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Archive for May, 2025

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Taiwan Day two (5/21)

Today (5/21) we started our day by having breakfast on the top floor of our hotel, which had an amazing view of the city. I tried a bunch of different options for breakfast, while I liked some there was also a couple I was not a fan of. After breakfast, we hoped onto a bus to head to the American Institute in Taiwan. We met with one of the department of commerce workers and he gave us a presentation on what they do and specializes in. I found it interesting how the United States does so much trade with Taiwan […]

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Posted by on May 22, 2025

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Day 2

American Institute in Taiwan: Trading in my passport for a visitor badge and leaving everything thing in the bus made this visit feel quite serious. From what i gathered from our visit AIT is somewhat of “ambassy” since the US cut ties with Taiwan in 1979 in order to strengthen ties with Beijing. During the visit we learned that AIT helps not only American business work with Taiwan but has recently helped increased Taiwanese investment into the United States. It was really interesting to learn that 24 states and many local governments already have relations with Taiwan even though the […]

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Posted by on May 22, 2025

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Day 3 – May 22, 2025

Our first stop today was Longshan Temple, located in the Wanhua District. It is one of the oldest and most active temples in the city. The temple serves multiple religious practices, including Buddhism and Taoism. It was crowded with visitors and worshippers. People made offerings, and used traditional methods like drawing fortune sticks or throwing divination blocks to seek answers. The temple architecture was traditional, with intricate carvings, colorful decorations, and symbols representing various deities. There was even an English god we could pray too. I was so stunned at how the buildings have lasted so long but we later […]

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Posted by on May 22, 2025

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Day 1

Jumping right into Taiwan we started out with some breakfast down the street from the hotel and then a visit to Chiang Kei-Shek memorial. The architecture and the grandness of this memorial was impressive and the history behind it even more interesting. After this we took a visit to Taipei 101 which is the tallest building in Taiwan and at one point the world. The view from the top floor gave me an idea for how dense of a city Taipei is. For the First night we went to the grand hotel which is an impressive building and enjoyed some […]

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Posted by on May 22, 2025

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Day One & Two – Taipei

Jet lag compelled me to sleep immediately after arriving to the hotel, so this will be a combined reflection of the first two days we’ve spent here in Taiwan! We arrived at 6 AM on Tuesday, so we got a lot done despite having just got off our 16 hour flight (ouch, but not as bad as I thought it would be to be honest). First, we visited the Chiang Kai-Shek Hall. Imagine a larger scale Lincoln Memorial, with a stairway with 89 steps and framed by beautiful, traditional Chinese architecture and trimmed hedges (see below). One half of the […]

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Posted by on May 22, 2025

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Day 1 in Taiwan

After the long 16 hour flight, we finally arrived in the beautiful city of Taipei and almost immediately began exploring. After dropping our things at the hotel, we got to try a more traditional Taiwanese breakfast from a local vendor. Kyla and I tried a few things – some pork dumplings, a donut, and milk tea – and it was all delicious. Afterwards, we took the MRT to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall which was super cool. I enjoyed seeing the memorial, as well as getting a glimpse into both the positive and negative impacts that Chiang Kai-Shek had on […]

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Posted by on May 22, 2025

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