended and solidly paved trail designed for a lot of foot traffic ...

Landslides and the bridges constructed over them bear witness to the ever active geology of the area ...

There’s even a short section where someone has planted flowers on either side ...

You can spy the lake through the trees along the way ...

And visit this cement and wood oil storage hut converted to an information centre about the lake. It had to be a cement hut on the inside to prevent freak fires from igniting the oil stored there ...

And then there’s three viewing platforms which give a full view of the lake ...

That took us about 1 hour there and back, meaning we had chalked up about 4.25 hours hiking in the day thus far. With a warming afternoon sun shining down through fluffy white clouds and blue skies, we rode back to Taipingshan to visit the settlement there. Remember the first picture I took at dusk? Here’s more or less the same view at about 2pm in the afternoon ...

Taipingshan Village is now one of Taiwan’s premier tourist attractions but it was once one of the main logging stations on the East coast. This government website gives a brief overview of how the site was established for the industry. The village consists of one tree lined street rising sharply up the mountain to a temple at the end, with former logging buildings placed on either side, some now converted to shops an cafes. There was also a tourist railway but that was not open when we visited.

The view looking down from the temple ...

This sign shows that we only briefly glimpsed the area, with numerous trails yet to explore ...

Having rested up, it was getting late in the afternoon so we decided on two more stops before heading back to the Chi’lan resort for the night. First up was Jianqing Historic Trail (見晴步道):

At Jancing, you can see the gorgeous views of Yilan Plain in the east and Holy Ridgeline in the west at the same time in good weather condition. As to Jancing Historic Trail, it was built on part of the old「Forest Railway- Jancing Line」 and the total length is 2.35 km. However, due to the landslide, only 0.9 km is accessible to visitors. The old「Forest Railway- Jancing Line」is about 5.5 km, it still retains the natural beauty and historical heritages along the railway as decades ago. Nowadays, you will see the railway tracks, wooden log cart and bogies on the trail, which can invoke the memory of old logging business.

Sadly, the sea of clouds had once again stymied any chance of amazing panoramic views but the trail itself was very atmospheric in the fog and an interesting walk ...

The entrance to the 900m trail ...

... and then you simply follow the path of the railway tracks ...

In places, you can see room has been made for two parallel tracks to allow switching of engines ...

Probably what Jianqing is most famous for are the three sections of still roughly preserved railway that span across edges of the mountainside ...

... and the bridges ...

And then, rather abruptly, the trail comes to an end. As the sign below explains, the original line was an incredible 5.5km long and from this a 2.35km trail was repurposed but a typhoon in 2013 resulted in damage too costly to repair so we were agonisingly left with only 900m.

Since it was getting late, we headed off back down Taipinglin Road (太平林道) stopping off briefly at Zhongjian Visitor Centre (中間遊客中心) ...

It may seem counterintuitive but going down is always a more tiring process than going up, whether it is hiking, motorbiking, or flying. The reason is that gravity is a harsh and unrelenting mistress who instantly punishes any disrespect shown to her. After forty minutes of constant hairpins on a slope that varied wildly between 1:20 and 1:10 and sore from constant braking (whilst praying the big bike and SUV racers didn’t slam into us from behind) I’d had about enough mountains for the entire day, if not the holiday. I was quite relieved then when we finally rolled into Jioujhihze Hot Spring for our last stop of the day. I don’t have any pictures here because I was too busy lying in the hot and cold pools to take any but I will say it now ranks in my top 3 of Taiwan’s natural outdoor hot spring spa resorts because it featured a) clean changing rooms with free spin drying machine b) properly paved pool area with gentle slope so no stubbing toes on jagged rocks c) reasonably and sufficiently cold cool pool and likewise the hot pool was entirely refreshing d) a nice view in the evening, and e) cheap. I will also say that it looked like Fred Flintstone had been called into life and consulted on the design. If anything you should visit just to try out the rock pools, by which I mean pools carved into single standing rocks. It was all in all just what we needed after an exceptionally long day that featured hours of mountain driving and well over 6 hours of hiking.

Below - Information boards at the hot spring spa resort highlight the attractions in the area (apologies: photos taken at sunset).

DAY 3 - SANXING / DONGSHAN

The next day we were up early-ish again with a mission to do a 3~4 hour easy gradient hike up to the Geba Waterfall, followed by exploring the farmlands of Sanxing ...

After breakfast at Chi’lan, as we sauntered back to our bike there was a brief commotion outside the main entrance. Turns out some of the local residents had sniffed out the day’s delivery of fresh fruit ...

I took the opportunity of the clear morning light to get some shots of the (mock Tudor - why?) resort and the surrounding valley ...

Those rows of green on the river bed floor? They’re watermelon farms, a speciality of the area. With a typhoon bearing down on us as I type I wonder if the farmers have harvested all that (weighty) fruit and how much will be lost if and when the river swells to a flooding torrent. The truck you see crossing the bridge in the bottom picture is carrying vegetables and fruit from the farming valleys in Lishan high in the mountains. The trucks thunder along the road daily. Here’s one resting up across from the indigenous village that sits at the base of the trail to the waterfall ...

It’s a charming little village with very friendly people and their even more affectionate pets (one small cute puppy adopted EVA as his new mother on sight) ...

Before you get to the trail head, you walk along Ecological Park (九寮溪生態園區) which itself is very nicely maintained ...

Alas ... as can be seen above the trail was gated off and closed for repairs. Only later, after we had given up and were taking a break with drinks and nibbles in a restaurant at the village were we told that the repairs didn’t mean the trial is impassable. We plan to return to complete this trail in November (and at the same time check out the Fushan Botanical Garden (福山植物園) which requires booking one month in advance). Despite this blow, we enjoyed the walk through the ecological park around the river, although the bright sun and heat, even in the morning was relentlessly intense ...

