Taiwan Trip @ Day 9 (Bon Voyage) - Part 10

Day 9 marked the end of our fantastic tour of Taiwan Island when we boarded CI669 departing from Kaoshiung at 9.15 am for our flight home. We finally reached Singapore Changi Airport at 1.05 pm.

During this trip, the followings observation were made: -

a. Rivers in Taiwan are generally dry. The tour guide clarified that the phenomenon is due to the geographical terrain of the island. Being mountainous at the centre, water flows rather quickly into the sea. Taiwanese erected reservoirs along the rivers to conserve water for consumption purposes as well as for generation of electricity.

b. Scooters are aplenty in Taipei, Kaoshiung, Hualien and other major cities.

c. Despite the lack of natural landscape in Taiwan as compared to China (partly due to the latter’s vast size), Taiwan compensates this limitation with its friendly and courteous people. Cleanliness is well maintained although a substantial part of its cities are dotted with old buildings.

d. Pollution is quite apparent in most of the major cities.

Similar to China, Taiwan is also not spared from signages bearing Engrish which I came across as English is not the preferred language in its education system.