Taiwan - Curvy & Steep Road to Jioufen

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Jioufen, also known as Jiufen or Chiufen, is a mountain town in the Rueifang Township of Taipei County near Keelung, Taiwan. During the first years of the Qing Dynasty, the village here housed nine families, thus the village would request "nine portions" every time shipments arrived from town. Later Jioufen ("Nine portions" in Chinese) would become the name of the village. As Jioufen is a mountain town, the roads that lead there are mostly steep, curving, narrow, and possibly dangerous.

I have seen this shot few months ago and immediately thought it was a brilliant idea. I made note to myself that next time when I'm in such a place I have to capture it as well. I had no idea that actually the first time I'll get the chance to do it, will be in Jioufen itself. This spot is rather famous amongs local photographers so there is a rope to climb the steep hill which I would have completely missed if I would not know about it. As I was climbing the hill on the way up I thought that it was nice to have but not necessary, however you cannot imagine how thankful I was on the way down in complete darkness !!

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm; Photo Focal length: 23.00 mm; Aperture: 16; Exposure time: 143.0 s; ISO: 100

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Taken in: Taiwan / Taipei / Ruifang / Shishan (show map)

Taken on: September 22, 2009

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