Hualien, Wednesday
Today was another longish road stage. A Japanese National Team rider won from a breakaway only a few seconds in front of the field. I didn't crash and Garrett's still in second. I guess that makes it a good day. Jeff Sobul, our team media guy, conned me into writing race reports for the team. They're being posted at www.teamhealthnet.com. Go there if you want to hear more about what's actually happening in the races.
What else? We passed a construction guy laying on the side of the road today. His arms were splayed out at his sides and his legs were in the ditch. I was near one of the Australian riders and I said, "What was that?" He responsed, "a body." That ended our discussion on the matter. I asked after the stage if anyone else had seen the guy, but none of the other riders had. Kim had seen him from the caravan, though. He was getting out of the ditch by then. I'm glad she told me that or I might have spent the rest of my life telling the story about the time we passed the dead guy in Taiwan. But he sure looked dead.
On a sadder note, a small chihuahua like dog found himself in the middle of the road during the final sprint. That was not pleasant to witness. Poor guy.
We're in Hualien for the night. It's an industrial sort of town about halfway up the Pacific coast. Our hotel is near a golf course and it's pretty nice. The dinner spread was great. I ate shark meat and pancakes with ice cream. We got here pretty late in the evening and we're a little bit removed from the town, so I didn't get to explore at all. That's kind of been the theme. Looks like I'll have to do all of my souvenir shopping in Taipei.
And photos:
We finished next to Lake Liyu today. Tomorrow we do circuits around the lake.
We were thronged by fans after the finish. I mean it, there were lots and lots of fans.
One of our fans. We fed her chicken.
The view out of the bus window on the way to the hotel.
The city and the ocean from the hotel room window.
The day is coming to a very positive conclusion as I write this.
What else? We passed a construction guy laying on the side of the road today. His arms were splayed out at his sides and his legs were in the ditch. I was near one of the Australian riders and I said, "What was that?" He responsed, "a body." That ended our discussion on the matter. I asked after the stage if anyone else had seen the guy, but none of the other riders had. Kim had seen him from the caravan, though. He was getting out of the ditch by then. I'm glad she told me that or I might have spent the rest of my life telling the story about the time we passed the dead guy in Taiwan. But he sure looked dead.
On a sadder note, a small chihuahua like dog found himself in the middle of the road during the final sprint. That was not pleasant to witness. Poor guy.
We're in Hualien for the night. It's an industrial sort of town about halfway up the Pacific coast. Our hotel is near a golf course and it's pretty nice. The dinner spread was great. I ate shark meat and pancakes with ice cream. We got here pretty late in the evening and we're a little bit removed from the town, so I didn't get to explore at all. That's kind of been the theme. Looks like I'll have to do all of my souvenir shopping in Taipei.
And photos:
We finished next to Lake Liyu today. Tomorrow we do circuits around the lake.
We were thronged by fans after the finish. I mean it, there were lots and lots of fans.
One of our fans. We fed her chicken. 
The view out of the bus window on the way to the hotel.
The city and the ocean from the hotel room window.
The day is coming to a very positive conclusion as I write this.
4 Comments:
Last photo - Is Doug Ollerenshaw becoming Jeff Corbett?
Thanks for the reports Doug.
How's the beer?
i'm kinda freaked out about the chihuahua. is it dead? taiwan seems like a dark dark place . . . full of death, phallic "ashtrays", and overly eager australians . . .
drink more beer. soon
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