Formosa 900 has begun!

5.30 in the morning is definitely (and never will be) my time to get up! Well, no chance to stay in bed if I want to participate in the bike event.
So I got up and after a quick breakfast our group headed to Taipei City hall. In the shade of the Taipei 101 we met all other bike groups and a great kick-off event took place. I got interviewed and after some speeches in Chinese we hit the road! #ErlebeTaiwan

 

We weaved our way through the Taipei road traffic, accompanied by the police to make sure we all left Taipei safely. It took us about an hour to leave the city but just before we started to explore the eastern part of Taiwan we made a short break. Moni and Verena showed us their energy with a funny dance interlude :)

The countryside is amazing. Just enjoy the photos!

As you can see on the photos the weather was pretty cloudy and we arrived the first stage of our bike tour soaked from the rain.

Luckily the first downhill part of the day was nice and dry. Enjoy the video :)

I am pretty tired now and we need to get up at 5.30 again. Still not my time! But there are 8 more stages to go. Next destination Ruisui!