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Kaohsiung City (\u9ad8\u96c4\u5e02)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I travelled to Taiwan with a good friend for nine days. We arrived on Feb. 5 from Hong Kong and just one day later, the Taiwan government imposed a ban on visitors from China, Hong Kong, and Macau. We arrived in the southern port city Kaohsiung and I observed the locals are taking the pandemic very seriously. On my way to our hotel, I stopped by a local library adjacent to the Central Park subway station and I was stopped by a staff member at the door because I was not wearing a mask. Upon arrival at the hotel, my temperature was checked at the entrance before I was allowed entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following are photos taken on my first day in Kaohsiung. It is one of the biggest container port cities in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Motorbikes are popular<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A local noodles shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Students’ Art by the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Art for the night market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Roast Piglet food stall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Surveillance camera and its notice <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Former British Consulate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Former British Consulate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from the consulate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Temple next to the consulate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Prayer charms by the temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My Taiwan transit’s stored value card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lotus Pond (\u84ee\u6c60\u6f6d)
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Kaohsiung\u00a0 is renowned for its abundance of temples.\u00a0 On my second day there, I joined a free walking tour at the Lotus Pond, where about twenty temples and giant statues dotted around the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dragon and Tiger Pagodas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dragon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tiger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I was there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rear of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of lotus on the pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside one of the temples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maybe inside the Confucius Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spring and Autumn Paviliions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beiji Xuantian Shangdi <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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