Astrid and me had a wonderful trip to Taiwan and South Korea. It was short but impressive. Plus I met some friends from university in Seoul which I had not seen in a decade.
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Traditional pagoda in the central mountains of Taiwan |
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Delicious food at the Sun Moon lake |
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Impressive newly build temple in the central Taiwan mountains, a nice mixture between traditional gold... |
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...and colorful architecture... |
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...with a massive buddha overlooking the valley. |
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The central mountain range with its steep and narrow roads. |
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Sometimes you could not even see the roads in the middle of the jungle. |
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A bit of trekking along the way. |
Back to South Korea. We had a 2 day stop-over only, but it was enough time to visit again some places like the Shinchon area, the Sogang university and some temples in the city center.
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Traditional Korean architecture |
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Asians do not build houses, they build cities. Coming soon... |