Waterfall

Waterfall outside of Longshan Temple

August 21st 2006
This first blog is parts from an email I just sent out to friends and family! First off: The Weird things in Taiwan ~ Taiwanese pick their nose in public!! SICK ~ NO flushing toilet paper ~ Laws are suggestions only, no one follows them ~ No chewing gum, drinking, or eating on the subway...we saw 2 foreigners get tickets ~ Cheese is hard to find and very expensive ~ Restaurants are as ch ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taichung

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

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Rachel Mathews

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I have spent the past year living and teaching in Taiwan and traveling all over Asia to see whats out there. I am coming to the end of my time in Taiwan and I am unsure what will be next, hopefully it will include lots more traveling and blogging. Stay tuned to what adventures my life brings. "Life rarely works out in the way we expect, and our happy ending may have all sorts of unexpected twists and turns, be shaped in all sorts of unexpected ways." "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off ... full info

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