5 March 2018 • 10,448 km / 6492 mi (map)
As planned, I finished my circumnavigation of the island and headed back home today.
One last morning view from my hotel over the city of Kaohsiung:
Taiwanese infrastructure, especially on the west coast, is stunningly elaborate. Elevated freeways and train lines for miles and miles, tunnels to avoid even the slightest of climbs or curves, and a matching rail system.
These freeways could have taken me all the way back to Taipei, but I chose to explore some back roads instead.
A few (okay, more than a few) windy turns and switchbacks later, I was well into the lakes-and-mountain region.
I got caught for a little while in a crazy heavy rainstorm.
This sign offered the sales pitch: “17 kilometers (11 miles) of splendid coastline.”
The reality was a concrete and industrial dystopia.
I went back to the expressways for a while to clear my head. Decided on one last coastal back-road adventure before I got to the airport.
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