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Dave says:
Green Island is awaiting a tsunami. It’s a small island lying 30km off the south east corner of Taiwan and right in the middle of the typhoon path. The tropical greenery, dormant volcano and rather shabby tourist town are getting ready for the big one. Unlike weather tsunamis however, the locals know exactly when this is one is going to hit: every Saturday from now until October.

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Dave Says:

What remains the most fascinating contradiction in Asia is what some travel writers refer to as “the old and the new” but what I prefer to call “superstition and capitalism”.

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