 Cycling
in Baihe 
Today we��re in Baihe, Tainan, which is famous for
lotus farms.
Baihe is great for cycling. If you have an iPass or
Easycard and a local mobile phone number, you can
rent a public bicycle. If not, there are other bike
rental shops around too.
There is a network of trails here, with the distance
totaling tens of kilometers. The scenery here is peaceful
and rural. You get to ride along rice paddies, lotus
farms, irrigation channels, reservoirs, and lots of
big, beautiful trees.
Come have a look. What do you think this is? These
are old train tracks. There used to be a sugar mill
around here. Baihe is mostly an agricultural town,
in the plains, people produce rice and lotus seeds.
There was a period of time when lotus seeds didn��t
sell well, so the townspeople thought, lotuses are
beautiful to look at so why don��t we make a tourism
industry out of it, too. They invited travelers, who��d
stand by the side of the road and look at the lotuses,
but it was unbearably hot because there were no trees
to provide shade. Shade is bad for rice, that��s why.
So people started planting trees along the road where
there are lotus farms. These trees included kapok
trees, which turned out to become another beautiful
tourist attraction.
The stretch of kapok trees here is especially nice
in March and April when the flowers bloom. In fact,
some even say the kapoks make this one of the prettiest
bike paths in the world. Pity we��re here now and not
when it��s blooming!
Throughout the ride, you��ll see lots of Sanheyuan,
which are traditional houses that you won't find in
the city. Also there are lots of farm houses, some
with an interesting twist. This is part of an ongoing
community building project that is aiming to add a
bit of art and youth back into the system.
Baihe reminds me of Chishang, Taitung because of the
rice paddies and bike paths that allow you to ride
through them. What��s cool about this one is the diversity
in scenery, and the fact that not that may people
know about this yet. Before it gets too crowded, you
should come!
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