A: That’s it? This is the wonderful view you have been promising me?
B: That’s it. The Torii gate of the Gaoshi Shrine: the official end to our 700km, week-long bike trip from the northern tip of the island to the south.
A: It’s a bit of an anti-climax. We’ve come all this way, and we’ve been riding uphill since this morning. I’m exhausted.
Photo: Paul Cooper, Taipei Times 照片:台北時報記者古德謙攝
B: The most important thing is not the destination, it’s the journey.
A: 就這樣喔?這就是你跟我說的無敵美景嗎?
B: 這就是了。高士神社的鳥居。我們為期一週、從台灣北端到南端一共七百公里長的自行車之旅,正式到達終點。
A: 這有點雷大雨小,令人大失所望。我們大老遠跑來,而且從今天早上到現在騎的都是上坡路耶。我累死了。
B: 重要的不是目的地,而是過程。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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