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Taiwan
Date(s): September, 2003. Album by nathan wolfson. 1 - 24 of 24 Total.

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One of the biggest attractions in Taiwan is the National Palace Museum. Thousands of objects that once lived in the Forbidden City ended up here -- and now it\'s the most complete collection of rare Chinese artifacts in the world.

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This video shows the buildings of the Palace Museum, built specially to hold the collection. I was able to spend several hours here, and waa able to take a very long, detailed enlish tour of both the jade and painting collections.

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My driver was fascinated by how many photos I was taking from the car as we drove around northern Taiwan (between Hsinchu and Taipai, and around Taipai). So he took me to this hotel, just so I could take a picture of it. I leared later it was a very popular spot for local tourists to visit.

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Something new for me: A truck carrying crates of large buddha statues. No complaints!

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Some of the ubiquitous scooters. Across asia, each country has a preffered method of transport. In Taiwan, it\'s the scooter.

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A video of the view from my hotel in Hsinchu, the "Silicon Valley" of Taiwan.

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The view from my room.

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Since Hsinchu is only briefly mentioned in english-langauge guidebooks (and online) I had to enlist the hotel staff to assist me with finding vegetarian restaurants. Although very informal, this was the best Chinese vegetarian food I found in town. Recommended!
"聖德素食 Holy Kind Vegetarian (one location)中央路112巷..."
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Night in Hsinchu.

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And always more scooters.

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My colleagues took me to some great lunches. I would have had trouble getting veggie food on my own in those places, but with a little assistance, it worked well. Here, we are pictured...

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...in the shop next door to one of our lunchtime destinations. I acuired a very fine bamboo spoon (for tea, or rice, or) here.

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awesome pics
- , Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:19PM

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