They Were Good.

Mariachis and Fitting in a Foreign Land...

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June 30th 2007
I don't think I fully had a perspective on my time in Taiwan until I got back to the U.S. and began to acclimatize back to the world I am used to. I mean, certainly, there are people in the U.S who every day feel like they are unique (and are) in their environment. I had a conversation with one of my fellow travelers during our wait for our disparate flights here in San Francisco about the dif ... 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