{"id":23585,"date":"2025-01-19T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/?p=23585"},"modified":"2025-01-19T21:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T02:19:02","slug":"a-day-in-taiwan-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2025\/01\/19\/a-day-in-taiwan-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in Taiwan: Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>     One of the best things you can do in Taiwan is visit their beautiful scenery and their beautiful national parks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     Take Alishan National Park, for example. Here, you can see some of the oldest trees in the world \u2014 some even older than <em>2000<\/em> years old! And let me tell you, you\u2019ll be awestruck at these giant trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-850x1133.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1095-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Taiwan, these <strong>Cyprus<\/strong> trees are considering sacred and are never cut down. The represent all there is about time as the tree has been though it all. And if that\u2019s not enough for you, look at this view\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-300x533.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-850x1511.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1103-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And trust me, it keeps going down and down. So why not come see it for yourself? Make sure to bring a jacket cause it can get quite a bit chilly a mile up from sea level\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best things you can do in Taiwan is visit their beautiful scenery and their beautiful national parks. Take Alishan National Park, for example. Here, you can see some of the oldest trees in the world \u2014 some even older than 2000 years old! 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