2020

Drystacked retaining walls in tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
above Pinglin 坪林
above Pinglin 坪林
Hans 手作 Bakery/Cafe
Hans 手作 Bakery/Cafe
Nanshan Temple 南山寺
tea fields above Pinglin 坪林
tea fields above Pinglin 坪林

2019

planning for the future




flowering bamboo
water's edge
Turtle Island through the bananas
exploring the road
water brings life
well used roads
Gengfang 梗枋
flowering bamboo
pest control
morning view from room


artesian well
industrial oasis
weeds on rubble


88k Shuangxi 雙溪 loop
highway tunnel entrance in Pinglin 坪林
Pinglin 坪林 bike path
Pinglin 坪林 bike path
tea farms near 坪林
Beginning of road 42 in Shuangxi 雙溪
sky full of lanterns 天燈
Shifen 十分
electric scooter battery station
flat tire at Jiuhuashan bus stop

2018

115 km loop through Kualai 闊瀨

map from phone

Highway 5 through Pinglin 坪林 from above
tea terraces
tea fields in the Kuolai 闊瀨 valley

stream toward Shuangxi 雙溪
10 km Wantan trail 灣潭古道 hike
10 km Wantan trail 灣潭古道 hike
Zhang homestead 張家莊
Zhang homestead 張家莊
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
Wantan stream 灣潭溪

picnic by the stream
picnic spot
Wantan stream 灣潭溪
water in water


fish in Wantan stream 灣潭溪
Gardenia 山黃梔 (shān huáng zhī) Gardenia jasminoides flower
figs
flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius
flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius

flowering rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius

figs


banana flowering



Wantan stream 灣潭溪

Tammy and Wendy on the Wantan trail 灣潭古道
Wantan 灣潭
bright green caterpillar
Wantan 灣潭

Wantan 灣潭






Wantan stream 灣潭溪






Poppy at the waterfall

Wushan trail 鳥山古道 to Zhuzi mtn 竹子山



Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地





Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地




Wantan farmhouse site 灣潭農家古厝地
Wantan trail 灣潭古道

Wantan stream 灣潭溪
happy poppy
Wantan stream 灣潭溪 below
Wantan stream 灣潭溪


Wantan trail 灣潭古道
Wantan trail 灣潭古道
Wantan trail 灣潭古道



Zhang homestead 張家莊

2017

84k Pingxi 坪溪 loop for breakfast meeting
84k Pingxi 坪溪 loop for breakfast meeting
Pingxi 平溪
Pingxi 平溪
Pingxi 平溪
4.0 km drive from Kuolai 闊瀨 to 豹子廚


checking the bee hive




trail map
looking at the map

with the policeman from Kuolai police station 闊瀨派出所

doors
a wall alive
rest area
ground cover manicured
the trail continues past the homestead
Beishi stream trail 北勢溪古道

6.2 km walk over 263m in 3h55m
no swimming in any Pinglin rivers except from June through September in certain streams
Van Denburgh's Ground Skink 臺灣滑蜥 (táiwān huá xī) Scincella formosensis
on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Stefani on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
on a rock


bamboo
on the trail in the bamboo
Beishi stream 北勢溪
Beishi stream 北勢溪
mushroom


Formosa Palm, Taiwan Sugar Palm 山棕 (shān zōng) Arenga engleri
on the trail
no typhoons this year

rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius

ants
Blechnum orientale 烏毛蕨 (wū máo jué)
urn

巨網燈蛾 (jù wǎng dēng é) Macrobrochis gigas
45 minutes back to the suspension bridge

the trail goes back into the woods

coming back down to the road
bridge of stones
the trail goes up around a land slide

urn
Dan and Philip on the road
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
細柄雙蓋蕨 (xì bǐng shuāng gài jué) Diplazium donianum
mushroom
Beishi stream trail 北勢溪越嶺古道
on the trail
waterfall
on the trail
Beishi stream 北勢溪
crossing a stream

Beishi stream 北勢溪
crossing a side stream
Beishi stream 北勢溪
on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Dan on the trail