It’s 20-30 km from Jinshan to Keelung and then a freeway drive back to Taipei, a surprisingly short drive back to Taipei at that.
Between Jinshan and Keelung is Yeliou, a place that I visited in 1999. It’s the northern tip of the island and home to many bizarre erosion formations in the coast.
As we were passing it and I had my camera with me, which was now getting perilously low on available memory, I asked if we could stop. Why not?
The kids were still asleep, so Irene and I went in alone, for a total of 25 minutes. I really didn’t feel I had the right conditions, or lens, to get the pictures I wanted, but I got a few I liked, and several more which I think I can photoshop into something better. We certainly didn’t have enough time to really cover the whole place.
One thing bothers me, if I’ve never been to Keelung and I’ve never been to Jinshan, and Yeliou sits on the road between them, how did I get there before?
My guess is that we went through Jinshan, as the scenery of Keelung was totally unfamiliar, while Jinshan was typical of the outer inhabited areas and easily forgettable.
And so finally we went on to Keelung…
(to be continued)