Taiwan Vacations, Taiwan Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

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Taiwan aka Formosa ("beautiful" in Portuguese) aka Republic of China, is a subtropical island about 400km long and 100km at its widest point in the middle. Roughly shaped like a long leaf with a pointy end at the south. It is situated north of the Philippines and south of Japan along the east coast of China. The 180km or so wide Taiwan Strait separates mainland China and Taiwan. A mountain range runs north to south near the eastern side of the island, with plains on the west side. At its tallest point Yushan (Jade mountain), at 3952m, sometimes snow will fall and people would "go skiing". But mostly the island is really tropical, lush and green all year round.

The biggest city and capital is Taipei (Tai, short for Taiwan, Pei means North) in the north, with almost 3 million people and is the home to the world's tallest skyscraper (Taipei 101), it is a very densely populated city. Kaohsiung is the biggest city in the southern end. The new high-speed train goes from the north to the south in 90 minutes!

But do stop in the middle, Taichung is the city in the middle of Taiwan, and the western gateway to the east west cross-island highway (which is very scenic) built by veterans back in the 50's and the beautiful Sun Moon Lake.

Of course one reason to go to Taiwan is to sample the wonderful and diverse cuisines it has to offer!

A video introducing Taiwan can be seen on youtube here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgiS_lk7MAk
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