Taiwan

Camera Street and Shida Taipei

1 February 2009
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Today are some random photos from around Taipei. For each one I’ll place a description but there’s a real mixed bag so I hope you can read through and enjoy. KFC Taipei. KFC in Taipei really shocked as did other American type food. I was expecting KFC, Burger King etc to be about the same [...]

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Yangmingshan Mountain Taipei (陽明山)

31 January 2009
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On the 31st of January we went up Yangmingshan Mountain for the day which is just north of Taipei. We stopped at the hot springs and eventually went to a large burial site where Liv’s grandfather is buried. After paying our respects we then headed back down the mountain where we stopped at a recreational [...]

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Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall Taipei

30 January 2009
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After travelling back from the Kaohsiung overnight on the 28th we spent two days in Taipei city. This gave me a chance to check out the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall where they were holding a Andy Warhol exhibition. More interesting however was having a look at the history of Taiwan. Before I met my partner I really [...]

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Kenting Taiwan (墾丁)

27 January 2009
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In January 2009 Liv and I travelled to Taiwan for Chinese New Year. Taiwan is her home country but it was the first I had been there and I fell in love with the country. Taiwan has a really diverse culture which while being well Westernized it still has a Chinese/Taiwanese feel to it. Kenting [...]

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Chinese New Year

26 January 2009
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A couple days after we arrived in Taiwan we celebrated Chinese New Year. This was my first real experience of proper Chinese New Year and it was great. In the UK we see Chinese New Year as dancing dragons, which we didn’t see in Taiwan at all (maybe they do this, maybe they don’t) but [...]

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