FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 5:19 p.m. - Coming across a new bridge (Xiaoyoukeng 小油坑橋) while climbing Yangmingshan. The old mountainside road had been severely damaged during a typhoon, and instead of trying to engineer repairing the road they decided to build a sturdier, safer bridge. The old road went the far right of the photo.

5:23 p.m. - Remains of the old road that washed away. It's not like I climb Yangmingshan often, but by coincidence I had climbed it when it was damaged and it was really bad. It makes sense that they didn't try to just fix the road. 

5:37 p.m. - A new route. Usually when I ride up Yangmingshan on Rte. 2甲, I circle around Qixing peak, the highest in Yangmingshan, and head around back to Taipei (or go long and go all the way to Jinshan on the coast). This time I took 101甲 and continued climbing north-ish to the northwest coast (Danshui/Sanzhi rides). This shot is from 101甲 with the Xiaoyoukeng Bridge visible towards the upper left. The ride goes by the Datun peak and the road itself goes higher than the roads through Yangmingshan, despite Qixing being the highest peak.

5:57 p.m. - Descending towards the northwest, the ocean unseen through the haze.

6:13 p.m. - A cemetery familiar on my Sanzhi ride, approaching the bottom of the descent at Rte. 101, then turn left to Danshui and home on the bikeways. 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 6:04 p.m. - Looking south from Minquan Rd. bridge over the Keelung River.

6:20 p.m. - Footbridge looking west at Maishuai Bridge #2.

6:23 p.m. - Taipei 101 and Maishuai Bridge #2 from the ground.

AUGUST 19, 3:38 p.m. - Jinlong Lake 金龍湖, Xizhi township, east of Taipei. Found this nice place just exploring.