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      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
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      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
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      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
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      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
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      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
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      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
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    • Trip Posts – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
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      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe ’22
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
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      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Posts – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Posts – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
  • Our Wheels
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    • Trip Galleries – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Galleries – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Galleries – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Main Album » Tour outside Taipei, TAI
View from bus before arriving in shifen
Entrance to shifen waterfall site
Heading down to the waterfall 2
Heading down to the waterfall 3
Our guide tony in front of old coal cars
Statues on the way to the waterfall 1
Statues on the way to the waterfall 2
Stalls before the waterfall 1
Stalls before the waterfall 2
The shifen waterfalls 5
The shifen waterfalls 6
The shifen waterfalls 7
Us in front of falls 1
The shifen waterfalls 1
Shifen waterfalls coi pond
Shifen waterfalls small temple
Shifen waterfalls suspension brige
Shifen waterfalls a beginning of suspension bridge
Looking down from bridge
Entering shifen
Old street shifen 3
This was our lantern
We each did two sides 3
Doug writing one side 2
We each did two sides 4
We each did two sides 1
We each did two sides 2
We re ready to let her go
Photos on the train tracks with our lantern 2
Photos on the train tracks with our lantern 12
Photos on the train tracks with our lantern 14
Photos on the train tracks with our lantern 21
After it went up 1
A peanut ice cream roll
Lanterns above town
Train running through town 1
Suspension bridge outside shifen 3
Suspension bridge outside shifen 1
View from the other end of the shifen old street
Peanut ice cream roll 2
Peanut ice cream roll 3
Peanut ice cream roll 4
Peanut ice cream roll 5
Peanut ice cream roll 6
Peanut ice cream roll 1
Jiufen village 2
Jiufen map
Jiufen sites
Another nonn view
Fried squid
Jiufen village 3
Jiufen village 6 copy
Jiufen village 4
Jiufen village 19
Jiufen village 20
We found a tunnel in the village 1
We found a tunnel in the village 3
We were supposed to be able to see the harbours below from here
A lego shop
Yehliu geopark 90
Yehliu geopark info
Cute princess 1
Cute princess 2
The leopard 1
Yehliu geopark view
Yehliu geopark formations
Yehliu geopark rock formations 15
Yehliu geopark rock formations 16
Yehliu geopark rock formations 17
Yehliu geopark pot holes
Yehliu geopark 18
Yehliu geopark fossils 2
Yehliu geopark fossils 3
Yehliu geopark fossils 1
Yehliu geopark rock formations 20
Yehliu geopark rock formations 22
Yehliu geopark 26
Yehliu geopark rock formations 23
Yehliu geopark rock formations 25
Yehliu geopark 30
Yehliu geopark 31
Yehliu geopark 34
Yehliu geopark rock formations 1
Yehliu geopark rock formations 2
Yehliu geopark mushrooms
Yehliu geopark earth rock
Yehliu geopark looking down at queen s head
Yehliu geopark outer boardwalk 2
Yehliu geopark outer boardwalk 1
Yehliu geopark rock formations 5
Yehliu geopark rock formations 6
The queen s head 2
The queen s head 3
The queen s head 1
Yehliu geopark 48
Yehliu geopark views 14
Yehliu geopark back side of the queen s head
Yehliu geopark lots of earth rocks
Yehliu geopark rock formations 7
Yehliu geopark views 9
Yehliu geopark rock formations 8
Yehliu geopark views 8
Yehliu geopark one type of boardwalk
Yehliu geopark rock formations marine bird
Yehliu geopark views 5
Yehliu geopark views 4
Yehliu geopark views 3
Yehliu geopark 66
Yehliu geopark rock formations 10
Yehliu geopark candlestick rocks
Yehliu geopark doug
Yehliu geopark fossils 4
Yehliu geopark rock formations 12
Yehliu geopark rock formations 13
Yehliu geopark playground
Yehliu geopark creatures
Yehliu geopark boardwalk
Model showing how much the queen s head is narrowing
Yehliu geopark 82
Yehliu geopark photo of view from above
Raohe st night market gate 4
Some seating at the night market
18 day beer
Taiwanese donuts
Temple outside the night market 1
Wall inside the hindu temple by the night market
Black pepper pork bun

Where We Are

June 24, 2026 – flew to Buffalo to spend a week up at Josh’s.

July 3rd, 2026 – returned to Buffalo, spent the night and flew to JFK next day to then catch a flight to Africa for 9 weeks!

July 6 – Reunion

July 13 – Mauritius inc Rodrigues Island

July 25 – Madagascar

August 3 – Johannesburg

August 9 – Malawi & Zambia

August 21 – Mozambique & Eswatini

September 2 – Cape Town

September 8 – home!

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