Looking at life from a new angle

When I heard our media group was to spend an afternoon biking around Longtien village, on the east coast of Taiwan, I doubt many in our group were enthused.

We were part of a media tour, hosted by the Taiwan tourism authority, and for me, biking is something I once had to do every day. It didn't sound like much fun.

When our bus stopped in Longtien it was afternoon and drizzling. Gray and white residential houses lined two sides of a wide road. There was no flower-strewn grassland, nor meandering river. There was just a mountain and fresh air.