Two-day cycle: Tainan to Chiayi and back
A cycling route starting in Tainan City, Taiwan, Taiwan.
Overview
About this route
I completed this bicycle trip on the two days of a weekend: July 17-18, 2010. The first day of the journey was dull and uninspiring, a means to and end, that end being to get me to Chiayi from where I could spend the next day returning to Tainan via the foot-hill roads that run along the edges of the mountains behind WuShanTou Reservoir. Unfortunately I got myself a little bit sunburned on the way to Chiayi and so was paranoid about the skin damage getting any worse on the way back home. A mix of strategies reduced the potential harm of the ultra-violet radiation (including a small vial of SPF 50+ sunblock purchased from 7-11) and I arrived back at home in Tainan around 4:30 in the afternoon feeling weary but satisfied with my effort.
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- Duration
- 195.3 km
- Distance
- 820 m
- Ascent
- 817 m
- Descent
- ---
- Avg. speed
- ---
- Max. altitude
Route quality
Waytypes & surfaces along the route
Waytypes
Busy road
113.6 km
(58 %)
Access road
26.2 km
(13 %)
Surfaces
Paved
30.9 km
(16 %)
Asphalt
30.6 km
(16 %)
Paved (undefined)
0.3 km
(<1 %)
Route highlights
Points of interest along the route
Accommodation after 85.1 km
I stopped for the night here at a hotel on Zhongzheng Rd. At NT$800 for the night it was pretty basic but good enough after a long day's cycle. That rate included a complimentary breakfast (again quite basic) although I had to skip it in order to get away early.
Point of interest after 102.8 km
The nicest part of the journey. I rode over the bridge to the north-west of this point and suddenly found myself surrounded by pine trees. I think it was a plantation but the trees were very tall and underneath their thick canopy it was dark, damp, and cool; a real joy after cycling uphill with the morning sun already taking its toll in sweat.
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