Name: Taiwan Cycling Trip #11: Taipei Grand Hotel + Bento + Portable Toilets
Uploaded: 2017-09-03T03:55:41.000Z
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Welcome to day 11 of my Taiwan Cycling Trip.

Past simple

Before today’s ride, I fueled up at a build
your own “bento” lunch box type restaurant,

There are a bunch of items for you to choose
from, and you can grab whatever you want

There are usually a lot of healthy options,
including a variety of vegetables, tofu, and fish

Most places give you the option to eat inside
or to take your food to go

And the price is usually calculated by weight.

Everything I got here cost about 120 Taiwanese
dollars, so only about $4 USD

Which is pretty fantastic considering how
much food I got.

Now that I am fully fueled up, let’s start
today’s ride!

Not really sure on the day count anymore,
but

I’m nearing the end of my trip here in Taiwan

So I’ll be heading back, my flight back
to Japan is Sunday night.

So Friday and Saturday might be my last two
opportunities to cycle

I’m gonna try and ride Sunday if I can,
but really depends if I can use the shower

at my hostel and get a late checkout and have
time to pack up my bike before going to the airport.

So, starting to get a little sad, sinking
in that my trip is over.

Of course, looking forward to being back in
Japan, but it’s just been a great trip here

Pretty cheap, reasonable food, big portions,
been really enjoying that.

And also I can wear shorts and short sleeves
while riding, which is really nice

I think it’s still too cold for that in
Japan right now,

But we’re starting to get into Spring season,
so should start to get some warmer weather

So this is my second time visiting Taiwan

And just really love it here, really enjoyed
both trips

The cycling network, the food, people’s
attitudes, and just general desire for improving

Beautiful place, if you ever have a chance
to come, it’s definitely worth to come out

Dogs everywhere, if you’re a dog person,
you’re gonna love it.

Maybe I’ll add some more a little bit later.

Went to a nice, big lunch buffet a little
bit ago so

Can’t ride hard, but it’s a beautiful
day.

I couldn’t not ride, so I’m going out
for a little spin right now to enjoy the sunlight

Hopefully work on my tan lines a little bit.

No specific plan, I’m just gonna ride along
the river path, maybe take a turn I haven’t

And, just enjoy the views, enjoy the sunshine,
and have a nice relaxing ride for one of my

So if you go along the river paths on the
west side of Taipei going north, you’ll

This is where the rivers intersect into different
directions

So going North and South this way, and East
over that way

From here, you can see a couple of the biggest
climbs there are around the area.

So behind me right now is one of the largest
climbs north of Taipei.

Lots of great hiking, lots of great roads
for cycling

I rode up it a few days ago, so there’ll
be a video as well.

But, that climb goes up above 800 meters for
the road ascent on the road bike.

You can go up higher if you want to continue
by hiking.

So really large climb, especially coming from
sea level from a downtown major city

Amazing, huge climb just right at the doorway.

And here on the North West side of the city,
there’s another mountain which is also a

It was about 500 meters or so, so not quite
as big, but still a large climb

And the great thing is from both of them,
you have amazing views of other mountains

This one especially, you have a great view
right into the city of Taipei, you have a

view of this other large mountain, and on
the other side, you have a nice view of the

Just amazing views at the top of these mountains
because it’s all so close to the ocean,

it’s all so close to the city, and even
other mountain ranges, so depending on the

And which direction you look, you can so many
different things.

So ocean, city, different mountains, just
truly beautiful

So lots of people fishing here today, it’s
a beautiful day.

We’re gonna continue on and see if I can
find some more of my favorite spots and talk

One of the other great things about the cycling
paths is just the access to public restrooms

Basically every kilometer there’s at least
one public restroom that you can use.

These are some of the nicer ones, so of course
they have the more traditional portable toilets

where there’s not much to them and they’re
a bit small and cramped,

But as you can see, these ones are huge, and
they’ve got them separated by category

So all gender / disabled, so they’ve got
handicap access.

It’s also large enough so you can bring
your bike in if you’re not comfortable leaving

And then they have a male one for quick urinals
as well.

been trying to find my way to the grand hotel here.

The roads to get here are a little bit complicated

So the only entrance I could find was this
stair entrance, so I’m walking up the stairs

right now and hopefully this will get me to
the hotel

Looks really beautiful from afar and can’t
wait to see it up close

Alright, today’s goal has been achieved.

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