2023/07/21

Two Runs in Taipei

Recently, I was back in Taipei for a change.  It was great to be able to run there twice in morning times.

Sunday morning, I ran south-eastward from my hotel.

This monster is usually in Tokyo.

I traced series of parks.


A cute bird.

A safety caution sign.

A Japanese restaurant.

Buildings that were most likely from the time when Taiwan was a part of Japan.


Taipei air quality.

The sun over my hotel.

Tuesday morning, I went west, then south.

A huge banyan tree.

One of the openings at the flood wall into Longshan Riverside Park.

Buildings on the other side reflected on the river.

Underside of a bridge.

I went up on that steps to come back to the city side.

West Gate by Taiwan Boyscout.


A historical district.

Ladies dance at the Botanical Garden.

A lotus flower in the pond.

A middle school.

2023/07/05

Two Runs in Jakarta

 I stayed at PIK area of Jakarta over the weekend.  I could log two morning runs.

Saturday morning, I ran north to a newly developed island.

Beautiful sunrise seen from the bridge to the island.






PIK 2 Pantjoran Chinatown




A Taiwanese Buddhist temple across the road from my hotel.

On Monday, I ran east and a bit south - where people lived.

Boats on a river.

A construction site.




I ended up on the older part of the area.

Aerial roots of a Banyan tree. 

A grafitti on an old building.


I hit the end of the road - the Google Map was wrong.


This is where I gave up - and called for help.

I learned that I cannot blindly trust Google Map for in a developing area, the information may not be correct.