In Taiwan

Not really representative of where I'm staying, but the photo does capture the general feeling once you start walking around Taipei. From a German Taipei site.

I'll be in Taiwan for a week or so starting today, visiting family and reacquainting myself with the country. The last visit was nearly 5 years ago, and back then, the government had just embarked on a national greenspaces plan; driving around, it felt like every piece of land near some kind of new road had a pre-development billboard on it, advertising condos not yet built; and Taipei's subway and lightrail transit system just opened. I'm looking forward to seeing how things have changed since.