Old Fisherman's Trail

Corbett | April 7, 2004 12:50 AM

Today was Brett's birthday, and he asked if I wanted to do a hike with him up the Old Fisherman's Trail on the back side of Yangmingshan. [We're now 3 hikes into Richard Saunder's trail book.] So we both played hooky from our morning money slaving rituals, and met up at 8am to absolutely gorgeous Taiwan hiking weather. Cool, mid 70-s, dry, with a light breeze.

Highlights:

-Seeing a restored Taiwanese farmhouse circa 1900 in the middle of nowhere with a thatched roof and a modern green postal address plaque.

-Brett's quip about how his doctor in the '60's stopped by for R&R in Peitou and could get a room with a hot spring, a girl, and a bowl of rice for $100NT.

-Meeting the mini pigdog near the top of the ridge.

-The 8 smoking craters.

-Winding down in the hidden Peter Pan's hideaway natural hotsprings along the cold stream.

-Brett asking Sabrina, if she was forced to choose, what would it be between these two alternatives: a) having unlimited energy, an endless perfectly clear day that never ends, and beautiful trails winding through mother nature, or b) an unlimited credit card, to buy anything at Taipei 101, on a shopping day that never ends.

Category: Mr. Asia

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