ChaseTheMiles

There has been quite a buzz at the the AA forum for taking mileage runs to Taipei due to a fare special. Consequently, there's been a great many exchange of information regarding Taipei and the CKS airport. However, the information exists in different threads under different topics.

So, I'll be the first to start a thread in this forum, dedicated to just information for Taipei, and hopefully there will be other contributors to keep this thread updated for past and future visitors to Taipei.

If you have never been to Taipei or Taiwan, the must-see place is the National Palace Museum. It contains priceless collection of Chinese art and treasures. The collection of about 700,000 items were shipped by the Nationalists to Taiwan, and fortunately escaped destruction by the Communists and the Cultural Revolution in China.

http://www.taiwan.com.au/Envtra/Taipei/report02.html

(Thanks to FTer Taipei, I'm including his suggestions as follows

For travel info on Taiwan info, the goverment web site is at:
http://www.tbroc.gov.tw/tbroc99_3w_e...fo/user/m5.htm

Taipei Subway (MRT )info web site:
http://www.dorts.gov.tw/english/inde...e=989514390893

Our Taipei Travel club site: www.taiwanclub.homestead.com

afang

Thanks. I will post my info on here...so felllow FTs will know

Leaving DFW 9/21/01 doing DFW-SJC-TPE
Staying @ CKS.
Leaving TPE 9/23/01 Doing TPE-SJC-DFW

Hope to see some of y'all there!



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Al

ChaseTheMiles

Here some new finds:

CKS airport in Taiwan:

http://www.cksairport.gov.tw/


Toursim information:

http://www.sinica.edu.tw/tit/

Taipei

Also our updated Taipei mileaage run site has some travel info on Taipei

http://www.taiwanclub.homestead.com/SanDiego.html

ChaseTheMiles

For those of you staying at the Taipei Hilton, here's their own URL:
http://www.hilton-taipei.com/english...1/location.htm

If you click on the "Hotel Tours" button, it will display a list of tours available from the hotel. If anyone takes one of these tours, please give us some feedback.

ChaseTheMiles

Every year on September 28, the Confucius Temple in Taipei holds a birthday celebration for Confucius, the ancient Chinese sage and revered "greatest Teacher".

In this year's celebration on 09/28/01 for Confucius' 2551 birthday, the ceremony at the temple included groups of young students dressed in colorful traditional garments. The mayor of Taipei helped conduct the ceremony and the 77th direct descendant of Confucius gave a speech. Traditional music was played. At the end of the ceremony, wisdom cake and a gold key chain were passed out personally by the mayor to each visitor.

Throughout the day, Confucius scholars also presented papers at a nearby auditorium. At night, there were Chinese traditional music performances.

Even though the Confucius Temple is called a temple, it is not considered a religious church by the Chinese people. It's more of a shrine which contains a plaque in memory of Confucius in the main hall, as well as numerous plaques in other halls in memory of Confucius' students and disciples throughout China's history.

The location of the Confucius temple is somewhere near the northern center of Taipei. It's easy to get a taxi to go there.