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211 Taipei Streetfood and Patissierie

In the morning, Li showed me around in Nangxing Market and then we had brunch and a coffee/hot chocolate before she went to her volunteering English teaching. After that we met Simon, a former pupil of mine, and his girlfriend … Continue reading

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210 Taipei, Yangmingshan National Park 15.2.2019

At noon, Julia and Simon, picked me up. We had met in Bulgaria in the hostel Chi and since then been in contact via facebook and we “nearly” would have met in Thailand, missing each other only a few 100km. … Continue reading

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209 Taipei – cycling Ergeshan and bar

the video of this day on youtube can be seen here (With Li’s team mates SC, Davies and Cpt Roger on Ergeshan hills, motor madness, concert with Li and her colleague Rita and an eatable Valenine’s rose and the “jazz-baby”) … Continue reading

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208 to Taichung and Taipei

There are some sounds I wouldn’t miss if I don’t hear them in Taiwan. One is the excessive use of the horn that was most extreme in Vietnam but in some Chinese cities in the South-East (1200km away from Vietnam) … Continue reading

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207 ferry to Taiwan

At night, another man came to the room, but he left in the morning as fast as he had come. At that time, I had been awake and read so much on facebook that I had enough for a while. … Continue reading

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206 in Xiamen 11.2.2019

Around 4:30 my system (is it my brain or my body) said it is time to wake up. But as there was nothing like a time or a need to wake up, I had turned off my phone and tried … Continue reading

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205 to Xiamen 10.2.2019

In my last big hotel of this trip, I even got breakfast. You get a card at the check-in that you have to present at the entrance and there was written 7-9:30, but at 7, an employee was quite unfriendly, … Continue reading

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204 to Zhangpu 9.2.2019

When I left the hotel, no one was awake, the reception was closed. I took some photos of the place to have a prove that I had been there (if necessary) and left the key on a hidden place. On … Continue reading

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203 to Dongshan 8.2.2019

This night, I had strange bad dreams about keys. I just want to say, if there were a reliable alternative to lock and open doors (etc.) without keys, I would be ok with it. It is easy to lose keys … Continue reading

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202 to Chaozhou 7.2.2019

It was the second hotel in China with breakfast and because of the shorter tour of this day (76km), I could take it without feeling stressed, although it started late, 7:30. And I was not stressed when a few minutes … Continue reading

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