8 DAYS, 1116KM - ROUND TAIWAN BY BIKE - PART 1- HSINCHU TO TAITUNG - 環島日記 - 上集 - 新竹-台東 (有中文字幕)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- I finally got a window of opportunity and took the chance to do something that I’ve wanted to do for more than a decade - a round Taiwan bike trip.
This video is part 1 of that trip (Days 1-4 Hsinchu to Taitung) - a vlog style record of my 8-day, 1,116km journey around the Isla Formosa.
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Watched this from Singapore, thanks for sharing your journey. This brought back memories when I rented a bike from Giant to cycle from Hualien to Taitung about 7 years ago over 2 days during one of the hottest period of the year and was very sunburned. Lost my way at one point and detoured, approached a house where an old couple lived by the side of the highway where they invited me in, asked me to rest and topped up my water free of charge. I think I tried to pay them but they refused. And along the way there were people who cheered me on on my bike, I imagine this is a common phenomenon in Taiwan. Thankful for the hospitality and friendliness. Thank God also that my tires held and experienced no punctures along the way.
Sounds like a very Taiwan experience!
環島辛苦了，感謝分享旅程給大家，來杯咖啡吧
感謝你！
Well done mate. I'm past riding so far cause I'm 74 now. Nice pics of places. Looking forward to the finish. Over and out👍
Thanks 👍
加油！Taiwan is a good place for bikers.
Great content! I am not sure about you in a hello kitty themed hotel room though. Haha. Looking forward to the next part!
Good morning Richard. You're amazing! Congratulations!
Thanks so much! But it almost killed me. LOL!
Nice to see you having fun biking around Taiwan. 仙草bear? Sounds interesting, got to try it❤ safe trip!
Yes, thank you
Good show riding around Taiwan , you don't look your usual jolly self but i suppose the long day rides takes it out of you . Good luck for the rest of the journey and then have a big rest :-)
Good luck to you .
台灣人騎自行車環島西部大都騎西濱居多，路比較平比較好騎。你第一天路線真的太辛苦了
西濱荒涼沒風景大卡車多，工業區也多，建議騎環島1號台1線，比較有人文，補給也方便
除了大型車以外。騎三號還不錯
台三是環台自行車賽的路線啊 PRO 的
Good morning, be safe !
Wonderful bicycle trip. Be safe 🎉
Amazing adventure with the bicycle. You are Superman. 😅
加油! 路上注意安全
謝謝你幫我完成我想做的事,我每集都請你吃一個便當聊表一點點微不足道的謝意
3Q belly much!
Good job.
Many many thanks
三商巧福還不錯啦~
你就當成是"安全的","標準的"牛肉麵.
沒有什麼驚豔,也不會有大地雷..
用餐的"理智"選擇..
不過這兩年感覺有點小貴..
狗狗要注意!!
越往南部,越農村地區的狗兒..
牠們不是寵物,是"工作犬"..
尤其是東部..我騎車被追過三四次..
Great video !
Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks!
You are the man!
Yes. The old man!
讚讚讚讚讚！
16:55 Clerodendrum quadriloculare,
Native to : New Guinea, Philippines,
給你好多讚！加油！
謝謝
May you have a good day ！Everyday！
很厲害啊
Beautiful! Thank you so much! ❤
加油！
Stay safe n keep going! U r the man.
Aha! A "love chair" in the "love hotel" 😁
I didn't sit in it!
真的！有便利店很方便！
陳佑財！是個修理水電的廣告，小有名氣！
你真的很棒又很厲害👍👍👍👍👍
nice video, I think 17:00 is Fireworks Bush (煙火樹). really, I'm interesting the next part. 😉
When I cycle toured in Taiwan in 2018 I had no interest in doing the round island route 1 I think it is. I heard it was boring, monotonous and lots of traffic. Instead I rode south from Taipei into the central hills and mountains rode around there for a week or so then into Taroko National Park and down the gorge to Hualien which was a fantastic ride. I then rode up the east coast on the coast road through all the tunnels to Luodong which I don't recommend as the tunnels are horrendous with lots of heavy trucks and coaches along the route. It can be pretty scary inside tunnels with them barrelling down on you. Also the weather was awful. I got soaked and was shivering when I rolled into Luodong,. Then from Luodong I cut across back over the hills back to Taipei then out to the north west and into Yangmingshang national park. A steep climb up to the summit and good views and a great long descent to the northern coast and then east towards Keelung city. An easyish ride back along the river to Taipei and view of Taipei 101. I am glad I didn't ride around the island like so many do, especially the industrialised, noisy, heavy traffic of the west coast. I would have hated that.
I ate in 7-11 and Family Mart as well. After one week I felt pretty bad as you cannot survive on the food they sell as it is highly processed and of low nutritional value.
Anyway looking forward to your part 2 of your ride up the east coast to the north of the island.
Yep. Some of it is definitely not fun. For me the worst parts were through the suburbs of Taichung, into Kaohsiung on the second night and the northeast coast, although a lot of it now is bike trails. The road between Hualien and Yilan is 75% traffic free now as they have built new tunnels and all the buses and trucks take the new road leaving the old road to bikes and scooters (not many). It's really quite pleasant now as long as the weather holds out.
