COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_top
« previous next » The fishing city of Danshui is bathed in sunshine
The Wisdom of the Scooter
August 7th 2006 They converge on me like a swarm of buzzing, biting insects: cutting across my path on pedestrian crossings, surprising me with a sudden appearance from behind a pillar, and snapping at my heels whilst walking along a footpath. Scooters are in plague proportions in Taipei and they probably pose a bigger threat to the unwary foreigner than either typhoons or earthquakes. The second most densely p
... read more Asia » Taiwan » Taipei
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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom