Huan Dao (環島)

In May 2026, I completed the Huan Dao—an almost 1,000 kilometer bicycle circumnavigation of Taiwan. Over 15 days on the road, with 11 active days in the saddle, the journey quickly transformed from a physical endurance challenge into an intimate visual exploration of Taiwanese culture, nature, and people.

The route moved from the dense, humid urban environment of Taipei and the flat agricultural plains of the west coast, to the brutal verticality and the dramatic sea cliffs and endless coastline of the east. Cycling the Huan Dao felt less like a solo trip and more like participating in a shared ritual, bound together by the overwhelming warmth of Taiwanese hospitality.

This series of photographs captures the raw flow of life on the road around Taiwan in those 15 days. Avoiding the usual heavy, high-megapixel gear and polished postcard imagery, all photographs were made with a small digital point-and-shoot camera, allowing for a fast and playful visual language, an intuitive way of working that I have long craved. It allowed me to rediscover the world—and myself—with a child-like curiosity.