May 17th

We visited Tamkang University (TKU) and we met a group of accounting students who were our ambassadors. Most of the students that we met and visited with were either Freshmen or Sophomores.

We took a tour of the campus and it was just beautiful. The campus was a little spread out but the scenery was very calm and relaxing.

During our visit, we stopped in at the Maritime Museum, which was named “Merchant Ship Hall.”It had many scale models of famous ships that were cargo ship or war ships and the history behind each one.

The Santa Maria

The Aircraft Carrier Nimitz

This is an ancient boat from Hong Kong but I forgot the name.

The Bismark

We also saw the Chueh-hsuan Chinese Garden which is a reconstructed of Chinese Palace-style classrooms. It’s a reproduction of the famous garden “Yuyuan Garden” in Shanghai. This area is a very calm and peaceful place. Although you cannot enter this building, allot of students come here to read, study or just want to enjoy a peaceful, calm environment.

We had a special lecture about the differences in communication styles. I learned that people in the East and the West use the same information but the format that they present it is very different. In the West, we present it as Who, What, Where, When, and then the Why. Whereas, in the East, they present it as What and then the where, who, why and when. It’s very different but they information does reach the reader.

We also visited the Fuyou Temple, which was the center of the original Tamsui street. It was a temple where fishermen would go to pray for get strides when they would fish.

We also saw Oxford College, which is the earliest theological education facility in Northern Taiwan. It was established by Dr. George Mackay, a missionary, who bought land to create a missionary training center.

Another building that we visited was Hongmao Castle (Fort San Domingo). Part of Northern Taiwan was coveted by the Spanish in the early 17^th century and they colonized part of Tamsui and they build Fort Santo Domingo. This building was taken by the Dutch in which they rebuilt it as Fort Antonio. Whats really interesting about this site is the way it is designed. The design of the high walls makes enemies attack from one specific angle that makes it easy for the group that inhabits the fort to defend it.

Our friends from Tamkang University

Fort Santo Domingo

The view from Tam Sui Old Town by the water