

Taipei, Taiwan
Early in the morning, Michael took us to the local railway station for our 2-hour train ride to Taipei. Perhaps a good time to sum up Taiwan. Michael kept on saying "don't tell anyone about what Taiwan is like otherwise they will all want to come", but I am going to do it anyway. I had a different expectation before arriving here. In my mind, I pictured a polluted industrial country full of smoke belching factories, with phlegm spitting Chinese riding their 20-ye...