Taiwan: The First Week
February 24th 2010 I flew into Taiwan late on Thursday, February 18th. That night, bleary-eyed and giddy, I checked into the Taipei Backpacker's Hostel, where I've been staying ever since. The Mandarin Training Center, the language program where I will soon begin studying, does not offer housing to its 1500 students, so I'm in the middle of the somewhat daunting process of looking for an apartment now.
Since my arr
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