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The view of Siberia from 30,000 feet. |
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A picture from the plane on the way to Taiwan. |
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Our Taiwanese flying companion during the 18-hour flight to Taipei |
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We got to practice our Chinese right away, as this woman spoke no English. |
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We found our hotel!...Wait, wrong hotel. |
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Those bags on the ground are trash bags, not mail. |
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Kenting--on the South of the Island |
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Beautiful Kenting |
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Rice fields with Mountains in the background |
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Taroko Gorge |
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A beatiful spring but also a dangerous one. 450 men lost their lives building roads through these mountains. |
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Marble Mountains rise out of the Gorge |
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Beautiful Mountains of Taroko |
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Chang Kai Shek Memorial |
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Giampaolo climbs the 89 stairs, which represent how many years Chang Kai Shek lived. Truly, as the Bible says, a man may live even 100 years, but if he doesn't enjoy his inheritance--and fear the Lord--a man never born is better than he. |
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True Religion vs. False Religion |
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The cleanest place in every town was the temple but Jesus makes men's hearts and minds clean by His own blood. |
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The grocery stores are packed with foreign goods but also a few familiar ones. |
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The open market had many goodies, too. |
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Squid, snails, crab, octopus, intestines and more...it's all available at the night markets |
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You can even get them served hot on a stick! |
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Even snakes were found at the night market, but they weren't all dead. We left this market quickly. |
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(A cobra sits perched on the bench--without a cage) |
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"Cho", a friendly local, helps us with directions for the day. |
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Passing out Tracts at the Dragon Boat Festival |
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If you look carefully, you can see one of the ancient boats that was racing down the river. |
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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision. |
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Offering a tract to a Chinese woman who was treading out the rice |
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The fields are ripe unto harvest! |
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Subways are sometimes crowded but always welcome on weary feet. |
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Riding bicycles near an ancient gate |
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Mopeds are the nation's primary means of transportation. |
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You find them everywhere...even on the sidewalks and crosswalks. |
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The whole family can fit on a moped |
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Sometimes even the family dog joins the ride, but this time it's just Dad, Mom and the baby. |
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On wheels ... just like the locals! |
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Rain doesn't stop the locals from riding--and it doesn't stop us either! |
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Reading our map (in Chinese) to find our way through the countryside and distrubute tracts |
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Moped repair is big business found in small places. |
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A street lined with mopeds |
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Chinese toilets--no sitting and often no toilet paper! |
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Riding the MRT together and happy to have reliable transportation |
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The underground mass transit system had clean floors and even some English signs. |
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No, this isn't rush hour ... it's just a normal day in Taipei |
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This is how they pack all the transportation in such a tight spot. |
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Our last evening in Taiwan |
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We rejoiced that God had taken such good care of us on our travels |
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