Taroko National Park

DEEP GORGES AND PERILOUS TREK

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May 10th 2010
My friend Su from Tainan picked me up at my hostel and we took a train to Hualien. There was a long queue at the ticker booth as it is weekend and we got the 8:40pm train, we were told all seats were taken and we paid for no seats tickets. The train was half empty when we got on and we sat and will give our seats if someone comes up with a ticket, but all the while, a few stops here and there no o ... 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