Day 13: 23 May 2023, Tuesday For our last day in Taiwan, we took it free and easy. I woke up naturally at 7:30am even though I set my alarm clock at 8:00am. At 9:10am, AT and I left our hotel and walked to Ximending for breakfast. A visit to Taipei will not be complete […]
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Day 12: 22 May 2023, Monday It felt strange to wake up today and not have to put on our cycling jerseys and go through the paces of collecting our bikes, warming up and having Jeffrey brief us on the day’s cycling route. Reality had finally set in – our Tour de Taiwan was over. […]
Day 11: 21 May 2023, Sunday Woke up today with a mix of excitement and sadness. Excited because after working hard for the past week, our 9-day mission to cycle around Taiwan is finally about to be completed. Sad because we will soon be saying goodbye to our newfound friends and comrades who have pedalled […]
Day 3: 13 May 2023, Saturday After two nights in Taipei, it was time to start our adventure – the Cycling Tour de Taiwan, or Round-The-Island (RTI) cycling tour with Giant Adventure (捷安特旅遊). Over the next nine days, we will cycle a total distance of around 900km, covering between 80km+ and 122km each day. It […]
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Tantalising Taipei 2016 – Day 3 & 4: Ximen / Raohe Night Market / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 13 November 2016] Day 3 – 17 June 2016, Friday It’s my last full day in Taipei, and I don’t really have an agenda today. The first thing I did was to go to Ximending to look for a […]
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Tantalising Taipei 2016 – Day 2: Tamsui / Beitou / Shilin Night Market
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 13 November 2016] Day 2 – 16 June 2016, Thursday This morning, I was woken up by one of my dorm mate’s alarm clock at 9:30am. I did not bother setting my own alarm because I was on holiday, […]
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Tantalising Taipei 2016 – Day 1: Singapore / Xinyi / Ximen / Ningxia Night Market
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 12 November 2016] Every year, I aim to visit at least one country that I have never been to before. There are about 196 countries in the world (I use the word “about” because there are different lists with […]