With our plan for the day up in the air, we quickly decided to check out another waterfall on the south east side of the Yilan delta, the Xinliao Falls (新寮瀑布) near Dongshan Township ...

The trail up to the falls is an easy 900m walk along the river and it’s a popular tourist location so it was quite busy despite the heat ...

There’s a viewing platform from which to see the entire fall and the pool below it ...

Although the path down to the water is ‘closed’, this did not prevent many people, us included, from jumping in and the clear waters were cold but intensely relieving to sit in after a hot, dusty hour riding the farmland roads ...

A group of school kids wade in the water alongside us ...

Refreshed, we briefly checked out the nearby Ren Shan Botanical Garden (仁山植物園) but since we were tired we declined the effort to walk up around it (it’s on the side of the mountain) ...

I never realised when I came to Taiwan that it had such an abundance of endemic species including monkeys, bears, leopard cats, pangolins, dolphins, and butterflies.

By now it was getting to be late afternoon so we decided to head back to Sanxing and check out a museum dedicated to its most famous agricultural product: the scallion ...

It’s amazing the variety of products in the museum shop that the scallion was adapted into. We bought scallion pepper and rode off for dinner in Luodong through the sun setting on the rice and scallion fields ...

Below is where we booked our stay for the night, a delightful old Qing style three-sided farm house converted to a B&B ...

DAY 4 - KAYAKING IN DONG’AO

Having oriented ourselves the night before, we set off at about 7:30am for the small cove town of Dong’ao where we had booked a sea kayaking excursion. The road to Su’ao (over 2/3rds of the total distance) was flat and took about half an hour and then the rest of the time was spent on the visually dramatic, intensely overly used, and poorly paved, Up-N-Over the mountains on Highway 2 to our meeting point at Dong’ao Train Station (it took us exactly 1 hr 5 mins)...

We had chosen the 9am start time which in retrospect was a bit of a mistake since that was probably the busiest time as there were about forty to fifty people in our group. Thankfully the weather was clear and the seas fairly calm.

Here’s the beach, from left to right looking East at the gleaming Pacific Ocean ...

As is the case with many of the beaches on the East Coast of Taiwan, some parts are sandy but the default tends to be small stones which turn into burning rocks under the midday sun ...

Unfortunately, it turns out that an earlier group had gone out and been battered by winds and were unable to return in time and thus we were short on kit, thereby necessitating a motor boat to go out and tow them back up the coast, and so we had to wait on the beach in the burning sun for over an hour watching other groups take to the water and leave us behind (we were split into four groups). Finally, the company decided to put us on the back of the truck and drive us up the bay for a starting point closer to where we would be kayaking, thereby reducing our time paddling out there (and the time we had rightly paid for!). Here EVA gets ready to board our inflatable speedy kayak ...

And then, finally, we were off! ...

The view of the bay and the mountains behind it from the water was spectacular ...

There’s a little shallow cove that we paddled too which features a small cave ...

Some people swam into the refreshing, clear waters, and we took group photos of all the kayaks strung together whilst we played around trying to stand up and balance each other.

One of our two guides. The clever people cover themselves from head to toe because it takes about 10 minutes on the water to start burning ...

This prominent solitary rock at the entrance to the cove struck me as having curiously anthropomorphic features ...

And then, it was time to go back to the shore. Good fun but limited in variation. The company do offer trips out to more dramatic coves further away and dawn and dusk trips. maybe we’ll try that next time or kayak somewhere else. It certainly seems to be a holiday activity that rising in popularity in Taiwan recently.

Back on the hot beach and soaked in sea water having failed to make a competent shore landing without falling in the surf, we decided that the next destination should be Dong’ao’s famouse natural cold springs about 5 minutes bike ride from the Train Station. I didn’t take pictures there but there’s lots online about it . Three things made this location memorable. Firstly, although it sounds a bit industrial, the railway bridges over the cold springs are an ideal place for the train spotter to watch all the different locomotives shuttle between Yilan and Hualien, from local slow trains to the new Taroko and Puyuma Expresses. Secondly, thankfully there are a number of stalls selling food one of which was a lady doing BBQ Taiwanese sausage that hit exactly the right spot after hours on the beach and sea. Finally, a note about the water. It really is cold, and by cold I mean take your breath away icy. I cleaned my sunglasses in it and they remained frosted for about ten minutes after I took them out of the water. I wouldn’t recommend just diving in, unless of course you like shocks to the system. I’ve been in many cold pools (including nearby Su’ao) in my time in Taiwan and this was pretty much the coldest. It made the Xinliao falls feel like a hot spring. All that said, my god was it refreshing. Final note. the cold springs are a major Taiwanese tourist spot so come ready to share the place with the screaming hordes ...

Sated and comfortable again, we headed back up Highway 2, stopping to take pictures of the stunning panorama’s along the coast ...

See those rocks jutting out? That marks the busy ports of Nan’ao and Su’ao from where you can even see Turtle Island in the distance ...

Finally, we rode back to Luodong and met up with our CouchSurfing hosts who showed us their favourite local vegetarian restaurant (we had actually been there the night before also but the food was so good we were happy to eat there again) and then they took us out to the beach to hang out with their friends around a beach fire under the stars and a flaming huge moon. A perfect end to a long but stimulating day.

