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DONGSHAN COFFEE ROAD
Guanziling's mountain roads see little traffic during the week and offer some fine
road cycling. A particularly scenic route is County Rd 175.
Some signs refer to County Road 175 as the Dongshan Coffee Road. From the
roadside you won't see much sign of coffee growing, but you will get expansive
views over the alluvial plains of rural Tainan and the choppy foothills of the Central
Mountains.
A good place to sample the exceptional quality of Dongshan coffee is
Ta Chu Hua
Chien
(Dàchú Huājiān;
10am-8pm Mon-Sun)
, a beautiful alfresco cafe located off the
Km11.5 mark.
It's 25km of rolling pitch from the start of the 175 to Nansi. If you want to contin-
ue riding through more undeveloped natural landscape, head up the east side of
Tsengwen Reservoir.
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Kaohsiung City
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The southern city of Kaohsiung (Gāoxióng) is Taiwan's largest port, its second-largest
city and the centre of the country's heavy and petrochemical industries.
Today's Kaohsiung has largely been transformed from grim industrial warrens into a
modern urban landscape of shiny cafes, wide streets, river- and harbour-side parks, pub-
lic transport, bicycle lanes, and cultural venues that have embraced the manufacturing
past. There are also two swimming beaches within the city area, and 1000 hectares of
almost-pristine forest right on its doorstep.
Most of what you want to see in Kaohsiung is clustered in a few areas that are within
walking distance or a short bus ride (or cycle) from a Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
(KMRT) station: the harbour and lower Love River area (in the Yancheng, Gushan and
Sizihwan Districts); the Lotus Pond area in Tsoying District in the north; and Cijin Is-
land.
In 2010 Kaohsiung city and county were merged into one giant metropolitan area.
