2018 ~ Pinoy Travel Digest

Cherry Blossoms

Yangmingshan Taipei, Taiwan

Typically found in mountainous area, cherry blossoms are a popular attraction in Taiwan, with a numerous specially tailored viewing tours.
Among the easily accessible and thus most popular location for viewing them are in Yangmingshan in Taipei and Wuling Farm in Taichung

The flower is associate with female beauty and dominance, as well as feminine sexuality. It ultimate symbolizes power and strength.

In Chinese herbal tradition, the cherry blossom is often a symbol of love and passion

Taipei 101

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View at the Elephant Mountain Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei 101 is a land mark supertall skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan

The design of taipei 101 borrows heavily from chinese culture.

The 101 in the name refers to the number of floors, as well as the idea of renewal, going 1 step beyond the traditional complete number of 100, it is also represent the new year, which occurs on 1/01, as well as representing the digital language of binary.

For the New Years Eve Celebration when the countdown enters the final stage, the building itself lights of floor by floor from the bottom up for the New Years countdown, making Taipei 101 the biggest New year's eve count down in the world.
After the countdown is over, fireworks are immediately take off

Country road, take me home, to the place where i belong

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

If you dont know where you are going any road can take you there.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

However, if you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Because if the plan doesn't work, change the plan, but never the goal.

Raohe Night Market

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Songshan District Taipei, Taiwan

Raohe Night market is one of the oldest night market in Taipei

How to get there?

MRT take the green line to the terminal station Songshan, exit 5. The night market entrance is just to the right across
the street next to the temple

TRA from taipei main station, take any local train northbound, to Songshan station locate MRT exit 5

The Raohe street night market is a must visit destination.
The epitome of all traditional Taiwanese night market.
Raohe Night market is packed with fun and interesting night foods and snack, quaint shops and stalls and carnival games with prizes.

I speak to you through my music, because I know you've listening to me carefully

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Houli Flower Farm Taichung, Taiwan

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it, depends on how you play it.

It contain of black and white keys but they sounds like a million colors in your mind.

It speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and make it whole.

Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial hall

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Taipie Taiwan

Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall was designed by renowned architect Yang Cho-Cheng and was open to the public in 1980.

There are 89 steps at the front, 89 being the age of President Chiang When he passed away
Overall the architectural concept combines Chinese traditional though and commemorative meaning.

On the 4th flr you can see the statue of Chiang Kai-Shek. It's 6.3meters height, weight 21.25 tones and was made by Chen Yifan. The character "Ethics, Democracy Science". The central ideas of the three principles of the people, writen by Chiang himself are engraved on the wall behind the statue.

"The purpose of living is to improved the living of the whole human beings, the meaning of life is to create the proceeding life" are engraved on the white marble pillars on either side of the statue...