Arrived at 10 PM last night. Immigration and customs were quick. It’s rainy, but then I think it has been raining since February. Today we ventured to the Weekend Jade Market and Flower Market next door. On the way there my observations of Taipei is that I feel like I’m in New York. It is a much more “western” city than even Hong Kong. And the US influence is everywhere in the stores. Every chain you can imagine from Starbucks to Hooters is within a block of our hotel. Al there must be thousands of 7-11’s. There are 2 on every block, one on each side of the street do you don’t have to cross over. You go down an alley…and there is another 7-11. Signs are in Chinese and English. And everyone tries to speak to us in English. People are very friendly. Even the construction workers shout out “hello.” Very few western foreigners here. This must be the one country were American’s have not overrun/overstayed our welcome.
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