Main gate with Mike standing in it

Taiwan: temples, trekking and typhoons!

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September 14th 2010
We arrived in Taipei, Taiwan just after midnight Sept 14. We were lucky enough to be just in time to catch the last bus into town and arrived at our hostel around 2am. We stayed at The Meeting Place, a great, new hostel run by a really nice guy who used to be a backpacker himself. One of the better hostels we’ve been to, this place had a huge kitchen for use and large and numerous lounge areas w ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

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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