Hola,
It’s me again. 
So it will be a hiking event for everyone who loves going into the jungles of Taiwan.
The event will take place at 1 pm on Sep 8 2007. We are going to look for the mysterious ghost village.
Time: 1 pm, Sep 8, 2007 (Please don’t be late)
Place: departure from Cloud9
Transport info: http://www.forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.php?t=55527&start=120
mingshah is already there, I will be there in the morning. Welcome to join us if you feel like to. 
Might be like fun for some, but the jugles of Taiwan are a bit petite for my taste. 
Might be like fun for some, but the jugles of Taiwan are a bit petite for my taste. [/quote]
We don’t go hiking for the boobs you sad pervert.
wrong reply
I took some photos of The Route 9.
I am not a good photographer and have no good camera, so my photos only show the mere part of beauty of the scenery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13050164@N07/sets/72157601930272783/
Not bad at all, Kate. Even the one with the cellphone camera has come out much better than I’d have expected. I like the 1st and 8th pictures best.
Excellent pix of excellent scenery!
Would’ve loved to have gone… hope to have more noticed in the future 
Thanks, guys…my photos are really bad actually.
Yellow Cartman, don’t you want to orgaznise a secret society of ‘B**** Managers?’
I will 100% support your secret society.
Thanks kate.lin, maybe we can have it up there on Cloud9 
Ok, I guess I will go up to the ghost village in the next days, depending a bit on weather. I will leave Longtan at a bout 7:30 and reach my “base camp” in Pinglin (my tend is still up there) at least at 9. Should give me enought time to make it easy with enought stops for photos. I will take my camera and try to get some nice shots to tempt you guys with it.
Kate, your photos are great. Don’t worry too much about the technical quality, what counts is the composition and catching the moment, the rest is just add on.
I guess I will be up in Pinglin this weekend again. Found it is really great as a base for wonderfull relaxing weekends (even a hord of wild runners passing through for some hours couldn’t disturb it much).
The combination of beeing in the mountains on a great spot, swimming in the river (especially at 6 in the morning), river tracing up some streams, hiking, tubing down the river or just hanging out on the campground or the veranda is just too tempting. Want to explore the whole area a bit more.
Muzha man, where did you get this map? Looked really good and usefull.
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You can pick up the maps at the hiking shops near the Taipei Train station on Zhongshan Rd. It’s map 12. MetroOasis also has the maps and I believe there is a shop in Taoyuan. In any case, I will post a pic tonight of the relevant section highlighting Cloud9 and the old village. Unless you can read chinese you won’t really know where to look.
MetroOasis has a shop in Zhongli, yes. Will try to go there than and find some stuff.
I can’t really read that much Chinese but I just use maps in Chinese, all this different romanization stuff just confuses me anyway. I also learned to read map in millitary, not paying attention to names, more to formation like rivers, peak, mountains so that maps are still usefull for me.
Thanks for the help and it was nice to meet you up there.
The maps are published by 台灣交通出版社 and are called 大台北山區健行登山路線系列地圖.
Maybe next time you can give people a little more notice.
Maybe next time you can give people a little more notice.[/quote]
Get in the loop and you’ll get a pm. 
Seriously, sometimes I can’t be bothered to plan ahead and deal with all the logistics of getting people to a destination. I know there are a few dedicated members who’ll go out on short notice and that suits me fine most days. I’m just a hiker, not a tour guide.
Everyone is welcome of course, but I don’t think lack of advanced notice is much of an issue.
I don’t think lack of advanced notice is much of an issue. [/quote]
Oh fuck me, here we go again! 
I’m not making it an issue. I don’t give a rat’s ass who goes or not.
kate.lin said everyone was welcome, presumably because she wanted others to go. Some people plan their weekends ahead of time. Maybe more people would go if given sufficient notice.
It was a suggestion to someone organizing hikes, not a complaint.
Is that clear enough for everyone?
I understand Mucha Man’s point of view and I do appreicate Dr Zoidberg’s suggestion. Thank both of you.
I don’t think lack of advanced notice is much of an issue. [/quote]
Oh fuck me, here we go again! I’m not making it an issue. I don’t give a rat’s ass who goes or not.
kate.lin said everyone was welcome, presumably because she wanted others to go. Some people plan their weekends ahead of time. Maybe more people would go if given sufficient notice.
It was a suggestion to someone organizing hikes, not a complaint.
Is that clear enough for everyone?[/quote]
What’s with the attitude? I know it was a suggestion and I made my comments in as friendly a manner as I could. Notice the two winks. If it wasn’t clear, well, no apologees because it should have been and your comments and tone are unwarranted.