@@AsiaHikelopedia Thanks for the update. I loved cycling in the central hills and mountains away from the coast. Beautiful but hard work, steep! The coast road north of Hualien sounds a lot better now if there is little traffic on it as most traffic takes the newer road. Still lots of ups and downs on that stretch though. Yilan is a place I visted ss well. Really enjoyed my tour in Taiwan. Friendly people. But the millions of pesky polluting scooters weren't nice to breath all the toxins they produce. Still must go back some day, hopefully before China tries to take it back and inevitable war.
Thanks for making and sharing the video.
Awesome been waiting for the 環島, did you run into Aussie Peter in Dulan? He was my mountain biking buddy when living in Taitung years ago
Thanks. I didn't bump into him.
May Ko Wen-Je be with you.
No thanks!
Hi Richard, really appreciate the video. I'm using your youtubes and strava gpx files to plan a trip in January 2024. One question - any particular reason you went towards the coast after Changhua? I notice most folk are staying further east and riding through Chiayi.
Thanks. Not really, I just fancied riding through some parts of Taiwan I'd not seen before.
Tainan my neck of the woods. I'd like to do this same trip as well but with a motorcycle.
Would be a nice trip - and a lot easier!
Great stuff…thanks for the tips…I’m starting my huandao on Monday…flying in from singapore 😊 can I ask what’s the weather like at the moment as I noticed you’re riding in a Gillette?
North is cold in winter. South is warm. You need to be prepared for all conditions.
@@AsiaHikelopedia Thanks...I'm doing my huandao over a month so I can explore a bit more. Not travelling as light as you did (or as far in a day) - have a range of gear but still trying to keep it light as possible
8 days around the island is really impressive! I took 13 days to go round on my scooter (but then I was taking my time a bit, stopping at the major towns and sticking to the coast).
8:26 188km in one day on a bike is insane! I couldn't imagine it! 😄
11:01 7-11 stop at FamilyMart?😆Seriously though, it's interesting to see these places I visited on my way to the Southernmost point, Hengchun was lovely!
12:02 Looks like we stopped at a few of the same places. Nice to see from another point of view.
16:10 I remember that road, I was driving on it at night on my way to Taimali, it was terrifying!
17:44 I remember this place well because fighter jets flew over while I was there, and the hilarious thing was there were signs there saying "Potential Danger Zone" 😂
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Great video, as always! I'm looking forward to Part 2!
Cheers! It may be impressive, but it was a bit too much to be honest. But I had no other opportunity. (Free time is at a premium when you have kids!)
Great content Richard!
I wonder if you can recommend any good place for family hikes plus a great hotel ? We are planning to have a family hike somewhere in Taiwan, my parents are coming along but I guess I need to put them in a nice hotel so we can hike for two days but spend some time with them in the evening. Any idea would be so awesome 🎉 thanks !
Xitou in Nantou is a place that has a few trails plus a couple of decent hotels, although the hikes are pretty easy. Another idea is obviously Alishan. Lots of hotels and hikes around there.
10:26 classic Taiwanese meme spotted
Didn't you get your first glimpse of the east coast at Longpan Park?
oh my god must be very bumppy
Richard 你是台灣通
😎❤️🇹🇼‼️
You were wearing long sleeves. What's the weather like when you did the RTI. I am going to do it in about 2 weeks time.
It was February (winter) when I did it, so cool up north, but still hot down south. I wore long sleeves purely to prevent sunburn as I don't like sunscreen. Have a great trip!
沒走滿洲_港仔_旭海這段，真可惜
確實，這段景色才是最原始
3:59 😂😂😂
Hi Richard, curious where did you park your bike other then at hotels when visiting locations of interest? Is it safe to leave your bicycle unlocked in Taiwan? Any chance of wild camping or free camping sites? Thank you!
Ha. I didn't really stop at too many sites apart from roadside viewpoints and such, but when I did I left my bike unlocked (probably not a good idea). It's pretty safe if you're just going into a 7-11 or taking a leak at the gas station. Free camping is fine, but you just have to find a secluded spot or wait till after dark to set up. I have a friend who does it all the time.
@@AsiaHikelopedia Thanks a lot Richard! Planning a trip to Taiwan in October! Going to try to do the route 1 in 10-12days on a brompton! The hostels and hotels you stayed in let you bring your bicycle to the room for safekeeping?
It could be much better and more interesting to watch your program if you show much more of the landscape and very few of your faces
Thank you very much
野生鳥類屍體會有禽流感之虞還是建議不要沒防護自己碰比較好
台灣已開放國際來台自由行歡迎 東協亞太 世界各國來台環島自由行
My family used to own massacres in Taiwan.
路上重機的噪音真的很惱人
真的。星期天騎是不好的選擇
你是不想知道，還是假裝假裝不知道，那個椅子。😂
You don't want to know, or pretend you don't know what is it, that chair. 😂
Of course I know! LOL
重機的噪音我很受不了 真希望紅黃牌重機在台灣消失
加油~~