I wake up to a sunny morning, with clear blue skies and a day full of promise. My plans for a scenic ride up Wuling may have been washed out by the rain yesterday but today, I’m going to make up for it. It’s almost all downhill to the plains. I won’t be chilled to the bone, and I’ll make quick work descending the dry road. But first, a bite of Lishan’s famous fruit.

This being Pear Mountain, one doesn’t just breeze in and out without trying one of their luscious juicy pears.
Video of the fast descent from Lishan. I overcooked a sharp corner at 2:15…phew… Good thing there were no cars driving up at the time …

Beside the shack…it’s what I call the ‘Trans Valley Express’. A seemingly simple contraption to transport people and goods across the valley..

How the ‘Trans Valley Express’ works…you get into the steel cage and away you fly across the chasm below. Beats walking down and then up the other side of the valley

After 119 kms, mostly downhill, I reach the town of Yilan. Nope, the policeman is not giving me a ticket, he’s giving me directions to the Yilan bus station, from where I’ll take a bus to Taipei.