NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM

TAIWAN

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October 18th 2017
No wonder they overnight us at the airport prior to our next day flight....it took us nearly one and half hours, 76klms from CBD. Flight left Narita, Tokyo at 3.40pm Thursday arrived Taipei 6.10pm good flight but plane banked around s couple of times could see typhoon out our window. Our tour guide met us and whisked us off into our hotel Green World...very nice and modern hotel. Had a bit of walk ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » Songshan

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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