Not the Grand Hotel

The masterplan begins.

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August 19th 2009
Wahey, my first day in Taipei. I wake up at 11:30 having slept a near solid 12 hours. Time to start work on the masterplan. First things first I need a sim card. I head out into the baking midday sun stopping to grab a rice triangle at the 7/11. They had these things in Korea. They come wrapped in seaweed that always comes off in the wrapping so you can't eat it. They're an extremel ... 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