place Round trip of Taiwan by bicycle 7th 台東Taitung⇒花蓮Hualien
Date and time 11/7
Today's move 台東Taitung成功Chenggong⇒長浜Changbin⇒花蓮Hualien
weather rain after fine
distance 168km






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Today, I wanted to go to Hualien if possible, so I got up early.
I prepared for going out while drinking or eating papaya milk, bread and vegetable juice.
I gathered up my luggage little by little. As time passed I was able to organize, so I went out.
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Today's weather forecast was temporarily rain.
When I went out, there was no sign of rain.
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I ran into the dark for only ten minutes.
As soon as the rain began to fall a bit, it fell heavily.
Rain in Taiwan is large scale. A tremendous amount of rain fell.
I ran away quickly by finding the roof underneath. I waited for over 30 minutes.
I waited patiently. I spent the time wearing the rainwear first, then maintenance of the bicycle etc.
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While I was waiting, As the rain was getting small,I went out.
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When I came this far, the rain stopped.
This groove, water seems to flow from over there.
Actually, it flows from here to far.
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Also, it started to rain.
The roadside shop is not open because it is rainy and it was early morning.
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In the town of Chenggong.
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The rain stopped. I do not know if it was temporarily stopped or perfectly okay.
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It is the town of Changbin that is visible. I took off rain wear.
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I ate lunch at 7-eleven of Changbin bypass.
When it was raining or when I could not run as desired with a headwind, I planned to stay one night at this Nagahama according to the time.

But now, the time is at 12 o'clock.
I decided to continue running to Hualien as it is.
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八仙洞Eight Immortals' Cave
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The earth seems to be tilting. The angle is 23.5 degrees.
However, the earth's axis pointing to the Polaris is shaking. For that reason, the Tropic of Cancer continues to move from 22.1 degrees to 24.5 degrees at the cycle of 41,000 years. It means that it is moving at an angle of a few seconds a year, and one second on the earth is 31 meters away.

I saw it. It is the Tropic of Cancer.
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Here, the sun may be directly overhead. The Tropic of Cancer is its northernmost line.
When you extend this line to the east at the same latitude, you go through Mexico in the Americas.

It seems that the state of the movement of the Tropic of Cancer from 2005 to 2010 is recorded firmly on line 83 of the Mexican expressway. It is said that it is moving at an angle of a few seconds per year, but when I look at the picture of Mexico, it seems to be moving quite a bit.
Please see here.

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The sky has completely cleared up.
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Before entering the town of Hualien, there is a place to overcome a mountain.
I came to that place.
A bicycle person who is camping touring is running.
I will go on for a while, greet, overtake, cross over the pass, and go down to Hualien.
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I will arrive at 花蓮 Hualien.
I am glad that there is no wind.
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cross the bridge, it is 花蓮Hualien. It is quite still a long way from here to the hotel..


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