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A walk around Hsinchu.
I headed out of the hotel with the intent of getting back into the foothills and up to a reservoir about 4 miles from my hotel. I managed to go about 2.5 miles up along a river before I was turned back by a pack of about 15-20 large dogs. Fortunately after tailing me for about 300 feet an even bigger dog that was chained up put a halt to their pursuit. At that point I decided that's enough "exploring" for now and headed back toward the hotel.
I made a little side trip to check out a tower but also met some dogs there. Charging at them and swinging my pack around seemed to work that time.
An exciting little walk that provided for quite a lot of bird spotting, numerous wildflowers, survey markers and even some cool looking cows.
Good fun but happy to be back in the hotel.
A walk around Hsinchu.
I headed out of the hotel with the intent of getting back into the foothills and up to a reservoir about 4 miles from my hotel. I managed to go about 2.5 miles up along a river before I was turned back by a pack of about 15-20 large dogs. Fortunately after tailing me for about 300 feet an even bigger dog that was chained up put a halt to their pursuit. At that point I decided that's enough "exploring" for now and headed back toward the hotel.
I made a little side trip to check out a tower but also met some dogs there. Charging at them and swinging my pack around seemed to work that time.
An exciting little walk that provided for quite a lot of bird spotting, numerous wildflowers, survey markers and even some cool looking cows.
Good fun but happy to be back in the hotel.
Tips:
Carry a big stick
Carry a big stick
Comments (3)
Nice trip. Yes ,it is better to carry a big stick when you take a walk in countryside in the early morning.
by philipleets on Feb 11, 2010
Next time you might want to have some good food at Jin Shat St. after the hike. :)
by jasonchiu on Nov 25, 2009
Nice one. I can see that your speed briefly picked up, presumably when the dogs where chasing you ;)
Cool that the new iPhone app made it into Taiwan already.
by joost on Nov 25, 2009
Cool that the new iPhone app made it into Taiwan already.
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