Tainan resident Mark Tovell has written a guide to cycling off the beaten track in Taiwan. According to this review in the Taipei Times, the book is "aimed directly at the class of traveler that unboxes their velo at the airport... and pedals directly towards the high hills."
The 24 hour Eslite bookstore in Taipei's Xinyi District has now closed. The Nanxi store in Zhongshan District will temporarily serve as a 24 hour store before the Songyan store commences 24 hour operations on 20 January next year
Morning hike to Chengtian Chan Temple (承天禪寺) and Tianshang Shan (天上山) in Tucheng, New Taipei. There is a good view from the peak that stretches from Taoyuan to Taipei City.
A great tribute in words and pictures to the now closed Guoxing Theater (苗栗國興戲院) in Miaoli, Taiwan by @SpectralCodex
"News reports of the closure featured a fateful sign displayed out front reading “interior renovations” (整修內部) and “temporary suspension of business” (暫停營業), the very same wording featured in the closing minutes of Tsai Ming-liang’s lyrical tribute to the dying days of cinema, Goodbye, Dragon Inn."
⛰️ Daniel Rios has climbed 100 of Taiwan's 3000 metre peaks, aka baiyue (百岳). In the article he talks about preparation and recommends five accessible hikes