Dapper Doug, at Danshui

This is one of our favourite places in Taiwan.

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The Land Where it's Already Tomorrow: Chapter 21, Another Jiggler, More of the Name Game, Racism, Elvis Fights Back

December 2nd 2006
There was another earthquake last Sunday—just a 2—but we didn’t feel it because we were on the motorbike at the time. There is a winter typhoon named Typhoon Durian, raging along well to the south of us (headed for central Philippines), and it will miss us completely. All is well, in other words. I seem to have spoken too soon. Over 200 people died in the typhoon, mostly from mudslides. ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Hualien

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

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