DAY 5 - MINGCHI AND HOME

Since we wanted to get back home with enough time to unpack and relax, we decided on only two activities on our final half day in Yilan, a visit to the Atayal Life Museum (泰雅生活館) very close to the Geba Waterfall and an exploration nearby (ish) to find a natural hot spring we had learned about. The Museum was well constructed and almost entirely empty so we sauntered around at our leisure ...

The information boards below detail both the various indigenous groups in Taiwan as well as research showing that Taiwanese indigenous groups may have been the origination of a group of peoples who later colonised a vast area of Austronesia stretching from Sri Lanka to East Island. A short note here. It is an egregious and widespread error to use the term ‘Austronesian People’, one that I often see on blogs and in media. The term ‘Austronesian’ refers to a language group whereby ethnographers and anthropologists found linguistic commonalities between diverse groups of people across this area, suggesting a possible shared language root or origin thousands of years before. In the time that has passed, different groups of people such as the New Zealand Maoris, Australian indigenous, and Taiwanese first nations have developed their own specific languages, cultures, customs. Inside Taiwan alone, there are at least fourteen different languages, many of which are mutually unintelligible. There’s no such thing as an ‘Austronesian people’ today.

Atayal house construction and model examples ...

This was the section where people could dress in traditional Atayal clothing and have pictures taken. We declined to participate. (We did however make some bead keychains, which now adorn my key bag.)

The Atayal are perhaps the largest and most geographically widespread of Taiwan’s indigenous groups and there’s also a museum dedicated to them in Wulai that’s also very instructive.

After this, we drove up the valley to the Fan Fan natural hot spring but after arriving and not being sure hoe exactly to get to them, we abandoned that idea and instead went to another known hot spring location nearby where Highway 7 meets with 7甲. To get there, turn off 7甲 up Highway 7 and almost immediately you see this little temple and turning off to the left ...

Turn down that steep rough concete road until to you come to a suspension bridge where you park up and walk from there ...

Walk along the path through the orchards ...

At this point, take the small path to the right ...

... and down to the river bed ...

The hot spring we found out was broken and all that remains is one small scalding murky pool next to a glistening, cool, fast moving, mountain river. Here’s EVA enjoys the hot spring ...

There weren’t too many people there and the river was perfect for cooling down ...

And then, after lunch of fried rice and greens cooked by an Atayal chef and former policeman at a roadside stop erected to sell watermelons, and infested with flies, we drove back to Luoding and were lucky enough to catch the cheap, fast local train that only took 1.5 hrs back to Nanggang. On the train home we were treated to amazing views like this below ...

... but sadly also this twenty-something floor monstrosity ...

Whoever green lighted that, thereby blighting the Tucheng and the North Yilan coastline, should be made to spend the next twenty years cleaning chewing gum off the streets with a blunt spoon.

All in all a great holiday with plenty of other places left still to visit.

#Taiwan #Yilan #Taipingshan #Sanxing #Dong'ao

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markjsaterfiel66 · 6 years ago

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Enginursday: A Beginner's Guide to Sourcing from Alibaba

Alibaba is the Wild West of product sourcing - a freewheeling, international bazaar offering low-cost bulk parts and products that range from the mundane to the, well, bizarre. Here, the risks are high but the potential benefits manifold. You may seek your fortune reselling low-cost goods (or finding low-cost parts for your widget), but you may find yourself flim-flammed, hoodwinked and yes, even bamboozled. But oh, the rush when your diligence pays off!

It seems excited.

I will begin with an important disclaimer: at this stage in my procurement career (and in SparkFun’s history), sourcing from Alibaba is basically the last resort. SparkFun has worked hard over the years to develop a list of trusted vendors. Many of these companies have locally-based representatives, knowledgeable sales contacts and field application engineers we can meet with face-to-face to discuss all our latest needs and quirks. Others are vendors in China, Taiwan and other countries whom we discovered via Alibaba eons ago, and have since built long-standing relationships with.

If you already have a supplier with whom you have an established, trusting relationship, love and cherish them all the days of your life. Understand also that their capabilities may extend far beyond what’s reflected in their catalog or line card. If there’s something specific you need, ask your existing contacts. At the very least, they may be able to provide you with a referral. I also highly recommend ThomasNet as an alternative starting point for finding reliable, quality sources for components, hardware, equipment, you-name-it.

That said, onto the fun. If you’re starting from scratch as we once did, or you simply like to walk on the wild side, you may be ready to plunge into the wacky world of Alibaba. Let’s begin with the search bar.

Don't look at my search history.

This part is pretty straightforward. Here, you can search for parts by keyword or toggle the little arrow to search for particular suppliers. As with any search, you’ll want to find that sweet spot between specificity and generality. It’s also important to know what that thing you’re looking for is called! That seems obvious enough, but keep in mind that there are different synonyms out there for the same type of product (e.g. “coin cell” vs. “button cell”), and businesses in other countries might have different naming conventions than you’re used to.

You can also browse items by market (at left) if you have a vague idea of the type of things you’re looking for and just want to peruse the marketplace. There’s also a new image search feature (the camera icon at the right). As it turns out, you can even search for products based on the current status of your life:

Time to hit the gym!

Once you’ve honed in on a thing you might want to buy in quantity, you’ll see on the product page a handy little pricing scale, info about shipping charges and lead time.

How many horse masks will you require today?

Great, right? Well, ignore it. IGNORE IT ALL. It could be accurate, sure, or it could be that the supplier just put random information in there because honestly-who-really-knows. If you want to know how much the thing costs, ask.

