Muggy Airport

Soggy Taipei

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July 15th 2011
Taipei isn't so bad this time round, there's plenty to do in this terminal and the trainride let me see some of the countryside. It's a really soggy 27 degrees, not nice weather at all! We're lucky it's never really this humid in Sydney! I'm stuck here for 5 hours in transit and then jump on the flight back home to Sydney. I'm looking forward to the last leg of the tri ... 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