Day 4: Heping to Yuli 第四天:和平到玉里镇

It’s always wet and at one point I’m cycling at 9km/hour on level ground because my chain is slipping all over my rear cassette. I can’t apply any pressure what so ever. To add to it all, we’ve got wind and my feet are soaking wet. Seriously. What saved my a$$ this day was the sweet pair of Swrve knickers I have. Kept the chill at bay.
And of course, we are racing against night fall. What’s new? Jason gets a little irritated with my Tropic of Cancer photo shoot. Literally we have 20 minutes to no light.

Funeral


No need for words


My babe.


Ahead.


Always....always...


...getting chased by rain.


Tropic of Cancer looking South.

Day 3: Toucheng to Heping 第三天:頭城到和平

Something still strange, I never see people. I guess that’s why the East Coast of Taiwan only needs about 2 major thoroughfares.

Always temples.

Not a promising looking day.

Another temple.

Our ride to the top although you can't really see the road.

I love tunnel at the tops of mountains because there is something really awesome on the other side. DOWN!

Baby ducks next the bathroom I found behind the 7-11.

What lies ahead.

On the other side, after my chain snapped twice in about 15 minutes. No photos from that time because it was pouring rain. I've known that I've had some problems with my drive train but this experience really set that into my mind. We are dry by the time we reach here, after going down mountains but we are still racing away from rain. Taiwan is always raining. Yep, it's wet.

when you need to pray going down a mountain in the middle of nowhere.

Secret nook behind.

Hairpins.

Today was a short day. One reason being that my chain broke twice nearing the top of a mountain. Why do snap chains on mountains in the rain?…it’s like my bike is hydrophobic. With the repairs in the rain, being soaked, mountain climbs, and the wind hitting us from the ocean. We had to call it a short day. We stayed in an over priced hotel with Gramps the owner. He told me how beautiful Jason is…funny old man.

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