page_title: Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means
section_title: Episode 5
hierarchical_section_title: Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means / Journey / Episode 5
caption_attribution_description: English: Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan Deutsch: Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan 中文: 佛光山成佛大道及大雄寶殿, 台灣
context_page_description: Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, also known by the working title By Any Means 2 is a 2009 adventure series by Charley Boorman and is a sequel to the 2008 BBC travel series and book By Any Means in which Boorman travels one from one place to another by any mode of transport. By Any Means 2 follows Boorman's journey from Sydney, where the last series finished, to Tokyo.
context_section_description: In the fifth episode, Boorman went to Subic Bay port to support UNICEF and took a trip in an ultralight. Due to typhoons, Boorman had to return to Manila and fly to Kaohsiung in Taiwan. There he attended the World Games 2009 including experiencing dragon boat racing. From there he visited Fo Guang Shan Monastery, the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan at the time celebrating its 40th anniversary. From there he went to Sinshih and visited a cricket farm before catching a bullet train to Chiayi. From there he rode in a post office truck up into the Alishan Mountains and Sheng Le Tea Farm and its Fen chi hu tea. From there he went to Meifeng where he met a group of dirt bikers who travelled across the Taroko gorge into the eastern part of Taiwan. Boorman professed the bike ride through the mountains to be the best he had ever experienced. He then went to Taipei and ascended Taipei 101 the tallest building in the world as of 2009 and the SYM motorbike factory. He visited Hua Xi Street and Snake Alley and experienced dishes such as snake blood, snake penis and turtle testicles.  Boorman then caught a train to Keelung to catch a Star Cruises cruisership headed to Okinawa, Japan, experiencing a drag queen act along the way.
caption: Fo Guang Shan Monastery
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