Brad and Yvonne at Taipei airport

Catching Up - Part One

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October 4th 2008
I am on my second day of this trip and had the bright idea to start this travel blog - better late than never I guess. I got to Kaohsiung Taiwan via China Air and almost 24 hours of travel. To catch you up on the details... Houston Intercontinental to San Francisco San Francisco to Taipei International Airport Taipei to Kaohsiung Airport Kaohsiung to Fo Guang Shan (My current Location) ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Kaohsiung

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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