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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Day 7

Day 7 begins as we leave Taipei and move to Taichung. We got to ride a bullet train there, and I was thoroughly impressed with the efficiency and well-kept bullet trains and their stations. We visited a science expo park, where we learned a great deal about the park’s history and the types of monetary contributions that take place within it. A lot of the learning focused on technology and Taiwan’s contributions to the world, as well as how Taiwanese businesses are able to achieve these numbers. We then visited another temple, which was very large and more significant than […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Day 6

Day 6 of our trip to Taiwan was a good middle ground in terms of meeting our learning goals. We began our day by visiting a paper printing company owned by Professor Chen’s brother-in-law. It was amusing to see these two interact with each other in a professional setting, and the tour was very informative, so I thoroughly enjoyed this visit. We then went to a temple where people say all your questions about love will be answered truthfully. We got to tour around a bunch of smaller shops where I picked up some souvenirs to bring home. A lot […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Taiwan: Day 9 – Lukang & Fongjia Night Market

On our second day in Taichung we visited a large, grand opera house, which boasted really interesting architecture and interesting exhibitions. I honestly think the best part of the opera house was the gift shop, though — there were hundreds of little wooden figurines, a display made entirely out of felt, and many more hand crafted items. After eating a delicious but very spicy lunch, we headed to Lukang — historical town situated on Taiwan’s western coast. Lukang was a very charming town and I really enjoyed my time there. The streets had dozens of shops and I got a […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

5/28

Today we started our day with a tour of the National Taichung Theater. I was amazed by the architecture of both the inside and outside of the building. On our way in, we saw a bus arrive and employees immediately went to greet them as they got off the bus. Additionally, the fountains outside the opera house turned on. Just based on these small observations of how they were treated, we could tell their importance and that they are highly respected figures in Taiwan. Following the tour of the opera house, we visited Lukang Historical Town. What I found most […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Taiwan Day nine (5/28)

Today (5/28) we started the day slightly later than normal but it was good to sleep in for a while. We headed to breakfast and I tried a little bit of everything but I was not a big fan of the food in this hotel. We then packed up and headed to an opera house. I thought it was cool and funny that we were not originally allowed to enter because someone important was there and all the employees we out front and turning on the fountains. We headed down to the outside theater where some people put on performances. […]

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Day 8: Travel Day/Science Park/Temple/Night Market

Our Day started out early with a 6:45 wake up to catch a bullet train to Xinzhu Science park. Xinzhu is 1 of 13 science parks in Taiwan and it is also the biggest. It currently has 600+ companies in the park. These could be companies HQs, research and development, factories or any other kind of building. We started the tour with a visit to small museum that showcased some of the technology that is being or has been developed in the science park. There are 6 main fields/industries in the science park; IC industry, Computers , Communications, electronics, pressions […]

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