Century National day Trip

Hundred day Trip Day in early October, San Jose, California, Taiwan Association with friends, a hundred years back to Taipei to participate in the National Day, by the way tour Ilan, Yehliu, Sun Moon Lake, Kaohsiung, and Kinmen. In that busy ten days, to see friends and relatives and had long admired the better spots, but also through a lot of memories in the corner.
Association's annual conference in Taiwan, not only see Vice President Siew, also saw a few old friends from Washington, including Wu and Yi and inside and outside the busy, packed all of Megumi Chen, vice president of green (Figure A). With twenty thousand compatriots from around the world, we visited Tzuhu and Dasi De Chiang mausoleum and the Presidential Office, Shilin Residence, National Palace Museum. Also in the Arena, the wonderful universal concentric General Assembly, see the led torch, running admission of President Ma. The final climax is able for the first time in the square in front of the presidential palace (Figure II), with compatriots at home and abroad come together around, cheering and offer our blessing.
As the tour Chen careful arrangement allows us to these activities, there are opportunities in the south before, enjoy Ilan's heritage, landscape Yehliu, Beitou dining, and freshwater river dawn. In addition, she also helped me in touch with long lost friends and relatives, have been meeting in Taipei. Although not much time, but walking in the sunset of us, a few minutes together, a few warm care and blessing, may be forever.
From the middle of Taipei to Sun Moon Lake, Puli we still live in a new B & B, visit the fusion of Western architectural features of the temple, where the Master can be heard better by the guides thought-provoking meditation made by French. And the next day to see the For Guang Shan in Kaohsiung, like, in terms of architecture, in terms of scale, or in the law, they have become a worldwide Buddhist shrine. As for the famous Sun Moon Lake Wenwu Temple, the long and mysterious ji, in the crowded tourists, it seems that some aging. Even the scenery of Sun Moon Lake, than in the past we sing less. Touches in Nantou County Hsitou quiet forest, and saw some of the famous trees and flowers in Taiwan.
Because there was a tour going to National Cheng Kung University hospital, so we have a chance to see the old Kung University campus. Although only a cursory, but it also reduces the I can not return to Taiwan to participate in the month after his alma mater eighty anniversary of regret. We also visited the Fort Zeelandia in Tainan, Chi Mei Museum, and sea green tunnels of wetlands; Kaohsiung's Love River and the beautiful West Bay, and at the night market in the assessment taste a little snack.
The last two days, then we flew to Taiwan to maintain the battlefield, is now the Golden Gate National Park. See the block of 62 years ago, the first red tide and the times of ancient artillery rather established under a variety of underground tunnels. More of a folk culture of Kinmen and monuments, and the results of today's construction and tourists from around the world, including the Golden Gate last night hit of the year in Washington, now National Cheng Kung University alumni in Southern California, Liu Yan (Figure C).
The first National Day in Taipei and Lu outings, saw a lot of progress in the situation. But perhaps stray from overseas changed me a lot of people seem to think in terms of their life seems to remain stuck in the crowded messy forty years ago under the eaves. I hope the coming years they will be better.