Back

We came rolled back into Taipei yesterday afternoon, coming down a long, empty and curving downhill through the forested mountains south of the city.  It was the best downhill of the bike trip.  It was a great bike trip.

I don't think I could ask for a better place for my first bike tour, or with better inhabitants.  People of all ages cheered us on, from cars and roadsides and other bikes.  A darkly tanned man sitting in a tiny seaside town with a child on his lap cheered as soon as he saw us come into view, like he was waiting for us there by the road.  Kids shouting in unison out of a sleek black SUV as we climbed a lonely stretch up a mountain.  I joked I was tired of saying thank you, of raising my fist in acknowledgment of a cheer.  But I don't think I ever could be.

Now I'm back.  I'll write more about the trip later.  It was a great trip and I'm glad I did it.