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FYI SOUTH Magazine, March 2003. VOL.3 ISSUE 3

ShinHua Bicycle Trail Network ShinHua Town, Tainan County Trails never close; bicycle hire on weekends, holidays

        Looking for somewhere to cycle which is neither murderously hilly nor cluttered with pollution-spewing cars? ShinHua--conveniently close to Tainan City--has just unveiled a new network of bicycling routes. The shortest of the five trails, the four-kilometer-long Blue Route, encircles Hutoupi, a small reservoir popular with picnickers. Bicycles can be hired here. The Yellow Route (9.2 km) takes visitors through ShinHua's downtown and then out into the countryside. The Purple (9.2 km), Red (8 km), and Green (7.8 km) routes are almost entirely rural, and skirt fruit farms, a golf course, and a research forest belonging to National Chunghsing University. Gradients are gentle, and the scenery is very pleasant. Suitable for families. -- By Steven Crook