tTaiwan as a country is pretty fascinating. From a foreign point of view, it's a study in contrast. It sounds cliched but it really is a clash of the old world and the new. Our friends live on the 18th floor of their apartment building in Jhunan and the view from their place kind of gives a picture of Taiwan.
Out one window, you can see the sea and all the natural beauty that accompanies it. The other side shows you a mass of grey buildings as far as the eye can see during the day and what seems like a city of lights at night, at least to me. The funniest part is that all of this is overlooked by two temples set high over the city.