But first, try to learn a little about the supplier by clicking on the supplier name at right and perusing their company page. Alibaba is far less Mos Eisley Cantina-ish than it once was. They have a variety of verifications and certifications to help you sort out the legit from the sketchy, although there’s always some risk regardless. I like to see a high customer satisfaction rate, “Gold Supplier” status (multiple years is always a plus) and a decent rate of response.

Lookin' good.

Once you’ve achieved that nice, warm, fuzzy feeling, feel free to message away. At the bottom of the page you’ll see the box you can use to send a message to the supplier. I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep this first message as simple as possible. I’ve found that I’m far less likely to get a response if I include multiple questions, customization requests, lists of products, sample inquiries, etc. I know, it’s hard to imagine that somewhere a sales rep is perusing their inbox and smashing that delete button every time a message is more than three sentences long, but there it is. Here is the basic template of what I send:

Dear Mr/Ms [rep name], Hello, this is [name] with [company name]. Please quote me for [quantity] pcs of your [product name or part number]. Thanks and kind regards, [name] [email address]

That’s it! This is not to imply that Alibaba suppliers won’t send you samples, customize their product, give you quotes for multiple pricing tiers and multiple products, discuss terms, etc. This simple first email jus gets the conversation going, and you can feel free to move on to all those subjects and more once the wheel has begun turning. Alibaba has a messenger feature, but I always include my email in the signature of the first message to emphasize that I’m okay with them emailing me directly. Personally, I prefer to communicate this way, but to each their own. If you do include your email, you will eventually get spammed, so be ready. You can also make a “business card” on Alibaba, which includes your contact information, and you can choose whether to share it or not with each message you send.

Yes, there is such a thing as too much squid.

You may find you’re not satisfied with a quote or minimum order quantity (MOQ). $1,400 per ton of giant squid tentacles may be more than you are willing to pay, or perhaps you only require 10 tons of them instead of 25. Again, ask away. Alibaba reps often have room to haggle. If you have other quotes or retail pricing to show them for comparison, go for it. Just don’t be a jerk about it. Consider what you might be able to offer them to make it worth their while.

If an MOQ is higher than you’re willing to commit to, it doesn’t hurt to see if the supplier has some flexibility there, too. Maybe they can lower it if you commit to purchasing multiple different products (giant squid eyeballs?). You might also consider committing to multiple smaller orders spaced out over the course of a year, assuming you’re confident in your volume projections. If you have a slew of questions, I recommend putting them in a numbered list to avoid important details getting lost in a big block of text.

I always request at least one sample before agreeing to purchase an item in quantity. Usually, suppliers with whom you do not have an existing relationship will expect you to pay for the sample, and that’s quite understandable. Sometimes they’ll just request that you cover the shipping. I usually ask them to send an invoice with a PayPal ID/email, but you can also pay directly via Alibaba. It’s important when requesting a sample (as with a full order quantity) to confirm what it is you’ll be receiving before committing to it. Some product pages display multiple products, or have multiple versions of a single product available with varying specs. Requesting a datasheet, manual, or any other supporting documentation is crucial.

This may require some vetting.

Once you’ve received, evaluated and approved a sample, you may be ready to commit to a full order. I won’t dive too far down the rabbit hole of payment terms, but most Alibaba suppliers will expect money up front, often via bank wire transfer (“T/T”) or PayPal, at least for your first order. Be wary of Western Union, as it offers relatively little protection against scams.

Alibaba also offers its own Alibaba Secure Payment platform. I haven’t personally used it for more than small dollar (usually sample) transactions, but it does offer a path for disputing transactions. You will also want to work out your shipping method and terms with the supplier. That is yet another topic that could be a post unto itself.

No, we don't make scooters.

A final word of caution: be wary of copyright, trademark and patent infringement. Even companies that are generally open source still aren’t exactly thrilled with companies impersonating their brand. It’s one thing to build off an existing design, but it’s another thing entirely to copy it and slap another’s logo on there. Knockoffs tend to hide quality and reliability problems behind the mask of others’ hard work and diligence. And they leave the real companies’ support personnel scrambling to field questions about products that end up having nothing to do with them. So once again, don’t be a jerk.

Moreover, should you choose to be a jerk nonetheless (or inadvertently stumble into jerkhood), customs often stops shipments of knocked off products, and you as a reseller are potentially liable for the things you choose to put on the market. Some violations are harder to spot than others. Did you know you can trademark a vague color combination? Well, neither did we!

Which leads me to another thing: educate yourself on product compliance issues (RoHS, CE, FCC, Prop 65, etc.), export restrictions, etc., or consult with someone who can get you on track in that vein. There’s a whole prairie full of rabbit holes there.

Anyway, if you want to source on Alibaba, just remember the five Ds:

1) Don’t take anything for granted 2) Documentation, documentation, documentation 3) Don’t be a jerk 4) Do do do due diligence 5) Dkeep it simple

And here is my Comprehensive List of Things Not to Buy on Alibaba:

ICs (take our word for it)

Uranium (this happened)

Human hair (because yikes)

Endangered species

Stuff that will get you sued

Things you otherwise can’t legally resell

Bulk mayonnaise (I mean why)

Doll heads (self-explanatory)

This cannot be unseen.

Be careful out there, folks. Take my timeless wisdom into consideration, trust your instincts and you will (probably?) do just fine. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment and I will emerge from my meditation cave to reply as soon as the Alibaba oracle bestows her answers upon me. Happy hunting!

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Tour Report 2019-South East Asia Tour The Monsters

This is a tour where Greta would Kill us Immediately, 7 flights, around 40'000km in 2.5 weeks, a city with about 7'000'000 mopeds, 26 of them battery operated at most ... I have only seen a few bikes driven by women over 100 years old (at least that).

