The East Rift Valley National Scenic Area Administration will hold East Bay Cycling Challenge series cycling events on Nov 10 and 11 to offer participants the opportunity to experience the beauty of Taiwan’s East Coast and East Rift Valley
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(photo taken from the event website (http://eastbay.cyclist.org.tw/)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—The East Rift Valley National Scenic Area Administration of Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau will hold the East Bay Cycling Challenge series cycling events on Nov. 10 and 11 to offer participants the opportunity to experience the beauty of Taiwan’s East Coast and East Rift Valley in organized events, according to the Tourism Bureau.
The bureau said the events are divided into the 300 kilometer two-day event for recreational cyclists and the 236 km two-day event for elite cyclists.
Both the 300 km and 236 km events will start from Liyu Lake (鯉魚潭).
With regard to the 300k event, the first day 155k route from Liyu Lake to Guanshan Township will mainly cover the East Rift Valley, and the second day 160k route from Guanshan to Qixingtan Beach (七星潭) for the most part will go north along the coast of Hualien County. [FULL STORY]
