Shiding, Taiwan: A Unique Town East of Taipei

Shiding, Taiwan: A Unique Town East of Taipei

[Music] used to be an old mining coal town sort used to be an old mining coal town sort of thing and tea and we’re going to be of thing and tea and we’re going to be there in about 10 minutes. So, let’s go check out Shidden, just into the mountains east of Taipei City. It’s about 3:00 in the afternoon. So, yeah, got lots of time. Look at this [Music] beautiful Heat. [Music] [Applause] See what I mean? It’s pretty unique. But a lot of people come up here, take the bus from Taipei, you know, just any sort of city bus. It’s not that far away. And uh yeah, go for not that far away. And uh yeah, go for little walks and [Music] whatnot. And then what people usually do is they’ll go up into this area right here and sort go up into this area right here and sort of uh sit down and whatnot. So, I’ll just show you the whole place in one take here. Like, you’re here. It’s not that busy. It’s a Sunday. Uh, when I’ve come up here before, it’s been quite busy, but um, you know, little things to pick up. It’s a real small town feel, places to eat, sit down, cool off from the looks of things. But this it’s quite I’ll show you these buildings here. There’s another cyclist over there. Oh, look at the size. Look at that, man. Oh, look at the size. Look at that, man. Check out those fish in there. Wow. They got going on here. What the heck is that? [Music] Yeah. Nice sh nice shade over here, too. Like the fact you can put your kid in Like the fact you can put your kid in the water, cool them off. Kids some water and they uh calm down pretty damn quickly, don’t they? Maybe not. Or they drown. I don’t think they’ll be worried about that there. Yeah, there’s these little streets, places to [Music] eat. Walk through there, look at a few things. I’ll do that now. Actually, this will be the flow bone experience. Yeah, this is pretty cute, man. Oh, got the air con in here, too. Check that out. This is nice. Very interesting, isn’t it? I didn’t expect to see this in here. Yeah. Come up here for food, man. I’ll give you a long shot on this one. should be doing this in the phone, but it is what it is. Hello. Specialty, I guess. Yeah, when I read the Wikipedia, they said they obviously did some tea out in this area as well. Has the [Music] coal. Doesn’t get much more fresh than this. Well, this place is pretty damn cool, man. So, you come up here, you park yourself, you get something to eat, and taking the scenery, you know, pretty cool. And got your little tea places. You sit with like someone’s family pretty well from the looks of things. I can’t believe it’s a Sunday. It’s not that busy. I guess there’s other places sometimes that Taiwanese want to go. This is some sort of a want to go. This is some sort of a history lesson thing. How it used to be. Check that out. mini museum left the way it used to be. So this you can go in and through the window there. [Music] [Applause] Talk about cool antiques. [Music] I feel like Yeah. Come have a tea with I feel like Yeah. Come have a tea with this guy. [Music] Yeah, it’s pretty tiny, but like this is what you’ll do. Come here. Don’t mind me, I’m sweaty. I biked up here. Thai things. Keep saying that. Just in case you passport. Yeah. For a quick one and a half block or one block quick one and a half block or one block sort of stroll through there and many museums and all that stuff. Hey, this place is worth checking out. Totally. All right, there’s more to uh Shading than you’d expect. What are you doing there, buddy? I won’t get too close. It’s okay. That’s what you’ll do. You know, you’ll come up here. It’s a city bus ride away, people. Like, totally worth it. Just if you want to do something a it. Just if you want to do something a little different, relaxing. It kind of snakes through those the inside as you saw. I hope the GoPro footage was okay. Probably would have been better on the phone, but it is what it is. It’s GoPro phone, but it is what it is. It’s GoPro today. Um, I’m headed back. If you’re on the uh what do you say? If you’re on the uh what do you say? If you’re on the east side of Taipei, it’s about a 15 km east side of Taipei, it’s about a 15 km bike ride and it’s flat. And uh yeah, you be the judge. I’m flat. And uh yeah, you be the judge. I’m on the, you know, west side of Taipei. So for me to get here, it was a full So for me to get here, it was a full over 20 km. Not a big deal. It’s all over 20 km. Not a big deal. It’s all flat, right? So just giving you an idea of where it is. It’s relaxing. It’s basically free, too. All right, people. That’s another one. I’m going home. Home is Taipei and that’s about an hour away. So, one last shot on the corner here and So, one last shot on the corner here and we’re out of Shuing Simple Mark. What the heck? What is this? Oh, little grocery thing. All right, say goodbye to uh Shen. [Music] [Applause]

Went on a bike ride about 20km east of Taipei City. Found this from the net, pretty much sums it up…

“Shiding Old Street (aka Shiding East Street) is a small street in the busiest part of the mountainous Shiding District in New Taipei. There are some great restaurants here, an old mining town feel, great views of old multi-story houses towering over the rivers, and beautiful surrounding mountains. Also, there are some great hiking trails and scenery nearby.”

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