In the north of Taiwan, there is a small village called Danshui (淡水) which means "fresh water". It takes about one hour to arrive there from Taipei by subway. The first time I've been there was around 5 or 6 years ago, and a typhoon had killed a great amount of fish, so the water was covered with a bed of fish. This year I've been there twice, and now I know why the spanish and then the dutch that came here were that amazed by the views and the quiteness you can feel in this place.
Far away from the noise of the capital (Taipei) but also full of life, people walking around and buying, eating, drinking, well, what taiwanese like to do, and most of the people from the planet.
There is a good walk all along the river side, the Danshui river, and good looks from the Fort Santo Domingo (como lo bautizaron los españoles).
At the end of the ninetenth century there was a canadian presbyterian father who came to Taiwan, then he met a taiwanese woman, and they got married. So, this man lived in Danshui, with his wife until he died.
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