I am the writer, Reverend Beat-Man, singer and guitarist of THE MONSTERS we have been touring with the New Zealanders THE CAVEMEN trough Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan

We already did the preliminary work a few years before this tour, we is: Pete Menchetti from Slovenly Records (Sticker Guy) from Reno (USA) ... he calls his series WE'RE LOUD FEST and Swan Lee our drummer both had exchanged about one Trillion mails, made balance sheets, culture suport Letters etc ... Money Zero but Fun= Factor +180 we were lucky to be supported a little bit by Pro Helvetia and the SUISA Fondation with a deficit guarantee (in Switzerland this is possible... thanks to my lovely country)

On Monday the Nov 19 we flew 12 hours to Vietnam and went in a taxi to Saigon (Ho-Chi-Minh City), in town there are over 7 million (they told me i didn’t count) motor scooters and they drive as it looks like all at the same time like maniacs mostly 2 but also 5 people on it, a huge chaos, everyone drives according to him just so fits first on one lane and then if enough space on the opposite lane as well no rules at all, we thought.. In the beginning it looks ultra chaotic, but i tell you if you make your own chaos music you know the deal, that there is a system in every chaos... so as well on Vietnam's streets... the trick: All vehicles are slow and they never stop, that means the traffic is always running and there is never a jam... unless someone is lying dead on the street... crossing the road as a pedestrian is a big challenge the trick is to never stop while walking Close your eyes and walk slowly in a straight line, then the mopeds will drive around you... if you make a stop or jerky movements you will be knocked over and die on the spot, like in a game, it's very simple

We're Loud Fest

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the welcome party was in the club Indika, in the front room a marriage orchestra playing the same shit music like all over the globe, just in vietnamese, in the back room DJ's Pete and Daddy O from Tokyo and as surprise act WASTED PIDO from Venice the One Man Band from the great DESTROY ALL GONDOLAS (Death Metal Surf).

One day later we had a party on an old Vietnamese steamer, the whole vehicle was finely carved out of rosewood and almost collapsed while dancing too wildly, I was allowed to start as REVEREND BEAT-MAN and KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW closed the evening, I can’t say anything about my show because I played it myself but it was fun, my striptease interlude and Tibetan vocal act were i guess a bit too much for them and king khan bbq show had taken over, the 2 were in a great mood and squeezed everything out of the kiddie PA System, the guitar was completely out of tune from the beginning to the end you could even see it as a concept and every line more stupid than the next one it was a great party.. i could hardly enjoy the concert because i stupidly switched to flirt mode and fell in love with all the women on the boat, after an unsuccessful tour we got drunk and at 2am we got into a strange taxi that took us to the hotel with 200 km/h in 3 seconds, the hotel was a family affair, the doors close after 8pm, the mother manager and wife for everything, i fell in love immediately, she had welcomed us, her children and husband and other family members of unknown origin all slept in the lobby under or on the table, temperature was estimated 10000 degrees and they all snuggled up comfortably in the thermo- feather blanket, we switched off the air conditioning for solidarity reason to the Family and Great off course and then got up in the morning in a sweat bath. For Breakfast you drink cold coffee with condensed milk or sit with diarrhoea on the Toilette.

We were lucky to be in Saigon in the un-touristic part (tourists quarter you recognises if it has Mc Donnalds/Starbucks sign… do not go there !! its shit 10 times as expensive, and full of Europeans and ‚i wanna see the amazing world‘ Americans) we walked around in the evening in our quarter and landed in the residential quarter, everyone had the doors far open, a honest driving between all inhabitants (not sexually) was to be observed.. i think loneliness and anti-social behaviour doesn't exist there, or hasn't arrived yet, because it's still something like a communism, an open one, whatever that means, i think when capitalism will take over, it will turn into a big fuck up shit shit hole like everywhere else,I think. Anyway but everybody in Saigon had some kind of business and sells something like living chickens (plucked alive they are then decapitated before the other living chickens ... shock therapy or something i guess) Rolex watches or fine sugar cane juice also skinning cute cuddly dogs is very popular, everything is on the ground and the ice-block supplier cleans his cocktail ice with stones from gutter, washed with stale water that dries quickly in the burning sun.. we have eaten and drunk everything, no matter how bizarre (dog (the one with the short legs, but no poodles) to the sky like rotten dicks stinking fruits and fermented fish) thanks to the demand we are still alive, and happier than ever.

On Saturday was the official festival start which ended one day later, many bands from the Asian region played, among others URGENT MATTER from Singapore I and all others Loved them very much, super cool old school hard core punk style, without stupid jumping around in ’shorts’. the songs are about 30 seconds and then one minute break because the singer tried to say something in English REIGN IN SLUMBER from Cambodia crusts Metal Punk super trash and the Ueber Hammer the same with DISTRICT 105 (Saigon) the headliner of the evening was CUT LON from Hanoi also known as Picachu Band, Hard Core, with official jumping and macho arm contortions and those Short Long shorts.. the shit ones, I think they are relatively famous and were not very friendly to us, that’s probably why, on the same evening THE CAVEMEN first with their country n western set THE VETERAN OUTLAW on the roof terrace, then as a complete band of Super Retards in the club, and like every evening and every time I saw them the kicked so much but that there was no butt anymore, Early Stooges paired with Glitter Punk and GG Allin, completely stupid and horny, everything is possible and everything they do especially drinking and taking drugs, THE TEWWZERS from Tokyo ex Teenegenerate, Power Pop high-flyers I have unfortunately missed because I was flirting, what one from Hawaii and her girlfriend from Brooklyn i think ajajaj... but all of them said they were great, THE CARRISON from Malaysia we met at dinner is Punk Rock'n'Roll and then TOTAL CONTROL from Australia from the asylum escaped Kraut Rocker and punks on LSD played with violins and flute but they also had problem with the 15 buck guitar amp for the estimated 100th time because there is no equipment in Vietnam, everything has to be ordered somehow PA amps etc.. and things like that are very hard to find and the equipment is not made for Rock'n'roll... rather for cuddle karaoke or Wedding Bands, at the end of the Night the: STOMPIN' RIFFRAFFS from Tokyo and they ruled the party, rock'n'roll covers with a Japanese attitude, piano and a theremin player who masturbated on stage in fishnet stockings. and i fell in love again, we (the Monsters) played as well, it was great, but i never get much out of it, because i'm playing... but i remember we played a piece in slow motion (sounds as stupid as it is)

