Train ride to Taipei

TAIPEI

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July 5th 2010
Last Friday, I left work in the afternoon and made my way to the high speed rail station. That train is definitely 'high speed'... it went almost 300 km/hr and got me to Taipei in about an hour and a half. I got off at the Main Station in Taipei and made my way to my hostel. It was definitely a strange place... It was in a building called the k-mall and had 25 stories of all types of businesses ... 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