Drying Out at Dongpu Villa Hostel

Soaking Wet Jade

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June 17th 2014
"Yu (玉)" is Mandarin for jade. "Shan (山, one of the few easily recognizable characters)" is mountain. Yushan is otherwise known as Jade Mountain. Taiwan sits on the convergence of 2 tectonic plates making it a very rugged island nation and, while quite small, somehow manages to squeeze in nearly 300 peaks over 3000 meters in elevation. Yushan Main Peak (there are 5 total: Main, North, East, We ... read more

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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