We had to leave Saigon with a weeping eye and flew to Hoi An, Central Vietnam, We played again together with the Cavemen in a beach bar, because in Hoi An there are seldom or never concerts, they had problems to find a guitar and bass amp, the guitar amp was the size of a toaster, and with the bass amp they said it was the only one in Hoi An, we should pay attention and the Cavemen took it very seriously hahaha. in the middle of the show the guitarist came up with the great idea to do a somersault from the table down to the stage, in his imagination he would then land heroically on both feet and end up in the greatest guitar solo the world ever has seen, in reality he got stuck in a roof batten when he jumped off and a somersault turned into a New Zealand Meat bag that hit the floor and in between hit his backside of the head and the blood pulsating spurted out, the guitar head was broken off, luckily a doctor was there (someone who had read a book about a doctor) and everything turned out fine, after I fell in love with the hotel manager we went to Hanoi in the north of Vietnam at 5am, there it is much more communist, that means more bourgeois, you have to start haggling and so on.. we were too much overweight and they wanted a horrendous amount of money from us ... and we as honest and sincere Swiss were shocked and wanted to pay until Pete came and handed over 50Euros in his passport to the employee and everything was done with a friendly smile, Anyway I think I will never learn such a thing, I am too honest for me it is so embarrassing, I would like as well to be a little bit spoiled and and do bad things like all the others.

In Hanoi we then played in the first "real" club... with PA, a Soundmann Stagehands light and drum carpet etc

We played with EYEHATEGOD from New Orleans (USA) who I thought was OK but didn't knock my socks off, was a bit cool and serious and the whole thing and somehow wasn't dangerous at all, they were super cool guys except the singer, I think he's famous or something (back in switzerland i googld them and yes the are famous and i even have a record in my collection) anyway. my favourite band was TIMEKILLER from Saigon which is like Zeni Geva but on speed punk... so fucking cool and terrable loud they dont even have songs its just stupid and loud.. something… then I fell in love (one sided) with the singer's girlfriend and couldn't think anymore, the evening ended with a booze party and with noodle soupe and 2h sleep until the next flight to Taiwan.

Taipei is so Ultra Modern you won't believe it and you feel like a Swiss postcard mountain farmer, and the people Ultra Intelligent and also intellectually inspiring, ASA our Taiwan Manager, was beautiful as a picture and an organisational talent, photographer and main professional photo model, and multilingual of course. the Revolver Club was then also a regular club and as Taiwan is close to Japan, fans from Japan came to the show and we realised that we were back in civilisation. Records sign good backline, ATM's and Mexican food, unfortunately BB BOMB (taiwan girl punk band) had to cancel their concert because the singer got sick, but the whole band including the singer was present... maybe they were just too nervous you never know, but L-SCHEMA played, noise crusted punk of the local town with a drummer who hammers the beat with his lead foot in the fast lane, no sex and without any feeling, just go for it stupid punk as we love it, we finally arrived in the tour and gave our best concert so far I think, it was just dirty diarrhoea coming out of my mouth and it was a lot of fun, also for the Cavemen, whose guitarist played now on a Taiwanese cheap guitar played and gave everything and much more, the people were enthusiastic, I asked around about the situation with China and so, they said that they were all afraid of what zz going on in Hong Kong at the moment, because the origin of the whole problematic is in Taiwan, but they are mainly afraid of the Chinese spies who spy in Taiwan and no one can talk free from the liver.. everything is a little bit tense the whole thing I think and makes me worried, they are beautiful great people.

Then we were allowed to sleep for 3 hours and off to the plane to Nagasaki in Japan, where we were warmly welcomed by a punk grandmother (Kaori, our Japanese tour manager) and a Japanese 30's swing cowboy who turned out to be a fan of the Monsters and in real life is a real estate agent, and I was happy to be in my beloved Japan.

The Beta Club is small but nice, I forgot with which bands we played together, I was so tired from not sleeping and still had the Taiwanese tour manager in my head, but we went by bus in the early morning to Tokyo, my musicians told me this was the best trip of their lives, rice fields, remote villages, picture Beautiful landscapes women with strange Hats and Japanese folk music etc, I have unfortunately completely overslept the whole trip, do not even know if we flew again or not, a complet Black out.. sorry readers.

