Visitors traveled in tour buses to Sun Moon Lake, where they rented bikes from a brand new company owned Giant Bicycle store. Everything from inexpensive mountain bikes to the top of the line Giant TCR Advanced is available for rent.
The festivities began with a grand opening ceremony for the Yeutan Bikeway, a bike trail that connects the west side of the lake over the dam to the eastern side of Sun Moon Lake, bypassing the stretch of Highway 21 south of the lake.
From the bikeway entrance, the cyclists rode 4.5 km into Checheng and along the Xianshan Bikeway, where everybody stopped at Meihe Garden to take in the views and sample several varieties of tea. The Sun Moon Lake area is the tea growing region of Taiwan.
Everybody then continued another 2.5 km uphill to stop at Fleur de Chine resort, where they boarded boats for a lake cruise, then returned to Lalu Hotel to conclude the festivities with a 10 course meal.
The cheesiness of the whole thing was amazing fun. China Airlines flight attendants did a dance involving bikes [watch for video soon from Bike Hugger], us Americans were all interviewed by Chinese television, the local girls went crazy when a boy band showed up to promote cycling, and a great time was had by all.
See also:
- Bike Hugger meets Giant VP James Hu.
- Let's Bike Taiwan official site [English]
5 comments:
Sounds like a ton of fun. I just came back from Kaohsiung 3 weeks ago, and it was an amazing sight to see the number of bikes, esp. folders.
...(1)- bet i know who's goona try n' do all 4 tour loops so he gets 2 chances at that 'acer' laptop...their little notebook would be the cool unit...small enough & light enough to take on more than just "commute" rides...
...(2)- & be under advisement...don't use your "agricultural product coupon" to bring anything alive back home...you will regret it, no matter how "cute" it is...
...just sayin'...
...ps:- glad yer having a great time...looks particularly beautiful...
..."goona"...nice...i'm already intentionally misspelling words like "gonna" & then i turn it into "goona"...
...it's a bad habit that's 'gonna' get worse...
Well damn, aren't you just livin' the life?
It's a pretty amazing trip. Today we rode 30 km to elevation 900 meters over the top of a volcano in a national park and into a mineral hot springs spa where we checked in, ate an amazing quantity of food, and soaked in volcanic hot springs.
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