Riding bikes to lunch

Day 9 - Ilan

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May 5th 2007
This morning I woke up to find out that we were going to Jio-Jio’s house in Ilan, on the east coast of Taiwan. This happened frequently: I would find out what we were doing just as we were about to do it. We caught a morning train to Ilan, and then a cab to the house, which was out in the country. The house was fairly new, and replaced a much older structure that the family owned. (Ma-ma and he ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more