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The perennial question – Why do we travel? For some, it is a break from the routines of work and everyday life; for others, it’s a way to learn about new cultures; and yet for others, it’s just a way to get away from it all. Quotient TravelPlanner\'s team and our clients share their photos and stories in this section and invites you to send in your contributions. We currently feature 14 cities and experiences shared by our clients in this section. Send us a captioned picture of you on your travels and we"ll post them up here to share with the rest of the travel community. 

Round The World with Tan York Sin: Taiwan

Taiwan

It used to be called “Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Square”, in memory of the first President Chiang Kai-shek who passed away in 1975. The tablet was changed from“perfectly impartial”, meant to describe Chiang Kai-shek to “Liberty Square” in December 2007 during the reign of the former President Chen Shui Bian.

Taiwan

MaoKong, situated at the southern tip of Wenshan District of Taipei City, is a one-stop centralised location which has everything that is related to Chinese Tea: tea plantations, tea houses, tea and teapot museums, tea cuisines, tea promotion and exhibition centre, et

Taiwan

During the “823” artillery bombardment by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army between 23-Aug-1958 and 05-Oct-1958, KinMen archipelago received no less than 475,000 rounds of shell, mainly on KinMen Island (the main island of archipelago) and LieYu (the 2nd largest island of the archipelago). I toured these two islands on a rented scooter. This photograph was taken at the Victory Gate of LieYu, in front of a monument which commemorates the successful defense against the “823” bombardment.