Kuolai 闊瀨 walk

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Drive to Kuolai 闊瀨

above Pinglin 坪林
Dan driving
above Pinglin 坪林
tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
tea cultivation
tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林
tea cultivation above Pinglin 坪林

Hike on the Beishi stream trail 北勢溪古道

Dan on the trail
on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Beishi stream 北勢溪
crossing a side stream
Beishi stream 北勢溪

crossing a stream
Beishi stream 北勢溪
on the trail
waterfall
on the trail
Beishi stream trail 北勢溪越嶺古道
mushroom
細柄雙蓋蕨 (xì bǐng shuāng gài jué) Diplazium donianum
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shānsū huā) Asplenium nidus
Dan and Philip on the road
urn

the trail goes up around a land slide
bridge of stones
coming back down to the road

the trail goes back into the woods

45 minutes back to the suspension bridge
巨網燈蛾 (jù wǎng dēng é) Macrobrochis gigas

urn
Blechnum orientale 烏毛蕨 (wū máo jué)
ants

rattan 黃藤 (huáng téng) Calamus quiquesetinervius

no typhoons this year
on the trail
Formosa Palm, Taiwan Sugar Palm 山棕 (shān zōng) Arenga engleri


mushroom
Beishi stream 北勢溪
Beishi stream 北勢溪
on the trail in the bamboo
bamboo


on a rock
Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Stefani on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
on the Kualai suspension bridge 闊瀨吊橋
Van Denburgh's Ground Skink 臺灣滑蜥 (táiwān huá xī) Scincella formosensis
no swimming in any Pinglin rivers except from June through September in certain streams
6.2 km walk over 263m in 3h55m

豹子廚 visit

Beishi stream trail 北勢溪古道
the trail continues past the homestead
ground cover manicured
rest area
a wall alive
doors

with the policeman from Kuolai police station 闊瀨派出所

looking at the map
trail map




checking the bee hive


豹子廚
4.0 km drive from Kuolai 闊瀨 to 豹子廚

The policeman from Kuolai police station 闊瀨派出所 takes us to visit 豹子廚 (leopard's kitchen) after treating us to a round of tea at his substation.