Ferry boat to Cinjin Island

Christmas - halfway around the world

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December 24th 2010
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - halfway around the world The weather is beautiful, no rain, no humidity. Doesn’t seem much like Christmas here in Taiwan, but what does one expect in a Buddhist country? Christmas Eve we set out by ferry for Cinjin, a long narrow island that forms a natural breakwater to protect Kaohsiung harbor. This small island has a 300 year told temple devoted to Mats ... read more

Asia » Taiwan

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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