May - June 2018
1. Riding Around Jer Ben 在知本騎摩托車 (May 2018) Jer Ben is about 20 minutes south of downtown Taitung. In administrative terms, most of it is within the Taitung City limits, though parts closer to the hot spring area are actually in Beinan Township. 從台東市區到知本開車要20分鐘左右. 在行政區的劃分中知本算是在台東市內, 可是比較靠近溫泉區的地方實際上是卑南鄉. If you're travelling south on Highway 11, eventually you'll come to a sign announcing Jer Ben, just before the bridge that crosses the Jer Ben River. If you take a left before the bridge, you'll wind up in a weird "no man's land" near the ocean. The Taitung County Government wants to build a solar power facility in this area, though I couldn't see any signs of construction. 台11線往南, 你會看到知本的標示牌. 這個路牌在還沒過知本溪的那座橋前面. 如果你在橋前左轉的話, 你會來到一個靠海的奇怪且無主的空地. 台東縣政府有在這裡蓋太陽能發電設施的計畫, 可是我在這裡沒有看到什麼工程標示牌. Jer Ben also has its own train station, though the station is far from where most people in Jer Ben actually live. This picture is lookin...