2021

Neidong Forest Road 內洞林道
hiking in the rain
stream below us
side stream (video)
camera watching the water
as far as we got
on the trail
planted conifer forest
ferns in the trees
Jack making tea
Philip and Scooter
Jack making tea in the stream

2020

泰雅爺爺 coffee shop
above Xinxian 信賢 village
the Nanshi river 南勢溪

2018

Coffee above Wulai 烏來
Ride to Xiluoan 西羅岸 and Baoqinggong 保慶宮 in cold wet weather
69k ride in Xindian 新店
69k ride in Xindian 新店
back to Wulai 烏來
mountain bees
Neidong Forest Road 內洞林道
cherry blossoms

Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布
Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布

2017

work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
work on Wulai hot springs 烏來溫泉
Taiwan Macaque 台灣獼猴 (táiwān míhóu) Macaca cyclopis

2016

Wulai waterfall runs brown
40.9 km ride to BaoQing temple 保慶宮
BaoQing temple 保慶宮 in Wulai 烏來
BaoQing temple 保慶宮 in Wulai 烏來
BaoQing temple 保慶宮 in Wulai 烏來

2015

Wulai 烏來
Xilouan 西羅岸路 recovering from typhoons
Wulai 烏來
back down to Wulai
final load out
banana patch above the drive way



plant rescue
building shape
road repair
chomp, chomp, nummm, numm
Harvesting from the overgrown garden
Collecting herbs among the weeds
checking on the water system
House front and hanging out area
front of the "barn" and house
Containers
Material scouting at James and Erika's place
Reclaimed boardwalk
Collapsed roof on pantry
garden gone wild
Lots of love in the details
Clearing the house
View of the front of the house looking from the other direction
Helping to load up the truck
Philip checking things out
Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來

road and railway have slipped away

rail bed gone
Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布
Wulai waterfall 烏來瀑布
Atayal cat in Wulai 烏來
Camphor Creek 樟樹溪 in Xinxian 信賢
Xinxian 信賢

slide on XinFu Rd 新福路
Wulai 烏來
Wulai 烏來
washed down trees in the Wulai parking lot
road work
Route of hike as tracked with GPS
jungle hike team
Short stop to collect the group together
Our crew on the trail
One of the native begonias 秋海棠 (qiūhǎitáng) getting ready to fruit/flower
Unidentified moth caterpillar
Fruit shaped like star anise
Leaf shape study 2
Leaf shape study 1
Our trip leader
Alpinia 月桃屬 (yuè táo shǔ)
Trail markers
sign to bottom of Xiluoan Rd 西羅岸路 and Honghegu 紅河谷
Red fungus
banana leaf
But, alas, it did not make it.
Someone tried to save this tree.
寶清宮 Bǎoqīnggōng temple, trailhead to left
temple in Wulai
Concept design for the front of James' house and workshop area.
James and Tarnay back from their walk
Tane keeping warm on the wooly chair
James and Tammy finish a sheet-mulched bed.
Planting the sheet-mulched beds
Goat poo covered by dried leaves
Planting out the sheet-mulched bed
Pancakes with caramelized butter, ginger, and zest syrup
Herb nursery nearby
Nanshixi 南勢溪
Map of our short trip
Forestry bureau administrative demarcation sign
Subtropical fruiting trees: bajiao, cherry, and magao. A Taiwanese cedar (planted) occupies the far background
Musa basjoo formosana 台灣芭蕉 (táiwān bājiāo), 山芎蕉 (shān qiōng jiāo) fruiting along the road
A variety of cherry, the blossoms of which are more pink than the pale Japanese variety and less red than the native Taiwan variety
Front view of the bee hives
Tree budding close up
Tree budding
Listening to and looking at the bees
銹毛鐵線蓮 (xiù máo tiě xiàn lián) Leschenault's Clematus
Black bulbuls chat
flowering cherries
Still flowering at this elevation
Tammy finally out on her bike
Bee hive - local design
Host address

2014

kitchen
Main living space, bedroom
Planted cypress
preparing to move the upper water tank down
Cleared area reveals fragile top soil structure
Maqaw 馬告 Litsea cubeba 山胡椒 (shān hújiāo) mountain pepper sappling
Good weed structure left on the slope to one side of the house
Philip and James surveying the property
James' father hangs back in the shade
James and his dad have done lots of work on the property to make it more livable
James looks out over the land he has cleared. View looking north
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)











Kathrin in place to pull
Getting ready to pull
Ye Ye climbs up a steep hill to check a tangle of long, dense rattan
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
pulling the long vines down out of the high trees
Rattan palm top in flower sticking up above the trees
(by Teymu Watan 廖鎮洲)
Shitake mushrooms
Gathering freshly picked Shitake mushrooms
Wulai tourist central
Why all the individual water pipes coming out of Zhongzhi?
Cleared for?
A local house in good condition
Road back down from Seattle Sky
Land for sale
Coming up from the field of rattan palm
Ant's nest
Assessing the situation - these canes are not good enough.
The trunk of rattan palm 黃藤 Calamus quiquesetinervius Burret
The trunk of the rattan palm
The trunk of the rattan palm
Harvesting tools

2010

collecting veggies
male Plumbeous Water-redstart 鉛色水鶇 Rhyacornis fuliginosa on the JiaJiuLiao 加九寮 bridge

2009

still raining, we eat lunch indoors
Qalang Rahaw is Xinxian 信賢 at the check point 烏福檢查哨
Dan and Thomas at the peak

2005

dinner in Wulai

2002

applying for mountain passes..in XinXian 信賢
Dan at XiongKong - HongHeGu.saddle point