Mountain path 1

Climbing Mt. QiXing or A Westerner's First Public Bath

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February 27th 2010
Thursday was the last day of class for my friend Miyuki and her friend Colin, so on Friday the three of us went hiking up Mt. Qixing, or "Seven Star". We met in a district of Taipei called 士林 (Shilin) where we ate a very international lunch (a savory, eggy street dish called 蔥抓餅 and slurpees from 7-11). From 士林 we caught a bus that took us up into the mountains north of the city. Th ... 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