Comments on: Batongguan hiking 八通關 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c Meanderings on living in Southern Taiwan Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-293 Stephen Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:03:03 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-293 A decade ago the trail hike would have been quite something. Certainly not as popular as it is today. The national park service have done a supurb job with upgrades to huts and bridges. The "bite-people-cat" plants are all still there. Ouch. It is a fantastic trail and one I too would be keen to do again one day. A decade ago the trail hike would have been quite something. Certainly not as popular as it is today. The national park service have done a supurb job with upgrades to huts and bridges. The “bite-people-cat” plants are all still there. Ouch.
It is a fantastic trail and one I too would be keen to do again one day.

]]> By: Julian http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-292 Julian Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:49:31 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-292 Wow, that hut looks really nice! When I hiked this with my family about a decade ago, we missed the main lodge in the dark and ended up pitching our tent inside a ramshackle hut surrounded by garbage, with rancid butter on the floor, no water or lighting, and an unknown furry animal busy stealing rice in the rafters all night. The trail was also full of "bite-people-cat" that my brother kept falling into ... Those new facilities look really cushy and clean! I'd love to do it again. Wow, that hut looks really nice! When I hiked this with my family about a decade ago, we missed the main lodge in the dark and ended up pitching our tent inside a ramshackle hut surrounded by garbage, with rancid butter on the floor, no water or lighting, and an unknown furry animal busy stealing rice in the rafters all night. The trail was also full of “bite-people-cat” that my brother kept falling into … Those new facilities look really cushy and clean! I’d love to do it again.

]]> By: Shan Ding Lu » Beautiful Butterflies http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-266 Shan Ding Lu » Beautiful Butterflies Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:26:39 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-266 [...] lovely lady was taken on the Batongguan trail. Check out her pair of hearts. (Abisara burnii etymander - [...] [...] lovely lady was taken on the Batongguan trail. Check out her pair of hearts. (Abisara burnii etymander – [...]

]]> By: Shan Ding Lu » Batongguan Fungi http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-88 Shan Ding Lu » Batongguan Fungi Sat, 03 May 2008 16:15:01 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-88 [...] the recent Batongguan hike I took many photos of the fungi we passed. Though not catalogue quality shots, this sample [...] [...] the recent Batongguan hike I took many photos of the fungi we passed. Though not catalogue quality shots, this sample [...]

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-83 Stephen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:21:40 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-83 Thanks Craig, Yes a wonderful hike. I can highly recommend Richard if you are interested in such a hike. Thanks Craig,
Yes a wonderful hike. I can highly recommend Richard if you are interested in such a hike.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-82 Stephen Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:22:14 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-82 Tatami? Luxury! Each hut actually contains firm rubber mats on the bunks. Along with a thin bed roll we each carried sleeping was very comfortable. Tatami? Luxury!

Each hut actually contains firm rubber mats on the bunks. Along with a thin bed roll we each carried sleeping was very comfortable.

]]> By: Todd http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-81 Todd Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:40:36 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-81 Looks like a blast! Great pics! Looks like a blast! Great pics!

]]> By: Annabelle(Yi-Chen) http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-80 Annabelle(Yi-Chen) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:22:07 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-80 It's truly an incredible and fantastic hike. I can't believe you did it. You really did it !!! What a wonderful experience and pictures. I specially like the answer you replied to Gary --" Work ! That was the hardest 7 days work I've done in years." It’s truly an incredible and fantastic hike. I can’t believe you did it. You really did it !!! What a wonderful experience and pictures. I specially like the answer you replied to Gary –” Work ! That was the hardest 7 days work I’ve done in years.”

]]> By: cfimages http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-79 cfimages Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:01:19 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-79 Wow, what a great hike. Amazing scenery. Wow, what a great hike. Amazing scenery.

]]> By: Links 14 April 2008 - David on Formosa http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c/comment-page-1#comment-78 Links 14 April 2008 - David on Formosa Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:49:49 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/batongguan-hiking-%e5%85%ab%e9%80%9a%e9%97%9c#comment-78 [...] Shan Ding Lu hikes the awesome Batongguan Trail across Taiwan. [...] [...] Shan Ding Lu hikes the awesome Batongguan Trail across Taiwan. [...]

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