January 5, 2024 – Anshu – Donggang – 75 kms – Taipeng Bay Tourist Hotel
January 6, 2024 – Donggang – Liuchiu Island – 5kms – Coral Island
January 7, 2024 – Liuchiu – 8kms – Coral Island.
Taiwan was originally named Ilha Formosa (Beautiful Island) by Portuguese sailors in 1582, and the name stuck for centuries. I can’t even begin to imagine how beautiful it would have been at that time. What has stuck us both is how varied the natural landscapes are. In the last few days we have cycled down the East coast with its rugged wild beauty, crossed the southern mountains covered in wild jungle and returned to the coral island of Liuchiu.
A remarkable feature of this heavily populated island is how much wild natural terrain remains.
Tomorrow, however, we return to the better known and much more populated areas of the country. We will be cycling to Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city, and its former centre of heavy industry.
When did you paint? I assume to are painting from pictures after the fact of observation. They seem to be pretty good.
I always travel with a sketchbook. I paint in the evenings from our pictures. Sometimes I use other pictures when it’s hard to get a good picture of the birds we see.
Wow. So nice. What a trip.