It’s been a long day. One of the main reason I came to Taichung, is that I read online there is a place for foreigners to rent a motorcycle. I have been relentless trying to find one since arriving Taiwan. Somehow, the idea of doing an epic ride around the whole island of Taiwan is exciting.

With the help of my friend, we have searched all over Taipei. Apparently, it’s fairly rare to have real motorcycle for rent, 125cc are everywhere. But for a foreigner, even 125cc rental is impossible, as many shops will only rent to Taiwanese.

So in Taichung, there is a shop call F.A.S.T, that will rent to foreigners. But they don’t have any DaDanChe (motorcycle), all they have are some 125cc scooters. They suggested I try the rental shops by the Taichung train station, turns out non of them will rent anything to foreigners.

It seems epic ride around Taiwan won’t be happening. I managed to get a 125cc scooter today, it’s powerful enough for the city. Easily able to keep up with traffic. But it’s lacking power for it to be safe enough for the coastal mountain roads of Taiwan island.

It sure feels good to be on a bike again. I sure wish I have my 600RR here.

With the bike, I was able to go pretty far from public transit attractions.

Checked out this place call Rainbow Village. The painting is done by one of the old villager. It’s sad that the area will be demolish very soon.

Another interesting restaurant that I visited is call Banana Paradise. It has a retro feel of Taichung, but pretty much similar to Shanghai during the 1950s