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I went to be with a friend whose husband works for an international tech co.
I flew, 13 hours over the Pacific ocean, kinda stressful, haha
Had a great time, went to the famous “snake Alley” night market, many other night markets, the Taipei Zoo, saw many beautiful buddhist temples, traveled across the island by train to Taroko Nat park where head hunters still lived until 100 years ago. Stayed in beautiful beach resort towns in remote parts of the island.
Beautiful island ( formerly known as Formosa ) and it was also chinese new year so Taipei city was snap, crackle, popping with crazy fireworks night and day for 2 weeks straight. Also toured the Taipei 101 building which was still the tallest building in the world a year or so before the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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