From 1993 to 2003, while working in the Shihpai area of Taipei City, every free weekend he'd take the night train to Kaohsiung, switch to a bus headed for Fangliao in Pingtung County, then take the little train to Taimali, from which he'd finally catch a bus to Hsinhsianglan Village.
從民國 82 年開始的 10 年間，在台北石牌當差的撒可努，只要沒有值班，每個週五晚上就從台北坐夜車到高雄，接著轉搭中南客運到屏東枋寮，再轉換兩節式小叮噹火車到太麻里，最後再轉鼎東客運回到新香蘭部落。