April 22 2006
Today I decided to go for a bike ride. I wanted a quiet place away from the city traffic, so I looked online for someplace north of the city - on route to Yangmingshan. It's green, leafy and quiet up there so I thought that I would try there. Giant bicycle has set up bicycle rental places around Taipei, and the city has built some bicycle paths. They are quite popular.
More info: places where you can rent bicycles , a map of the bike paths , and some recommended routes . I've tried a couple of them over time and today was looking for a quiet path away from the freeway noise. So, I took a cab to Guandu Temple, rented a bike and tried the quiet paths of northern Taipei and then checked out the temple. Below are some pictures - click on them to see larger pictures
- Mary Lou Jepsen