In Tokyo we were welcomed we gods and were allowed to play 2x in the Heavy Sick Club and our old friend Mr Dead at the cash desk gave us free drinks the whole night, the first evening my favourite Japanese One Man Band KATZGRAIS (Tokyo) played who is also a guitar builder and introduced his invention of the shovel guitar, after that he also played with his psychobilly band THE PSYCLOCKS , on the same evening we had PHANTOM TIKIRARZ a surf band with masks on the program after that i leaned towards the sake on ice and hot and MADPPETS entered the stage this is like Addams Family music but punk and sex, first i fell in love with their music then with the bass player and finally with the organ player and flirted it into the floor after the concert, on drums was Yuki Kono from the legendary THEEE BAT (Mika Bat †) but my complete favourite was HASIL NUTS from Tokyo with our tour manager Kaori on drums, the whole band can't play at all they are terrable great, Kaori (drums) is somehow hitting the drums without any concept, the guitarist is very concentrated and messes up everything and the other guitarist who would actually be the drummer is shrinking and just making pointless noises, the singer wears a net stocking full body dress and around his loins an apron made of nuts and sings 'king of the laod' the sound settles down, to a David Lynch movie but even weirder paired with The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, can you follow? that was awesome, we (the Monsters) played great and the people were almost freaking out, so did the Cavemen, the same evening THE FADAWAYS played they famous in Europe (soundflat records) and are super killer back from the Grave Garage Fuzz Punk.

We invested our last money in food and useless Japan junk, on the return flight we had again huge problems checking in the guitar cases into the plane (SWISS) they were 7cm too big and they made a huge drama, they charge 300euro more per guitar and we almost went crazy, already completely blank and so on, then we fell asleep in the plane completely exhausted.

My conclusion is that I had a huge after tour blues, not like normal, it was much bigger, and had to do with how the Vietnamese live together, talk and function, all doors open and treat everybody as equal, had reminded me of my time in the Squats i lived in and how much I miss it and how I hate to live in a society where people work against each other and not with each other.. i also know that what is here will also come there and i am so sorry for that i hope you learn to appreciate what you have and that not having more is more... yes less is more, but im a Dreamer and live in Utopia

anyway i love you Vietnam i love you Taiwan and i love you japan and i hope to come back soon and i am very proud that my stupid music works there too, thanks

Links

Guitara Kyo (Japan) https://youtu.be/LAFPnH5Blak

Urgent Matter (Singapur) https://youtu.be/xOp1qSr1A3w

Reign in Slumber (Cambodia) https://youtu.be/NEwjni4tXvY

District 105 (Saigon) https://youtu.be/npft6MHufqc

Timekiller (Saigon) https://youtu.be/bAAkwYqTN1o

Cut Lon (Hanoi) Picachu band https://youtu.be/lhOxr6v_Gvk

the Tewwzers (Tokyo) Teenegenerate, power pop https://youtu.be/zJbgHBpXXVo

the Carrison (malaysia) https://youtu.be/EXenEY8-Fu8

Total Control (Australia) https://youtu.be/RYrME08UPE0

the Cavemen (NZ) the Veteran Outlaw https://youtu.be/67dJ-E61AcY

Stompin' RiffRaffs (Tokyo) https://youtu.be/j4v2FjIxNLQ

BB Bomb (taiwan) https://youtu.be/SYXu7eSIjJg

L-Schema (Taiwan) https://youtu.be/bcNHGc7OAJM

Phantom tikirarz (japan) https://youtu.be/kBprrMnYuVk

Madppets (Japan) https://youtu.be/dvmlzZr-Kjk

The Psyclocks (Japan) https://youtu.be/znIWURke2zw

Katzgrais (Japan) https://youtu.be/QkSIShkPI8Y

Wasted Pido (italy) https://youtu.be/k5JuVA7RJn4

the Fadaways (Japan) https://youtu.be/yT62UfKbBlg

Hasil Nuts (Japan) https://youtu.be/-kOUHDJbcSo

Eyehategod ( usa) https://youtu.be/VepTkVmh-WA

King Khan & BBQ Show (CAN) https://youtu.be/LpA7I8SpkxQ

Reverend Beat-Man (CH) https://youtu.be/zUlCyhpovjE

the Monsters (CH) https://youtu.be/zs7CQBHyo3Y

19.11 - Flug CH - Saigon

22.11 - Saigon - Indochine Junk Boat Cruise

23+24.11 - Saigon - Arcan (Vietnam)

26.11 - Hoi An - Soul Beach/Hon Bien (vietnam)

28.11 - Hanoi - Hanoi Rock City (vietnam)

29.11 - Taipei - Revolver (thaiwan)

30.11 - Nagasaki - Beta (japan)

1+2.12 - Tokyo - Heavy Sick Club (japan)

4.12 - Flug Tokyo-CH

#the monsters #vietnam #thaiwan #Tokyo #nagasaki #tour report #band on tour

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Birthday In Wulai

To mark another completed orbit of the Earth around the Sun since the day I stopped not existing, EVA and I decided to head out to the Atayal Tribal town of Wulai, and then on to a small village that lies deep in the mountains at the end of Route 107, Fushan:

As you can see from the zoom-in map below ... this is literally as far as you can go in this direction. There’s one road in and the same road out. When Typhoon Souledor recently wrecked havoc in Wulai this road got blocked by landslides. Villagers along the route, unable to ride out for supplies had to hike instead. Where the journey would normally take them an hour tops, they walked for 12 hours to reach help. You can see no other road even comes close to Fushan. Once you’re off the road, you’re deep in a forest of vertiginous and fatal slopes liable to mudslides and raging floods. It’s a uniquely inhospitable environment for anyone unfamiliar with it.

On Saturday afternoon, we hopped on my trusty steed scooter and rode over the mountain through Cemetery City to Liuzhangli and then on down to Xindian where we took a break at Bitan Riverside Park, before completing the relatively shot but winding hop upstream to Wulai. Once there we checked into our hot spring hotel (an expensive treat), popped into town for dinner then returned to steam in the spa before hitting the sack early to save energy for the next day.

