Taiwan has become quite the little surfing community over the years. Taiwanese people are very trend aware , and surfing has definitely become part of the culture. I spent last night on the coast in Tocheng, a city just thirty minutes away from Taipei. Ian, my host and friend for man y moons, and I woke at 4:30 to hit the beach. Ian has become quite an avid surfer over the years, and I love sunrises and water. The beach was relatively vacant when we got there, but by the time we left the waves were crawling with surf boards. The waves and sunrise were gorgeous!
I left the crowds and went for a run up the beach and further down the coast. I passed beautiful rock formations, more surf, more surfers, no Urfers, temples, hotels shaped like mosques, ever present stray dogs, and trash…loads of trash. The picture I paint of Taiwan is not a totally fair one. The inhabitants of this isle of beauty are notoriously bad at making sure refuse finds its way to the proper receptacle or appropriate dumping ground. I find my moments of serenity interrupted by the piles of crap I see as I soak in the beauty of this place. I want to look back and remember beauty, but this place would benefit from some environmental education. As I ran along the beach, I kept stumbling upon little deposits of trash left by people that are too selfish and lazy to simply take out what they bring in!
The run was still beautiful; I took four miles off this morning. Add that to the miles that I put in the last few days, and I’m down to 892 miles to go. Pics soon on my new track! Bradford athletes are lucky this place wasn’t in our vicinity.
Ian hunts waves in the sunrise hour!
Looks good! Not too many people.
Might be Ian? Those surfers all look alike.
He must have had the day off! I didn't see any damn bamboo whale.
By 6 in the morning the joint was jumping. Sunrise on the Pacific...what did you do this morning?
Find the Bamboo Whale!!!
sweet post. thanks bro. your number is lost, destroyed with my phone. my number is the same. call me.