Underground sea tunnel

Day #112: Little Kinmen by scooter

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July 29th 2013
Little Kinmen is a very small island just off Kinmen Island, only about 15 minutes away by ferry. I happened to meet a family on holiday from Taipei who very kindly offered to take me around the island on the back of one of their daughter's scooters, so I got to see much more of the island than I would have under my own steam. Little Kinmen suffered even more heavily than Kinmen during the ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Little Kinmen Island

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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