After about forty-five minutes out from Wulai we finally arrived at Fushan Village. Lots of signage, in various conditions and accessibility, is available to guide the visitor. Note the romanised Atayal language ...

We decided to walk the ancient canal trail to the butterfly park but first I took a snap of this wall design ...

Walking along the canal high above the village ...

The park itself was still under construction and butterfly season is Spring and early Summer so it didn’t take long to complete the park ...

The obligatory flora shot ...

Then it was back to the village ...

Brick, unlike tile over concrete, ages well in colour and texture ...

Fushan Village has different sections. There are useful signs like this to help you learn more about where you are ...

It says the Atayal originally settled in Fushan Village which omits the fact that the original settlers here arrived after journeying from locations in Nantou County in the center of the country. Some of the restaurants in Tranan ...

And the picturesque river beside it ...

Tranan marks the end of Route 107 ...

Back to the main village around mountain, we took some time to walk through the buildings ...

... a field of fruit cacti ...

Everywhere, the village is decorated with distinct designs ...

The local elementary school is a centre of the community and functions as an emergency helipad ...

Then it was up the hill to the Presbyterian Church ...

This is the old church ...

... and this is the new one ...

We also briefly met the minister who was leaving after completing the Sunday morning service and tending to his congregation. This is him below on a modified promotional poster for the film Seediq Bale in which he played Seediq revolt leader Mona Rudao ... (Note: it is an appropriative liberal interpretation / act of historical revisionism to say the Wushe Revolt was a part of the Taiwan Independence struggle) ...

... in real life I didn’t recognise him until EVA pointed out he was the very same guy. The church, and faith, is also a major pillar of the community ...

Quite a few dogs milled around the village including a pack of five all slightly disabled canines hopping around. The dogs were friendly but I generally kept my distance (literally once bitten twice shy) ...

Most of the buildings had painted murals on them, which one youngster explained were done by the families themselves ...

With time getting on and light fading we decided to make our way back to Wulai, stopping along the sheer mountainside road to take in the views ...

Taiwan is (should be) famous worldwide for it’s suspension bridges. There are a plethora of them amongst the mountains, nearly all of them decorated beautifully and many of them at great height about the valley floor. Here’s one such example ...

Even the stone wall next to the road was carved with Atayal patterns ...

Two prominent components of Atayal culture are hunting and weaving, success at which are used as traditional markers of, respectively, male and female status and maturity within the community. Every male got a forehead tattoo at the age of fifteen or sixteen but only those who had completed a head hunt earned the right to have a prestigious chin tattoo. Likewise, women who demonstrated the ability to weave complex patterns and thread arrangements would earn the facial tattoo that stretched from ear to ear through and around the mouth. Hunting, and specifically with dogs, was a way for the community to add important component to their diet, hunting expeditions often taking up to two weeks or more out in the mountain forests. The capture and killing of wild boar was both a key way for a hunter to gain respect / status but also a big boost for a village running low on food, especially in winter. Thus we see this reflected in statues that can be found in most Atayal villages ...

On our way down to Wulai we stopped at Wulai Waterfall ...

There is a museum here that describes the history of the area as well as introduce the logging business and logging railway that economically transformed the valley and local communities. Apparently the railway which now runs from Wulai to the waterfall but used to run all the way up the valley almost as far as Fushan became a major tourist attraction in the 50s and 60s but was knocked out of commission by Typhoon Souledor. Work is currently underway to fix it. The waterfall area is marked by a collection of hotels and spas, a cable car that spans the valley, and a street of restaurants and shops where you can buy various Atayal and indigenous themed souvenirs. We ate at a place called Ganafu (open weekends only) which served an absolutely amazing Trout burger. The owners were super friendly and took the time to chat with us about Atayal culture and the local economy ...

We learned from them that Fushan Village was adapting to survive economically, most recently by increasing tourism (e.g. Butterfly Park, trails, hot spring spa) and will soon provide local guided tours. We noted one restaurant in Tranan was booked that day for a group of one hundred.

Finally, we glided down the small road to Wulai (in mountains I usually run the engine on neutral and coast down the roads to eliminate engine noise and avoid disturbing hikers and wildlife I’m sharing the road with) and stopped by the Wulai Atayal Museum (Mandarin only site) ...

It’s a fascinating place and in it we met one Atayal woman who runs weaving classes and a souvenir shop. I asked why so many Atayal patterns were red, black, and white and was told that it was mostly owing to a lack of available materials to dye the thread in other colours. Personally, I find this tricolour motif of Atayal clothing and weaved products to be the most distinct and aesthetically pleasing of all the indigenous styles in Taiwan. Somewhat macabrely, the museum has a map showing where each indigenous group largely resides / originates from in Taiwan and appears to have a running tally of the number of members (who comprise about 550,000 or 2.6% of Taiwan’s total population). It was a sombre to reflect that many of the tribes down to hundreds of members would, along with their languages, oral histories, and culture, probably expire in the coming decades. Here’s the info board in question (apologies for the poor quality) ...

The museum is definitely worth a visit and contains enough material on three floors to spend a good few hours. There’s also lots of interesting quirks such as this sign on the Atayal tradition of head hunting which seems to have been written by someone keen to rebut certain allegations ...

I think we’ll be returning to Fushan Village again for the Butterflies and the trails sometime in the Spring or Summer, if only to walk one of two famous hiking routes that run from the village all the way to the plains of Taoyuan in the west or the Yilan delta in the East. (The hikes both take about eight to ten hours, one way).

#taiwan #Wulai #Atayal #Fushan

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